Originally Posted by
Navin Johnson
The 150 grain Buffalo bore wad cutter, to me, has as much or more recoil than the 135 grain gold dot 38 special.
The trade off of a target wad cutter is perhaps a bit less performance for a much more shootable and practice-able cartridge.
If one is inclined to deal with the recoil they are likely better off with a quality hp like the 135+p GD.
If Buffalo bore loaded that round to around 700 ft per second out of it 2 inch gun ( like the Fed GMM) with its sharp shoulder and hard cast projectile then they would have something.
I carry GMM for its shootability and the high QC provided by the manufacturer. I generally avoid boutique manufacturers for carry rounds.