Any info from ya'll in the know?
Blue box on top S&W/.38
side panel 38 Special 110 gr Jacketed Hollow Point S 38hp1

Nickle case with end marks S&W -F 38 spl

I was wondering how old and fps ?

Will be used in a 21/2 inch mdl 19


Thanks....

I remember the Blue-boxed S&W ammo from the early and mid 70s. If I'm correct, I believe it was made by Fiocchi, the 'F' on the headstamp. I shot up quite a bit of this ammo in .38 and .357. As I recall, the .38s were hot loads, loaded with what seemed to be a heavy charge of a slower-burning powder, charges that performed better in longer bbls, say 6" and up. After firing in 4" bbls, I would find many unburned powder granules in the casing. The bullets were SJHPs with a VERY small HP in all weights, can't imagine how they would ever expand.

Factory tables showed, if I recall, 1150ish fps for the 110 .38 Spl (maybe for 6"?), but I've never seen any actual chrono readings. Shoot it up in your 19, but if you have a 6", you'll get much less flash and more velocity. Hope this helps, it's only been 40 years. (Shouldn't talk like that!).

Stay safe, partner.

Kaaskop49
Shield #5103

I still have a bunch of Smith & Wesson ammo in 38 special and 12 gauge police loads ( slugs & buckshot). I have gone through a few boxes over the past year and was not all that impressed with it. Most of the Nickel cases were peeling for some reason, and I do keep al my ammo in an air conditioned and heated environment so I know that's not the problem. Like the above poster stated it was manufactured by Fiocci in Italy. From what I have seen it's worth more as a nostalgic collectible than it is in monetary value, so in less you just want to nostalgically display it, blaze away with it.

Ammo Produced by S&W

Thanks guys, did'nt want to blast away the later here i should have held on to them. My carry ammo is alternating nyclads and silvertips. I'llshoot the donated
stuff up.
Thanks guys!

I have a couple early 1970's S&W ammo brochures as included with their revolvers- the 110 gr JHP is shown at 1380 fps in one, and 1390 in the other. Doesn't list a barrel length, but must be pretty long. It doesn't say +P either, but I guess that was before they coined that term.