New member here, hello. I have a model 36-1 with a 3" barrel and round butt. I have never fired it before and it looks like it hasn"t been fired since it left the factory either. So I don't want to mess up. The papers in the box say to use standard loads and not to use high pressure loads. Later made model 36s I've seen forsale in GunsAmerica claim to be rated for +P loads, what's the difference between the years in which they were mfg. or is it the way they were made.
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Your 36-1 will handle +P, but in very small doses. I carry older J Frame airweights and put about 25 rounds of +P/Yr down range just for practice. So far so good. My suggestion is to fire standard pressure loads until you are sure the gun is safe and you are used to it. Then fire 5 rounds of +P so you know where it hits @ 7 yards, and feel the difference in recoil. If you decide not to carry +P the Federal Nyclad 125 grain standard pressure is as good as you can get. In +P the 158 grain hollowpoint, if you can find them, then the CorBon DPX in 110 (that is what I carry).
The old model 36's and pre 36's were designed around the 158 grain bullets and don't handle the lighter +P bullets very well. My gunsmith told me it was OK to carry them for concealed carry but not to shoot a bunch of them through it at the range.
I sighted my Model 36-1 in at 12 feet with the Buffalo Bore 158 grain swc-hp +P just to see if it shoots to POA. It does.
I carry it most of the time with 146 grain wadcutters for field use, but if I carry it for serious social purposes, it, like all my j-frames, is loaded with the BB rounds. It probably isn't a good idea to shoot hundreds of rounds of the hot BB ammo in j-frames, but I "refresh" my carry ammo about twice a year by shooting what is in the gun.
There is no reason not to shoot your revolver. It isn't ever going to be a super-valuable gun, and that 3" j-frame is very shootable. Mine is much easier to shoot accurately than the 2" guns. I have adapted my 36-1 to farm use as sort of a "kit gun" with a little more "oomph" than a .22. I carry it in a flap holster I had Ray at Lobogunleather make for me.
I carry it most of the time with 146 grain wadcutters for field use, but if I carry it for serious social purposes, it, like all my j-frames, is loaded with the BB rounds. It probably isn't a good idea to shoot hundreds of rounds of the hot BB ammo in j-frames, but I "refresh" my carry ammo about twice a year by shooting what is in the gun.
There is no reason not to shoot your revolver. It isn't ever going to be a super-valuable gun, and that 3" j-frame is very shootable. Mine is much easier to shoot accurately than the 2" guns. I have adapted my 36-1 to farm use as sort of a "kit gun" with a little more "oomph" than a .22. I carry it in a flap holster I had Ray at Lobogunleather make for me.
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