Sometimes... I blunder over something good. A few weeks ago while buying some things for my daughter's family I chanced to wander through the sporting goods dept. of Walmart. There in the case were two boxes of Perfecta .38 Special 158 gr. FMJ ammo at $13.97/box of 50 rds. I bought both boxes.
Now... on this past Tuesday while packing to return home, I dropped my 98% blued four inch Ruger Security Six on the brick floor of the kitchen. Remarkably... there was no damage to the revolver. I shot it yesterday and as normal it grouped its shots to the right of center on the target. Last night I found a properly ground screwdriver.
Today I dropped by the range w/ the Ruger and the Perfecta ammo to do some 10 yd. shooting. Four rounds at 4 yds. were touching. Six rounds at 7 yds. were ever so slightly larger. The next 40 rounds were fired at 10 yds. I ended up with on round leaked down barely into the 9 ring at 6 o'clock, one round pulled just inside the 9 ring at 3 o'clock and one round that I pulled up into the 9 ring at 12 o'clock. The other 47 rounds were well in the 10 ring nicely centered on the X ring.
This ammo was a little more energetic than I expected. I went looking but could find no factory listing of velocity. A Youtube video showed a man shooting this load from a 2" revolver over a chronograph. The average of 5 rounds was 838 FPS. Firing from a 6" revolver the average of 5 rounds was 906 FPS. The ammo is brass cased. It is manufactured in Italy and imported by Tula Ammo.
Does anyone know who makes this ammo? Does anyone have any exper. reloading the brass? From this small sample, I think this is pretty good stuff. It is full weight for the caliber, 158 gr. rather than the now to common insipid 130 gr. FMJ's. Given the price and on targets results, this stuff looks good. Sincerely. bruce.
Now... on this past Tuesday while packing to return home, I dropped my 98% blued four inch Ruger Security Six on the brick floor of the kitchen. Remarkably... there was no damage to the revolver. I shot it yesterday and as normal it grouped its shots to the right of center on the target. Last night I found a properly ground screwdriver.
Today I dropped by the range w/ the Ruger and the Perfecta ammo to do some 10 yd. shooting. Four rounds at 4 yds. were touching. Six rounds at 7 yds. were ever so slightly larger. The next 40 rounds were fired at 10 yds. I ended up with on round leaked down barely into the 9 ring at 6 o'clock, one round pulled just inside the 9 ring at 3 o'clock and one round that I pulled up into the 9 ring at 12 o'clock. The other 47 rounds were well in the 10 ring nicely centered on the X ring.
This ammo was a little more energetic than I expected. I went looking but could find no factory listing of velocity. A Youtube video showed a man shooting this load from a 2" revolver over a chronograph. The average of 5 rounds was 838 FPS. Firing from a 6" revolver the average of 5 rounds was 906 FPS. The ammo is brass cased. It is manufactured in Italy and imported by Tula Ammo.
Does anyone know who makes this ammo? Does anyone have any exper. reloading the brass? From this small sample, I think this is pretty good stuff. It is full weight for the caliber, 158 gr. rather than the now to common insipid 130 gr. FMJ's. Given the price and on targets results, this stuff looks good. Sincerely. bruce.
