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    .38 Special-Anonymous 

    Published on 10-16-2014 02:08 PM  Number of Views: 4255 

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    .38 Special
     FIREARM  PISTOL
     LEAD TYPE   JHP
     CALIBER TYPE   .38 special
     RATING   6
     LEAD SIZE   140
     POWDER TYPE   231w
     POWDER AMOUNT   4
     PRIMER   SP
     BRASS   .38 Special
     BARREL LENGTH   
     F.P.S   
     GROUP SIZE   
     OVERALL LENGTH   
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     SUBMITTED ON   05 Feb 2011
     SUBMITTED BY   Anonymous

    .38 Special-Richard Hickok 

    Published on 10-16-2014 02:06 PM  Number of Views: 4296 

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    .38 Special
     FIREARM  PISTOL
     LEAD TYPE   Gold Dot Hollow Poin
     CALIBER TYPE   38 Special
     RATING   9
     LEAD SIZE   135
     POWDER TYPE   AA #2
     POWDER AMOUNT   4.9 gr
     PRIMER   Winchester small pistol
     BRASS   once-fired mixed
     BARREL LENGTH   2 inch
     F.P.S   878
     GROUP SIZE   3 inches @ 21 feet
     OVERALL LENGTH   
     GUN DETAILS   Taurus Model 85
     OTHER DESCRIPTION  
     SUBMITTED ON   14 Aug 2008
     SUBMITTED BY   Richard Hickok

    .38 Special-bowtie 357 

    Published on 10-16-2014 02:03 PM  Number of Views: 4394 

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    .38 Special
     FIREARM  RIFLES
     LEAD TYPE   speer hp
     CALIBER TYPE   38 special
     RATING   7
     LEAD SIZE   110
     POWDER TYPE   bullseye
     POWDER AMOUNT   4.7
     PRIMER   wsp
     BRASS   win
     BARREL LENGTH   2"
     F.P.S   915
     GROUP SIZE   1'' @ 25 yrds
     OVERALL LENGTH   
     GUN DETAILS   rossi 88 2"
     OTHER DESCRIPTION  
     SUBMITTED ON   31 Jan 2009
     SUBMITTED BY   bowtie 357

    .38 Special-Cowboy T 

    Published on 10-16-2014 02:00 PM  Number of Views: 4286 

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    .38 Special
     FIREARM  PISTOL
     LEAD TYPE   Straight wheel weigh
     CALIBER TYPE   .38 Special
     RATING   0
     LEAD SIZE   108
     POWDER TYPE   Alliant Bullseye
     POWDER AMOUNT   3.9 gr
     PRIMER   Any small pistol--CCI, Win, Magtech, Federal
     BRASS   Any in good condition
     BARREL LENGTH   4
     F.P.S   UNKNOWN (no chrony)
     GROUP SIZE   2
     OVERALL LENGTH   
     GUN DETAILS   Ruger Security-Six
    S&W Model 19
    Taurus Model 65

    All listed guns have 4" barrels.
     OTHER DESCRIPTION  This is a nice, light practice load with very minimal recoil, while maintaining sufficiently good, if not absolutely optimal, precision. Slight/slender hands do not feel pain even after 500 shots with this load. It was developed for a female friend of mine so that she can regularly (and inexpensively) practice with the caliber she will actually use for self-defense. Kids also do very well with this load.

    There was a very slight sacrifice of accuracy made to keep recoil down. For top accuracy with this wheel-weight bullet, use 4.2 to 4.3gr Bullseye instead of 3.9gr, though felt recoil increases a little. You can safely go as low as 3.3gr with the 4" barrel, and this feels just like a .22LR, but precision then suffers.
     SUBMITTED ON   24 Mar 2010
     SUBMITTED BY   Cowboy T

    .380 Revolver-Greg Hart 

    Published on 10-16-2014 01:56 PM  Number of Views: 5758 

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    .380 Revolver
     FIREARM  PISTOL
     LEAD TYPE   Magnus bullet # 302
     CALIBER TYPE   .380 ACP
     RATING   0
     LEAD SIZE   100
     POWDER TYPE   Accurate # 2
     POWDER AMOUNT   3.0
     PRIMER   CCI 500
     BRASS   recovered range
     BARREL LENGTH   2
     F.P.S   unknown
     GROUP SIZE   unknown
     OVERALL LENGTH   unknown
     GUN DETAILS   Bersa Thunder .380
    Kel-Tec P3-AT
     OTHER DESCRIPTION  THis round worked well in both the Bersa and the K-T. They were used for general target practice. I can't comment on the accuracy as the shooting was done freehand and at various distances. They seemed no different than any other round.
     SUBMITTED ON   07 Feb 2010
     SUBMITTED BY   Greg Hart

    .38 S&W-robertbank 

    Published on 10-16-2014 01:53 PM  Number of Views: 5899 

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    .38 S&W
     FIREARM  PISTOL
     LEAD TYPE   Wheelweights
     CALIBER TYPE   .38 S&W
     RATING   10
     LEAD SIZE   158
     POWDER TYPE   Bullseye
     POWDER AMOUNT   3 Gr.
     PRIMER   Remington Small Pistol Primer
     BRASS   W-W
     BARREL LENGTH   5"
     F.P.S   531
     GROUP SIZE   3"
     OVERALL LENGTH   1.182
     GUN DETAILS   Webley
     OTHER DESCRIPTION  Load is safe in the Webley - bullets sized to .358, reasonable accuracy with a non-target gun.  A fun load.
     SUBMITTED ON   14 Apr 2006
     SUBMITTED BY   robertbank

    8 mm French Ordnance (8 mm Lebel Revolver)-sergio 

    Published on 10-16-2014 01:51 PM  Number of Views: 5311 

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    8 mm French Ordnance (8 mm Lebel Revolver)
     FIREARM  PISTOL
     LEAD TYPE   coppered
     CALIBER TYPE   8 label revolver
     RATING   10
     LEAD SIZE   101
     POWDER TYPE   mitrokemia rex verde
     POWDER AMOUNT   4.5
     PRIMER   cci 400 sr
     BRASS   
     BARREL LENGTH   
     F.P.S   
     GROUP SIZE   
     OVERALL LENGTH   
     GUN DETAILS   
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     SUBMITTED ON   26 Dec 2007
     SUBMITTED BY   sergio

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