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S&B wadcutters keyholing out of snubbie (reply)

Norm — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 18:39:07 +0000

Cabella's had 9mm S&B on sale for $10 a box. While severals buddies bot a boatload, I passed.

S&B wadcutters keyholing out of snubbie (reply)

Charles — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 20:19:13 +0000

The only S&B ammo I fired was a gift (7.64 rimmed Russian). I would not pay money for that stuff. Even the cases often give reloading issues due to tolerances.

i googled S&B ammo after I had trouble some folks had blown (reply)

stonewalrus — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 11:49:42 +0000

Up guns with it

S&B wadcutters keyholing out of snubbie (reply)

Catoosa — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 05:04:07 +0000

I think too much of my guns to ever shoot S&B ammo in them. Then there is the Norinco 9mm stuff - only ammo I have ever gotten my old Argie High Power to malfunction with. Primers so loose they would frequently blow out of the case and tie up the gun. I finally put a dab of Crazy Glue around each primer so I could shoot up what I had left, and threw the cases away.

That is the one brand of ammo I refuse to buy (reply)

stonewalrus — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 00:15:44 +0000

I have had bad experiences with 357 and 32 acp. Acp jammed bad and 357 was inconsistent. Some seemed pretty hot.

All kinds of stuff might happen with S&B ammo, some of which (reply)

Hobie — Sun, 02 Dec 2012 23:40:52 +0000

is very good and some of which tends to be more as you describe. I imagine the bullets are a might small for that bore.

S&B wadcutters keyholing out of snubbie

Scribe — Sun, 02 Dec 2012 17:37:45 +0000

Folks:

I bought some S&B 148 grain wadcutters at Cabela's in Wheeling, W. Va., over the holiday while driving by to Ohio.

Shot 10 rounds of them yesterday at a local indoor range and every one of them hit the target sideways, tearing a nearly horizontal rip through it. Each rip was about 6 inches long and about half an inch wide. At that was at 7 yards! (Target was a Wall Street zombie, if you must know).

Previosuly, I have shot 125 grain cowboy action loads, 148 grain WC commercial reloads, 158 grain RN factory, and 158 RNFP commercial reloads through this gun, which is Colt Cobra with a 2-inch barrel. No problems. It especially groups well with the 148 grain WC commerical reloads that I got from a local dealer. The 125's shoot lower, but group nicely enough.

I did not have a .38 with a longer barrel with me or else I would have shot some more to see if the slugs stabilize through a 4-incher or a 6-incher.

In fact, that is what I intend to do the next time I visit the range -- take longer-barrel pistolas with me and see what happens.

This ever happen to anyone else with S&B ammo?

SCribe