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To: Fido969

Sounds pretty good, from what those fellas wrote.

May it serve you well, and may you never have to test it against mortal threat.

I have come to the conclusion that +P may not even be advisable in a .38. I base this upon Dr. Fackler's data, my own use, and the reports which I have been given from the field in actual handgun use against attackers. The problem is that our presently popular bullets are much too light for the velocity, which causes sudden expansion, which causes less penetration, which prevents the projectile from reaching vital structures. Nasty. Fackler advises "heavy for caliber bullets, travelling at moderate speed." He also states that "temporary wound channels" count for almost nothing, and "hydrostatic shock" only becomes significant at rifle velocities.

So, if we could have a 180gr. or heavier wide flat point lead, at around 950fps, great. The 200gr. standard police bullet of days yore failed because of its point, not weight. They tried it because the extra weight DID help penetration. It created a miniscule permanent cavity, and penetrated too deeply. If they cut the tips off flat, it would still be in speedloaders, keeping the .38 revolver in police use, perhaps, so I am not particularly against the cartridge, just the load. Some retired policemen of my acquaintence reported that they reversed the issued bullets, and reassembled the rounds...and they worked very, very well!

One finds one's own way.


65 posted on 03/23/2006 12:17:57 PM PST by PoorMuttly ("Keep your eyes on the stars, but remember to keep your feet on the ground." - Theodore Roosevelt)
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To: PoorMuttly

Sounds like a .357 there Muttly.

Yep. Guess so.


66 posted on 03/24/2006 4:02:51 PM PST by PoorMuttly ("Keep your eyes on the stars, but remember to keep your feet on the ground." - Theodore Roosevelt)
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