Flop-shank, on the subject of those Speer Short Barrel Gold Dots, a friend and I revisted the water bottle test last week. Consistently, out of his 4 inch 29 and my 6 inch, the bullets came apart violently, with insufficient penetration. Perhaps the 44 Special load would be able to hold together, but I've lost some of my confidence in the Magnum load.

I've changed to the 210 Silvertips, for now, until I find some other improvement.