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SD ammo for J frame Snubbie?
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The Snubnose Files
Great resource. I was on this site a lot when I was shopping for my first gun.
This article shows some ballistics of .38 rounds out of a variety of short-barreled revolvers. The rounds run the gamut of standard and +P, and I believe all were either hollowpoint or wadcutter (no FMJ or other non-SD stuff).
IIRC, both the chart and users here had good comments about the Speer Gold Dot rounds, 135-grain. Decent velocity and the recovered slugs had great expansion.
Great resource. I was on this site a lot when I was shopping for my first gun.
This article shows some ballistics of .38 rounds out of a variety of short-barreled revolvers. The rounds run the gamut of standard and +P, and I believe all were either hollowpoint or wadcutter (no FMJ or other non-SD stuff).
IIRC, both the chart and users here had good comments about the Speer Gold Dot rounds, 135-grain. Decent velocity and the recovered slugs had great expansion.
Speer GDHP 135 Grain +P's are proven rounds.
Hornady has a nice .38 XTP round.
You could also go with the classic FBI load, the 158 grain nyclad JHP. This load only gives about 800 FPS out of a snubbie.
Buffalo bore also has a similar round that I think is a bit hotter.
At snubbie energies you may also want to consider carrying FMJ.
Hornady has a nice .38 XTP round.
You could also go with the classic FBI load, the 158 grain nyclad JHP. This load only gives about 800 FPS out of a snubbie.
Buffalo bore also has a similar round that I think is a bit hotter.
At snubbie energies you may also want to consider carrying FMJ.
never carried anything else in mine when i had it. awesome rounds.
Yup, that's what I carry in my j-frame as well.
How about a SJHP?
That's what I run - I want to say it's 110gr, Remington, standard velocity.
Wanted to be able to run what I carry in practice often, and the gun (S&W m.37) isn't technically rated for +P.
That's what I run - I want to say it's 110gr, Remington, standard velocity.
Wanted to be able to run what I carry in practice often, and the gun (S&W m.37) isn't technically rated for +P.
