Last edited by awp_101; 06-03-2020 at 07:46 AM.
Nothing so needs reforming as other people's habits - Mark Twain
Tact is the knack of making a point without making an enemy / Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge?
They were Century imports, rumor was that they were former Canadian LE guns, but I don't know any definitive information. Gun was a typical police trade and it had spent a lot of time in a holster, grips were rotted (rubber and wood) and cracked, had to be replaced. Mine fit the profile, carried a lot and shot very little.
Main reason I jumped on it is I very much prefer this barrel profile, no underlug, which is no longer made as far as I can tell and not as many in circulation, plus I don't like the adjustable rear sights on a gun I might carry, and those are also found less often in the 4" GP100's. I figured between me and the factory we would fix whatever else was wrong and fortunately mine had absolutely nothing wrong mechanically.
Last edited by fatdog; 06-03-2020 at 08:46 AM.
Thanks, I wondered if they were Canadian or French. I had a Model 66 12-15 years ago that was factory DAO but still had the hammer spur intact. CAI import marked and the story was they were ex-Canadian LE. Mine came straight from CAI so I’m reasonably certain it wasn’t monkeyed with before it came to me.
Nothing so needs reforming as other people's habits - Mark Twain
Tact is the knack of making a point without making an enemy / Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge?
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That 125g velocity from a 4" barrel is smokin'! Back in the early to mid 1980s, when my department issued the Rem 125 SJHP, I frequently chrono'd them through the department's 4" M-66s. They always hung right around 1425 fps and we had good success shooting bad guys with the Rem.
Dave
circa 2007-08 after our house fire I bought a full case of this particular Federal stuff and still easing my way through that particular lot, it is unquestionably hotter than anything else I have purchased. It clocks 1475 or more through my 4" N frame and 4" L frame. Excellent accuracy in all those compared to other stuff. The GP100 numbers going higher surprised me. I should put some through my 16" lever gun just to clock it. I know the bullets would not remain very intact to penetrate at those rifle velocities.
I have to wonder if the current offering from Federal has suffered the same attenuation other 357 and 38 loadings are plagued with. If I still had a 4" 357 I'd be tempted to buy a box and try it.
Dave