[falseharmonix]

Well, I just test-drove a S&W 686 4" yesterday, and I'm pretty sure its love at first shot....

A gun show is rolling into town this weekend, so I'm going to see what I can dig up there. I'd like to not pay nearly $700 for it....

[matt g]

Originally Posted by robocop10mm

the .38+p loads will be much more comfortable to shoot. Some might carry the +p's and have the mags for a reload.

Light weight snubbies with mag ammo can be VERY uncomfortable to shoot. +p's might give decent realistic training fodder w/o the punishment of the mags.

A friend had a chromed Chief's Special that had custom bird's eye maple grips on it. It hurt to shoot. You could feel the recoil all the way back into your elbow. Shooting anything more than a cylinder through it was sheer hell.

[Bob Wright]

As a matter of interest, some .38 Special +P+ ammunition was made intended solely for use in .357 Magnum revolvers.

Why? The .357s were short barreled guns, and the shorter .38 Special cases extracted more positively than the longer .357 brass. This was intended as a law enforcement round where speed of reloading might be a matter of importance.

The short barrel gun had a short extractor throw, sometimes leaving a cas or two hanging in the cylinder.


But ya'll probably already knew that.

Bob Wright