Pond James Pond
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Any time I carry, it is a 6-shot .38 snub.
After to-ing and fro-ing, I finally opted for 147 gr WC rounds.
Low recoil, accurate, wide meplat.
I'm glad to say that I've never needed and so the same 6 rounds go into the cylinder and come out again every time I go out. It stays unloaded at home. Firstly because of the kids and secondly the legalities of weapons kept at home.
All that is irrelevant to the discussion beyond explaining how and why the cases leave and enter the gun so often.
As I unloaded today, one fell on the floor which is cork, so not hard. I pickedit up and noticed that the bullet was a little recessed in the mouth. I looked at the other cartridges: so was another one and a third was actually pushed out a bit, but loose enough that I could easily push it back flush with the case mouth with mild pressure from my thumb...
So this made me think of two things: the importance of a firm grip on the bullet in the case and that of COAL.
What would you do with these?
After to-ing and fro-ing, I finally opted for 147 gr WC rounds.
Low recoil, accurate, wide meplat.
I'm glad to say that I've never needed and so the same 6 rounds go into the cylinder and come out again every time I go out. It stays unloaded at home. Firstly because of the kids and secondly the legalities of weapons kept at home.
All that is irrelevant to the discussion beyond explaining how and why the cases leave and enter the gun so often.
As I unloaded today, one fell on the floor which is cork, so not hard. I pickedit up and noticed that the bullet was a little recessed in the mouth. I looked at the other cartridges: so was another one and a third was actually pushed out a bit, but loose enough that I could easily push it back flush with the case mouth with mild pressure from my thumb...
So this made me think of two things: the importance of a firm grip on the bullet in the case and that of COAL.
What would you do with these?