Outpost75
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Four 38 S&Ws live at my house--Colt PP x 4" and S&W Regulation Police x 4"... Colt was made in 1920, the S&W roughly 1933. Both are accurate little jewels, as jackrabbits have learned to their permanent consternation. Song dogs gotta eat, too.
The other 2 examples are actually 38/200s of WWII vintage--a S&W M&P x 5" and a Webley-Enfiled top-break with ~4.5" barrel. Both of these need a .363" bullet to fit the throats, and I use NEI #169A to load for these...202 grains in WW metal, and 3.0 grains of Unique imparts 650-675 FPS from the S&W. That #169A is a strange bullet--it is longer than the case it gets seated into. (.810" vs. .775")...The 38 S&W would be a great small game or varmint caliber, as is the 32 S&W Long. It seems a shame that both are relegated to "enthusiast caliber" status these days. Not everyone wants or needs a 17 round mag capacity or thunderous report in their sports sidearms.
I have a couple Victory S&Ws as well, one Aussie and the other Brit. Both accurate revolvers which went Factory Through Repair in the 1950s before being surplussed out. In both I use the Accurate 36-190T bullet with 2.5 grains of Bullseye for 630 fps, which shoots to the fixed sights with astounding penetration and no "flip".
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