saving weight in a snub

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Okay...many of you reccomend 158 grian +Ps for your snubbie. Anyone know how much more weight a cylinder of 158s add to the gun over 125ers...I know it's 33 grain times 5 but what does that translate into ounces? I have an airweight and try and keep the weight down (saved a 1/2 ounce replacing uncle mike's boot grip with nylon hideout)....it all adds up....
 
Don't shoot, somewhere out there I posted a similar question a while back and got laughed out of town, so be ready. Just kidding. At the time, I had a Ti 342PD. It seems like a valid question to me. For me, I finally found these 100Gr double end wadcutters factory loaded by 3-D. This was the most tolerable round in my Ti snubbie. It wasn't the be all to end all by any means, but it was the lightest weight gun, could be fired in a pocket, more powerful than the .32's, and stone cold reliable. If weight is concern, consider too a different platform. For example, the 442 you have is about 15 oz. I think. A M37 is 13.5 oz. I think the M37 is the ticket, especially with a bobbed hammer as it is on a slightly smaller frame (if you get the older model say around '92-'94). I had a Taurus 85UL undercover at that time, which was way more comfortable to shoot than my Titanium. I couldn't decide if it was due to the porting or the 3.5 oz weight difference. Anyway, good luck.
 
Unless I'm mistaken, my old trivia-laden brain tells me there are 440 grains in an ounce.

Like Sox, I owned an 11-ounce Model 342 (Titanium). I carried it for for well over 2 years and it is one of those guns that I sometimes regret selling. (Used that $ and more for new 12-ounce 340PD, which has a comparatively-chitty trigger.)

I commonly carry 125 grainers (Gold Dot +Ps), but if minimum weight is essential, you might check out some 110 grain .38 loads ... Seems like somewhere tho I recently saw on this site that some of the (Federal PD?) loads only tested around 650 fps out of a snub ... Not sure if truth or trash ... Ya might want to do a search.
 
Don't shoot, the difference in the loads would be a little less than a half ounce for all five of em.

Recommend you go with the load that gives an acceptable level of performance and shootability in your gun. Ignore the weight difference.

If it is not comfortable to shoot, you won't shoot enough to get good enough with it.

For years I carried a milspec 1911 and a M&P for eight to twelve hours a day. I have looked at eight decades and can still carry a 50 ounce Model 29 all day.

I have lighter guns but they are also lesser guns.

Sam....ten stone with a paunch.
 
So what's a half an ounce to you, don't? Aren't you buff beyond belief? Are you joining the North Hollywood gun club and want to ensure the rest of the members can shoot your revolver too?
 
Hey, Sox:

I sure ain't laughing... I have a 337PD, and I'm even thinking of loading it with CCI Blazer ammo, to save the weight of aluminum casings over brass! Of course, I'm also a backpacker, and some of us have been known to saw our toothbrush handles in half! :D

-- JFrame
 
Half a toothbrush 0.25 oz. Had my teeth pulled. Teeth 1.1 oz plus half a toothbrush = total of 1.35 oz saved. That allows me the choice of carryin six 200gr JHPs or walking 0.0062 miles further on a standard day at sea level.

Sam, not Yosimite, he has hair and longer arms.
 
7000 grains to the pound, 437.5 grains to the ounce, 33 grain difference equals 0.075 ounce, less than 1/10 oz. Believe me, you won't notice any difference.:D
 
Thanks guys....based on all the advice I pulled all the heads off my rounds yesterday and it is really light now....only problem is I got powder all over my pants wneh holstering it.....
 
Artech.........times your number by 5. He was savin 33 grains PER round.

When you add up all five rounds, we savin some serious weight. 0.375 ounce.

Sam
 
Sam:

Hi. I was being kind'a facetious about the toothbrush. I've never sawn MINE in half, though I know people who have! :rolleyes: I try to save weight with the big-ticket items, like an alcohol stove instead of white gas, and a titanium snubby instead of a steel hawg-leg!:D Sometimes, the fun and mental challenge is in trying to figure out where to shave the weight while still retaining the essentials.

Don't shoot:

Hey, man--I now christen you King of the Ultralight Toters! ;) Please post when you figure out how to touch off the rounds without primers!

--JFrame
 
CR Sam: Too funny but I'm not quite ready for such drastic savings in weight.

artech: good to see you again Chris. Hope all is well with you.
 
The only way I can see it as being an issue is if you're packing for long-haul outdoors carry, and are taking a couple hundred rounds along :).

THEN you might see a minor weight savings with 110s versus 158s.
 
How I "lightened-up"

I tote a Smith and Wesson Model 638 "Bodyguard" which weighs 15 oz empty. I carry Georgia Arms 110 gr PLUS-P JHP's in it and rides in an Uncle Mike's size 1 soft velour pocket holster, which weighs about as much as a postage stamp. Pretty flat and pretty light. As far as the difference in weight between 158 gr and 100 gr..........it would probably be negligable to me. I have found that anything over a pound in the pocket tends to begin to pull and flop about. A pound and under is ideal for my purposes.
 
Try dirt baggin some time
the concept is the top 10% of essentials and the bottom 10 % of goodies

here's a list for a week summer time
1 6' x 8' tarp nylon
1 space or army blanket
4 stakes plastic
1 50' paracord
1 camel back water system with purifier
5 lbs rice
5 lbs beans
small aluminum pan
alcohol stove and feul
swiss army knife
2 t shirts wear 1
1 umbro shorts
1 blue jeans
sandals
1 extra fancy meal either freeze dried or canned
1/2 tooth brush
tennis ball
folding frisbee
S&W m60 w/2 snake loads 3 blazer 125 jhp
10 snake loads
10 blazer 125 jhp
 
¿ Tennis ball ?

Yes It gives you something to play with throw it around, soak it in a stream and nail your friend with it(with loveing kindness, he looks to warm is the typical excuse) shoot it , squeeze it to build up your trigger finger.

whatever.
 
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