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<blockquote data-quote="Glock &#039;em down" data-source="post: 925187" data-attributes="member: 684"><p>Ah! The good ol' .38 Special +P discussion! <img src="/images/smilies/new/rubhands.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":rubhands:" title="Rubhands :rubhands:" data-shortname=":rubhands:" /></p><p></p><p>The .38 Special +P of today isn't <em>quite </em>as salty as it used to be. I've fired several from different makers, in different guns even from different eras. The +P rounds of today aren't quite as hot as the ones from the 60's and 70's.</p><p></p><p>I think the best +P round out there is probably gonna be the Speer "Short Barrel" 135gr +P Gold Dot. I've shot a few of them and they are the closest to measuring up to the older +P rounds than others I have tried. </p><p></p><p>As for your gun not being +P rated? I also have a pair of "non" +P revolvers - a D frame Colt Cobra Airweight from 1974 and a Smith & Wesson J frame model 38 Airweight Bodyguard, circa 1985. I shoot standard pressure loads thru them on the range, but for carry purposes, they are both stoked with the Speer Gold Dots I mentioned above.</p><p></p><p>A "few" +Ps ain't gonna hurt that revolver...just don't feed it a steady diet of them. <img src="/images/smilies/wink.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" data-shortname=";)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Glock 'em down, post: 925187, member: 684"] Ah! The good ol' .38 Special +P discussion! :rubhands: The .38 Special +P of today isn't [I]quite [/I]as salty as it used to be. I've fired several from different makers, in different guns even from different eras. The +P rounds of today aren't quite as hot as the ones from the 60's and 70's. I think the best +P round out there is probably gonna be the Speer "Short Barrel" 135gr +P Gold Dot. I've shot a few of them and they are the closest to measuring up to the older +P rounds than others I have tried. As for your gun not being +P rated? I also have a pair of "non" +P revolvers - a D frame Colt Cobra Airweight from 1974 and a Smith & Wesson J frame model 38 Airweight Bodyguard, circa 1985. I shoot standard pressure loads thru them on the range, but for carry purposes, they are both stoked with the Speer Gold Dots I mentioned above. A "few" +Ps ain't gonna hurt that revolver...just don't feed it a steady diet of them. ;) [/QUOTE]
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