• .38 Special-Cowboy T

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     LOAD DETAILS
     GUN TYPE   

    .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

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