Thank you!
I love the 148 +P wadcutters out of my 442. Really accurate and hard hitting.
Well life intervened and it took me until the 21st to get to the outdoor range to chrono and shoot some of these rounds. I'm impressed.I received 2 boxes of the .38 Short Colt yesterday. (ETA 3/4/23)
Great looking ammo and hopefully I will have the opportunity to shoot some tomorrow.
I did shoot 10 rounds in my LCR and Model 10 at the indoor range from 5-7 yards shortly after 3/4, and was pleased with the grouping, for me.
They chronoed around 850 fps out of my well worn and weekly fired LCR. Subjectively very controllable and more accurate than I am!
After chrono data I shot plates from 7-20 yards. They shoot well to the XS sights on my LCR and my old Model 10 loves them.
I especially like the clean and easy ejection from my little LCR and my 1992 S&W 640.
I'll be saving my for more!
ETA obligatory pic
Thanks again @ Lost River
Last edited by Jamie; 03-23-2023 at 08:23 AM.
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This is something I have been working on for quite some time now Over 2K rounds fired once the final load was determined. This is a Poly-Coat Hard Cast Semi Wadcutter .40 S&W with a velocity of 1200 FPS. Fired from a Gen 3 Glock 22 (factory barrel).
Most people I have found grip a standard frame 9mm/40 better than they do the large frame 45/10mms, and they shoot them better as well. I had some people shoot this for me in the last 6 months and the ones who did not have extensive shooting experience with .45s and 10mms tended to shoot the .40 quite a bit better in terms of both accuracy and speed in between shots. The experienced shooters did not have as big of a performance gap but they definitely put in better performance with the smaller frame gun shooting the +P .40 load.
Very pleased with the accuracy of this load:
Today, I was out shooting some other loads and I confirmed a 50 yard zero and finished off with a 50 yard, 10 shot group, using my G22.
I realize that there are a number of guys here who can shoot much better than this, but for me to keep 10/10 on the paper plate at 50, I am happy. This is especially after I just got done shooting some very heavy loads (.45 Colt 325 grain hammers).
I need to remind myself that any accuracy shooting of other guns needs to be done before I shoot the heavy recoiling revolvers. There is a point where enough is enough!
Cheers!
If you were to ask on the S&W Forums, then they'd say that a quality service-caliber handgun with quality ammo should group into 1" for every 10 yards of distance.
It looks to me like your 40-caliber work meets or exceeds that standard.
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