38 Special HST 130gr +P in Organic Gel

[NPV]

I'm new to this forum and just came across this post. Thank you @Tokarev for doing this testing and posting it here. I've been carrying the .38 Spl HSTs since they came out but I've always been a bit skeptical. This reassures me that anything HST is GTG.

[peterb]

Some FDs use a blade like a giant hacksaw to cut windshield glass and it works well while the windshield is in the car. I don't know how many TPI the blade has or if it would work with a windshield not in a frame, but we have some FFs on this forum that might be able to tell you.

http://www.glasmaster.com/glas_main.html

Looks like a zero-offset blade for smoother cuts.

We often used a reciprocating saw (aka Sawzall) with a demolition blade for auto glass and sheet metal, but we were not concerned about clean cuts.

A grit-edge blade might be worth a try.

[Tokarev]

http://www.glasmaster.com/glas_main.html

Looks like a zero-offset blade for smoother cuts.

We often used a reciprocating saw (aka Sawzall) with a demolition blade for auto glass and sheet metal, but we were not concerned about clean cuts.

A grit-edge blade might be worth a try.

Glas Master would be great if the salvage yard would let me cut windshields out to take home.



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[Hambo]

I shot some .38 HST today and it shoots to POA and makes pretty holes. Now I'm waiting for your glass tests.

[Tokarev]

I shot some .38 HST today and it shoots to POA and makes pretty holes. Now I'm waiting for your glass tests.

I'll try the load on glass but I'm not expecting impressive results. I don't think this load is really designed for that sort of thing.

[Tokarev]

Yikes! I wasn't expecting great things but I'd expected better than this.

Three bullets shot against a windshield and light clothing. I used my LCR for these, too. Penetration was only 1 or 2 inches. Each recovered jacket only weighs about 38 grains.

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[leathermaneod]

Now I’m really interested in seeing some of the other “proven” .38 rounds against glass....


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[Tokarev]

Now I’m really interested in seeing some of the other “proven” .38 rounds against glass....


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I'm hoping someone else can try the HST in glass. I'm curious to see other results.

Here's a core I found about ten inches in the block. It was hidden away in the wound channel from a 300BLK 190gr Sub-X. It weighs 75 grains. I seriously doubt it would have gone far had it not made its way into an existing track.

I don't know what happened to the other two cores.

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[BehindBlueI's]

I don't know what happened to the other two cores.

Based on some "sand blasted" car interiors I've seen, probably fragmented and had minimal penetration.

This is why I want bonded bullets, or something similar.

[Tokarev]

This is why I want bonded bullets, or something similar.

I need to get a box of Gold Dot.


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