View Single Post
 
Old 03-20-2008, 08:40 PM
stiab's Avatar
stiab stiab is offline
US Veteran
 
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Land of the Free, NC
Posts: 988
Likes: 3
Liked 84 Times in 41 Posts
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Erich View Post
Well it turns out that a 158-grain bullet will do almost 1100 fps from a 1 7/8" alloy-framed J-frame .38 Special.
I believe it, but of course the velocity would not be affected by whether the gun had an alloy or steel frame. I got 901 avg. fps from a 1 7/8 inch M60 from 158 grain Winchester FACTORY loads, so there is no telling what you could push those reloads to.
Reply With Quote