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.38 Snubby: Feeding the Snub
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<blockquote data-quote="scottb42" data-source="post: 3164429" data-attributes="member: 27603"><p>I keep Speer Gold Dot Short Barrel +P 135gr in my LCR.</p><p></p><p>Not sure if this really proves anything, but prior to settling on it I tried a bunch of different loadings over my chronograph. One thing that I found interesting is that of 6 loadings, the Speer was the ONLY one to reach its advertised muzzle velocity from the 1-7/8" LCR barrel. The others missed their advertising hyperbole by amounts ranging from "that's not too bad" to "are you fricken' kidding me?"</p><p></p><p>(Tried using a fixed-space font to keep the table readable)</p><p>ETA: ... and it didn't work, go down a couple posts for a better attempt</p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'"> Adv Act Act</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'"><u>Mfr Ctg Bullet MVel MVel ME Shots Temp Description</u></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'">Federal 38Spl 110gr HS 980 873 186 10 60F Hydra Shok Low Recoil</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'">Federal 38Spl 129gr HS 950 867 215 10 60F Hydra Shok</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'">Hornady 38Spl 90gr FTX 1200 951 181 10 60F Critical Defense Lite</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'">Hornady 38Spl 110gr FTX 1010 907 201 10 60F Critical Defense</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'">Hornady 38Spl 110gr FTX 1010 951 221 15 90F Critical Defense (retest)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'">Hornady 38Spl+P 110gr FTX 1090 1009 249 15 90F Critical Defense</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'">Speer 38Spl+P 135gr GDSB 860 865 224 20 90F Gold Dot Short Barrel</span></p><p></p><p>Adv MVel = advertised muzzle velocity</p><p>Act MVel = average actual (measured) muzzle velocity</p><p>Act ME = average actual muzzle energy (calculated based on bullet weight and measured velocity)</p><p>Shots = number of shots included in the actual averages</p><p>Temp = temperature</p><p></p><p>I ran the Hornady 110gr FTX Critical Defense twice, once on a cool day and once on a hot day. Very different results, not sure if they're really that temperature sensitive, if there was a big variation in lots, or if my chronograph was having a bad hair day.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="scottb42, post: 3164429, member: 27603"] I keep Speer Gold Dot Short Barrel +P 135gr in my LCR. Not sure if this really proves anything, but prior to settling on it I tried a bunch of different loadings over my chronograph. One thing that I found interesting is that of 6 loadings, the Speer was the ONLY one to reach its advertised muzzle velocity from the 1-7/8" LCR barrel. The others missed their advertising hyperbole by amounts ranging from "that's not too bad" to "are you fricken' kidding me?" (Tried using a fixed-space font to keep the table readable) ETA: ... and it didn't work, go down a couple posts for a better attempt [FONT=Courier New] Adv Act Act [U]Mfr Ctg Bullet MVel MVel ME Shots Temp Description[/U] Federal 38Spl 110gr HS 980 873 186 10 60F Hydra Shok Low Recoil Federal 38Spl 129gr HS 950 867 215 10 60F Hydra Shok Hornady 38Spl 90gr FTX 1200 951 181 10 60F Critical Defense Lite Hornady 38Spl 110gr FTX 1010 907 201 10 60F Critical Defense Hornady 38Spl 110gr FTX 1010 951 221 15 90F Critical Defense (retest) Hornady 38Spl+P 110gr FTX 1090 1009 249 15 90F Critical Defense Speer 38Spl+P 135gr GDSB 860 865 224 20 90F Gold Dot Short Barrel[/FONT] Adv MVel = advertised muzzle velocity Act MVel = average actual (measured) muzzle velocity Act ME = average actual muzzle energy (calculated based on bullet weight and measured velocity) Shots = number of shots included in the actual averages Temp = temperature I ran the Hornady 110gr FTX Critical Defense twice, once on a cool day and once on a hot day. Very different results, not sure if they're really that temperature sensitive, if there was a big variation in lots, or if my chronograph was having a bad hair day. [/QUOTE]
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