I think I may have spoke without really thinking yesterday morning. I noticed that a coworker kept his car gun, an early 80's model S&W Airlite, loaded with some brand of 158gr LRN.
I offered him some 125gr +P Starfires from a range box that I happened to have in the trunk of my car.
When he asked about the safety issue of +Ps in Airlites, I told him that his S&W will handle a handful of +Ps without any problems... just for defensive use.
This morning I got to thinking about that. I am still quite confident that his Airlite (that's in good shape, BTW) will stand up to an ever-so-limited diet of +Ps, such as a cylinder full for POI assessment, and a cylinder for defense only... but I wonder about the extent of accelerated wear the first 5 rounds may have on the alloy frame. Perhaps he doesn't need to put 5 rounds through it to find the POI to begin with... after all, it's a car gun.
I am curious to see what others here think. Did Snowdog screw up?
I offered him some 125gr +P Starfires from a range box that I happened to have in the trunk of my car.
When he asked about the safety issue of +Ps in Airlites, I told him that his S&W will handle a handful of +Ps without any problems... just for defensive use.
This morning I got to thinking about that. I am still quite confident that his Airlite (that's in good shape, BTW) will stand up to an ever-so-limited diet of +Ps, such as a cylinder full for POI assessment, and a cylinder for defense only... but I wonder about the extent of accelerated wear the first 5 rounds may have on the alloy frame. Perhaps he doesn't need to put 5 rounds through it to find the POI to begin with... after all, it's a car gun.
I am curious to see what others here think. Did Snowdog screw up?