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Picked up this ANIB S&W Model 36 Chiefs Special (S/N 1358xx) yesterday with 3" pinned barrel, round butt, angled flat latch thumb release, and diamond checkered service grips, plus box, papers, and unopened cleaning kit.. No indications that it has been shot since leaving the factory circa 1958. Yahoo!!!
So, inside the box lid are very basic directions for use, dated 1955. Nothing out of the ordinary, until the last section on ammunition:
" Ammunition - Factory-loaded, smokeless powder cartridges with plain lead bullets are recommended.
Experience shows that metal patched bullets are frequently responsible for barrel trouble."
I'm curious, what's this reference to metal patched bullets? Is this the early moniker for jacketed bullets? Was jacketed/metal-patched ammo suspect for barrel wear in 1955?
BTW, I'm planning to try Federal's Nyclad .38 Special standard pressure SWC or HP ammo for accuracy. Nyclad should protect the barrel, eh? Good personal protection loads?
So, inside the box lid are very basic directions for use, dated 1955. Nothing out of the ordinary, until the last section on ammunition:
" Ammunition - Factory-loaded, smokeless powder cartridges with plain lead bullets are recommended.
Experience shows that metal patched bullets are frequently responsible for barrel trouble."
I'm curious, what's this reference to metal patched bullets? Is this the early moniker for jacketed bullets? Was jacketed/metal-patched ammo suspect for barrel wear in 1955?
BTW, I'm planning to try Federal's Nyclad .38 Special standard pressure SWC or HP ammo for accuracy. Nyclad should protect the barrel, eh? Good personal protection loads?