I have mixed emotions about my 64-2 snub. Sometimes I want to sell it. Sometimes I want to keep it stock, sometimes I want to customize it with a bobbed hammer, smoothed trigger, chamfer the charge holes, trigger job, etc.

I seldom CC it. Most often I shoot it!

Hi all. New member here, resurrecting old thread apparently, but I have a Model 64-2 2" that I acquired in a trade awhile back. My question is, is this gun rated for +P ammo? It doesn't specify it on the barrel, so I don't want to risk damaging the gun. I had actually planned on selling it, but it's kind of growing on me.

Jim462:

Yes, IMHO it is my rated for +P...

All of the "numbered model K-frames .38s" are rated for +P...

However, I would not make a regular practice of it because all of the K-frames are still afflicted by the barrel design flaw where the bottom of the forcing cone is flattened, and does not have the strength of a perfect circle.

It's not that the .38's have the same problem that the .357 Magnums have with the barrel design and fast 125-gr. magnum loads, but, knowing that it exists for hot loads, it might be smart to "be kind to the gun" and limit the majority of your shooting to 158-gr. bullets with lower pressures. O

To my understanding, all of the K-frame "service revolvers" were originally designed to use, and have "point of impact," using the 158-gr. .38 bullets. The extra weight of the bullet slows the projectile down, reduces pressure, and eliminates the forcing cone concern.

Also, the 158-gr. bullets have an impressive downrange wallop...!

You can carry Fed Micro HST in your 64 but reload with pointy bullets you may not have to chamfer chambers...

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