A 38 snubby is marginal...
I don't think that is the problem. I have one snubby and another with a 4"barrell. I am not accurate at all with the snubby and I don't want to get close enough to a hog that size to be able to hit where I need to hit.
A 38 snubby is marginal...
A 38 snubby is marginal...
That's literally one of the most laughable statements I have ever read on TFL.
A 38 snubby is marginal...
At least I can back my opinions with fact and not romantic ideas of the past.A 38 snubby is marginal...
That's literally one of the most laughable statements I have ever read on TFL.
ou assume too much.
EVERYTHING is "marginal" if the bullet doesn't get to the right place. If it does, it works. Everything that gets the bullet to the right place, generally works.
A .38 snub COULD be marginal, depending on the load use, and conditions. ESPECIALLY conditions.
Some testing, done in the late 70s, found that the traditional police load of a 200gr LRN, fired from a snub would not reliably penetrate 60s era car windshields. The same load, fired from a 4" service revolver, would.
Choose the right ammo, and the .38 Special, even out of a snub nose is more effective than you might think, based on energy/velocity numbers alone.
Of course, YOU still have to do your part correctly...
Sadly, one poster believes his experiences are the end all argument against
the .38 Special.
Hogma...
Nanuk is entitled to his opinion. His statements illustrate perfectly how a crusade to slay a sacred cow can actually be more like tilting at windmills.
I have read of hog hunters who hunt the things with knives and dogs. The dogs corner the hog and the human hog hunter jumps on the hog and stabs it in the heart. From a thread I can't find but remember, the hunter was using a Cold Steel Trailmaster and claimed once he got the blade in the pig's heart, the animal died almost instantly.
I think in this case, you mean "hogma."