.38 Specials
by Drago, Tuesday, September 11, 2012, 18:44 (4458 days ago)
I just bought a Ruger Service Six and was looking for some inexpensive (OK cheap) ammo to practice with. All the cheap stuff was 130gr. FMJ. I know I've been kinda out of touch the last couple of years, but 130 grain FMJ? What happened to 158gr lead round nose?
Just a guess, I think the ammo companies saw the cahnce to
by Rob Leahy , Prescott, Arizona, Tuesday, September 11, 2012, 19:06 (4458 days ago) @ Drago
dump all the made for the US Military 130 fmjs left over from the Cold War era...
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Good luck on finding 'cheap'.
by Murphy , Tuesday, September 11, 2012, 21:46 (4457 days ago) @ Drago
I just left that most dreaded place of all...China-mart.
I was over in sporting goods and for the heck of it took a stroll into the ammunition section. Sticker shock doesn't even begin to describe the way I felt.
.38's were in the $15.00 and up range for a box of 50. A box of 100 rounds of Winchester white box .357, $49.99
Anyone who reloads and thinks the cost of reloading has gotten expensive, may need a reality check. I also cast my own so my cost is even cut greater.
Murphy
Well said Murph! My Dillons have paid for them selves
by Rob Leahy , Prescott, Arizona, Tuesday, September 11, 2012, 21:49 (4457 days ago) @ Murphy
over and over!
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But, enough on the ammo...
by Hoot , Diversityville, Liberal-sota, Tuesday, September 11, 2012, 21:58 (4457 days ago) @ Drago
Tell me about your Service 6....
I rather suddenly find myself with 2...a .38 and a 9mm.
Don't mean to hijack but...guess I did.
But, enough on the ammo...
by Drago, Tuesday, September 11, 2012, 22:12 (4457 days ago) @ Hoot
It's a 4" .357. Looks it hasn't been fired much if at all. I'll pick it up tomorrow. (California, 10 day wait)
Cool!
by Hoot , Diversityville, Liberal-sota, Friday, September 14, 2012, 10:48 (4455 days ago) @ Drago
I've been seeing more of them recently for some reason.
You might check Georgia Arms online
by stonewalrus, Tuesday, September 11, 2012, 22:02 (4457 days ago) @ Drago
Nm
You might check Georgia Arms online
by Bob Hatfield , Wednesday, September 12, 2012, 17:11 (4457 days ago) @ stonewalrus
10-4 on Georgia Arms. Accurate too
Bob
38 Specials
by Sarge , Central Misery, Wednesday, September 12, 2012, 06:53 (4457 days ago) @ Drago
A couple of reasons why this variation the 130/FMJ 38 special is so popular... less recoil, less eee-vile lead and little to no cleaning required.
For my own uses, I'd rather have a box of .38 wadcutters. They'll shoot rings around those little 130s and hit harder to boot.
Yes, exactly.
by Rob Leahy , Prescott, Arizona, Wednesday, September 12, 2012, 09:49 (4457 days ago) @ Sarge
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Traded a CZ-75 for 2,000 rounds of .38 wadcutters
by Scribe, Thursday, September 13, 2012, 13:46 (4456 days ago) @ Rob Leahy
some time ago and am down to my last four boxes. They shoot well out of any of my S&Ws or Colts. The Colt Cobra really likes them. My Second Gen Colt SAs shoot 'em good enough for cowboy matches.
But they are hard to find anymore. Everybody wants to sell you the lousy 130 grain jacketed stuff -- at $19.95/50. I'll try at Cabelas next time I got visit my daughter at the end of the month.
RL -- shot the new Buntline Special Sunday and debuted the extra-long Simply Rugged Cattleman you made for it. Only shot two scenarios and got the post-chemo wobblies, so I quit early.
Took a PET scan yesterday and have to wait until the 20th for The News. Maybe I'll be back to work by the end of October.
Scribe
Keep healing up! Glad you got out to shoot
by Rob Leahy , Prescott, Arizona, Friday, September 14, 2012, 19:11 (4455 days ago) @ Scribe
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38 Specials
by Drago, Wednesday, September 12, 2012, 19:55 (4456 days ago) @ Sarge
I've still got a few boxes of wadcutters from back in the day. I don't know how good they are since they're about 30 years old!
.38 Specials
by Remington40x , SE PA, Wednesday, September 12, 2012, 10:08 (4457 days ago) @ Drago
I own two Security Sixes (4" blue, 6" stainless). Wonderful revolvers - very accurate and almost indestructible.
.38 Specials
by bob, Wednesday, September 12, 2012, 11:00 (4457 days ago) @ Drago
over runs or seconds from a military contract. those i shot back in the 60's and 70's had .355 or .356 slugs, powder charge was low and accuracy questionable at best. cases were quite thick resulting in a bulge if you seated a .357 slug properly. my guess is the military wanted a round for any gun chambered in 38spl, regardless age, make or strength. while in the military, people "in the know" with decent 38's dumped the issue rounds and carried SuperVel.
.38 Specials USGI cases
by Charles, Wednesday, September 12, 2012, 15:03 (4457 days ago) @ bob
Some years back I acquired 5,000 USGI 38 Special cases. They are headstamped LC (Lake City), WCC (Winchester) and RA (Remington). While indeed thicker, I load them with .357 and .358 cast bullets without any bulging of any sort. They have proven to sturdy cases for reloading.
Just passing on my experience with these cases.
130 grain fmj
by Jhenry, Wednesday, September 12, 2012, 20:30 (4456 days ago) @ bob
The one person who I know to have been hit with one of those things expired right away with one shot. Go figure.
While in Central America I carried 110 grain Super Vel stuff I took with me instead of the 130 nonsense. Getting stuff down there was easy, getting stuff out was sometimes probelematic. My solution was to ditch the Super Vel stuff up inside a nitch in a hotel closet in Panama City when rotating out. I always figured it would be just my luck for some dope running bad guy to find the stuff and pop some person of importance. The cases have my prints all over them. That was 28 years ago though, so I am probably safe now