This load is much less than ideal--there are a lot better choices available....
This load is much less than ideal--there are a lot better choices available....
Facts matter...Feelings Can Lie
Took Doc's advice and switched to Gold Dot 135 grain +P s and FBI 158 Load by Remington in my 4 " 586
Way way back in the day ..... we carried the Treasury Load ( Remington ) in our 4" Smith 65s. Never had an Officer Involved Shooting with that load, so cant tell you about actual shooting results.
I was told we went with the Treasury Load , cause our Agency bosses , would not allow Magnums ( 65s are 357 Magnum guns) so the Ranger Master wanted the " hottest " 38 Special load he could get.
Federal discontinued their 9BP on their website, so I figger the BPLE may be as well. I'll say that it has been wicked accurate in most 9mm I have had.
Especially the epidomy of 9mm tech... The S&W 5904. Them plastic toys are a fad!!!!
357 Magnum 145 Silvertips took down werewolves with fist-sized entry holes!!!
That old Cor-Bon 158 is nothing to trifle with. I shot a lot of bowling pins with that round, and it would take ‘em off if you got the hits, no problem. I prefer that old round to the new buffalo bore. 1000-1050 is enough. I’m not sure a LSWCHP needs to be going 1150 out of a 3-4" K-frame.
”But in the end all of these ideas just manufacture new criminals when the problem isn't a lack of criminals.” -JRB
A good expander, but it makes 6-7" in gel.
In hunting rifle loads, I think Silvertip has been around since the 40s or so right? I think have a book with pics of .348 Winchester Silvertip somewhere, as well as a bunch of other formerly popular American hunting calibers.
ETA: https://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbth...lvertip-bullet
Wow. .300 H&H Silvertip-- if "energy dump" is appropriate for any load, it's that one.
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