http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2...ion-offerings/
This looks interesting. Anyone have the inside story?
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http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2...ion-offerings/
This looks interesting. Anyone have the inside story?
Looks like it's a deep seated 130gr +P HST.
http://www.range365.com/federal-38-s...oming-to-range
That may function in a certain .38 special converted 1911.....
Looks like the definition of "speedloader unfriendly", for a inconsecuential gain in burn efficiency...
Since I've never had any trouble getting accurate 38 spl loads for a snubby (at any power range desired) with normal powders and bullets, I fail to see the attraction.
Less powder to get the same speed should result in a (admittedly minor) reduction in recoil. Powder exits the barrel as either gas or unburnt particles. Mass leaving the barrel makes recoil via the equal/opposite reaction thing. I'm sure there's formulas to determine such things, but I'm not math-smart enough to go to that depth.Quote:
Originally Posted by TiroFijo
The formulas are here:Quote:
Originally Posted by BehindBlueI's
http://www.saami.org/PubResources/GunRecoilFormulae.pdf
For a normal 38 spl load, the powder only contributes to about 5% of total recoil. If you reduce the powder charge 10% thanks to deep bullet seating, the overall recoil reduction would be only 0.5%.
I'm no SME by any means but:
Wouldn't the bullet's dwell time in the case now be increased, and as a result an increase in pressures, and/or an increase in pressure duration?
I'm no engineer so I don't understand dwell time, but I would think that if this caused a material increase in pressure any wadcutter bullet would do pretty much the same thing. But then again, I don't understand dwell time in the first place.Quote:
Originally Posted by hufnagel
That would be admittedly minor. Perhaps, and I'm claiming no expertise here, it could also reduce muzzle flash. It may just be marketing, the "something different" that folks look for, but I'll be interested to see how it plays out.Quote:
Originally Posted by TiroFijo
Looks like a reversed hbwc.
Or a Model 52 S&W. You know you want to carry it...Quote:
Originally Posted by CCT125US
Hells Bells! New revolvers coming out of the woodwork and now new 38 Special rounds? Right now I'm at the point of not caring so much if any of this new stuff works that well, that'll all get sorted out in time. What I'm happy about is that at least people are trying, that's got to count for something. Trump said I'd get tired of winning but I didn't know he meant this.
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Don't do this to me. I've - for years - resisted the siren song of a M52 on the justification that, "I don't shoot enough Wadcutters and I'd never - ever - carry the thing." If there is some glimmer...minute glimmer...that I might carry a M52 I'm not sure temptation can be beaten back.Quote:
Originally Posted by LtDave
Then again, I've repeatedly beaten back the siren song of a Coonan too...But that may not be the case soon...
I've shot a rental a few times. It's fuuuuuun.Quote:
Originally Posted by RevolverRob
It does kind of look like a uncircumcised hollow point
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Colt MK IV S70 started life as a .38 Super, converted to .38 Special. Pinned grip safety, 2lb 12oz trigger. Grip fit to my father's hand.Quote:
Originally Posted by LtDave
Probably tough to carry AIWB.
Pic in no way does the bluing justice.
Attachment 13093
This sems very familar. The original Hydrashok design, then called Scorpion, had a similar deep seated hollowpoint. I wonder if someone merely thought it would be a good idea if they brought back the design with a newer HST jacket and cavity profile.
I have to post again to express my irritation here.
Why won't Federal make a 147'ish grain HST in .38 Special? They make it in 9mm and the diameter is virtually the same...come on - seriously. Virtually every production Smith and Colt with fixed sights is regulated to 158-grain bullets, a 147-grain +P would get real close to POI/POA in a J-Frame.
I thought it was discussed here that the steel and aluminum S&w's were calibrated at 158 gn but the scandium guns were more towards the lighter 110-135 gn p+ bullets.Quote:
Originally Posted by RevolverRob
The case mouth can provide some protection for the tip of the bullet to prevent damage/deformation when packing a reload. I've wrecked my fair share of LSWCHP, Silvertips, and others. The is also a Section in Shooting to Live in which the authors note a tendency for revolver ammunition to be more prone to damage than in autopistols.Quote:
Originally Posted by TiroFijo
That's a visual metaphor I'm going to have a hard time forgetting.Quote:
Originally Posted by Eastex