38 cal.S&W ammo

[kennyb]

my brother recently gave me a box of fifty 38special +p 158gr semi-wadcutter lead hollow point...they are in the blue and white S&W box...would anyone know an approximate DOM/value (if any) thanks so much

 

[smith17]

kenny:
Could have been 70s or 80s manufacture. I have found from recent purchases that it will not bring (or cost) any more or less than standard target ammo.
Ed

 

[kennyb]

thanks so much ed....thats what i expected...i remember these boxes from qualifying with it in that time frame

 

[harry carey]

I pulled one of these back in the seventies and it was 11.0, 2400. hot ! especially for j frame guns.

 

[Texas Star]

Originally posted by harry carey:
I pulled one of these back in the seventies and it was 11.0, 2400. hot ! especially for j frame guns.

Careful! That may look like 2400, but factories use non-cannister grade powders that may have different burning rates.

 

[Jerry M]

+1

Do not expect the factory to be using the same powder available over the counter. As said above it may look the same but will definitely
have a different burn rate.

Good luck

Jerry