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Originally Posted by roaddog28
Answer to question one. 100 rounds per week for a year. The revolver was used when the shooter bought it.
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So, in other words, no way of knowing how many or what type of loads already went through it.
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Originally Posted by roaddog28
Ammo used. 125 grain Hornady XTP over 22 gr. of H110 with a Remington 5 1/2 primer. This is from the Hodgdon's data from their site. And they list the max pressure at 41500.I will admit that this is a hot load. But looking at the picture and seeing how the forcing cone was eroded convinces me that shooting light grain ammo at high velocities is hard on any revolver. The only reason I posted this is some of the responses claim that GP100 can shoot thousands of rounds of 357 magnums and not have a problem. A lot of this depends on the type of ammo.
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There's no doubt any gun can be worn out or broken with enough shooting of certain loads. I took issue when you said that a GP100 can crack a forcing cone, "just like a K frame". I submit that a cracked forcing cone in a GP is so rare as to be an anomaly, and I'm aware of many guns, that have fired many thousands of factory .357's, including two of my own.
I prefer my Smith's overall, but if I was looking for a .357 workhorse, to shoot even a medium amount of .357's, I wouldn't choose a K frame.
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