What Revolver is this?

To clarify, Mo.

That means a specially treated "sock" to resist moisture, it doesn't mean wrap the gun in any old sock & call it a gun sock.

You can, if you have to store it IN something, find products specifically designed for the purpose.
Denis

Leather can attract moisture in longterm storage. Those are meant more for transport than storage.
 
Wood, cardboard, steel.

Wipe it down with a lightly-oiled rag, store it away, repeat two or three times a year, less in a dry climate, possibly more in a humid one.
Watch for rust signs.

Don't store in a leather or cloth pistol rug, don't store in a leather holster.
Denis
 
While silica gel might not be absolutely necessary, it's cheap enough and I can't see it hurting anything especially in a humid climate.
 
Webleymkv wrote "the word "Magnum" which, at the time, was not politically correct for a cop's gun..."

The .38 Special +P+ was another result of that attitude; it had power approaching the .357, but with the traditional ".38 Special" name to sound better for PR purposes.

Jim
 
Originally posted by James K
Webleymkv wrote "the word "Magnum" which, at the time, was not politically correct for a cop's gun..."

The .38 Special +P+ was another result of that attitude; it had power approaching the .357, but with the traditional ".38 Special" name to sound better for PR purposes.
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Jim speaks the truth. The .38 +P+ was, in many loadings, operating at near .357 Magnum pressures. It was really meant to be fired only in .357 Magnum revolvers (though there are a few exceptionally strong .38's like the S&W .38/44 Heavy Duty and Outdoorsman revolvers that could handle it) and was sold to departments with a proverbial wink and nod. This way, departments could claim that while they used .357 revolvers, they loaded them with "mere .38's".
 
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Originally posted by James K
Webleymkv wrote "the word "Magnum" which, at the time, was not politically correct for a cop's gun..."

The .38 Special +P+ was another result of that attitude; it had power approaching the .357, but with the traditional ".38 Special" name to sound better for PR purposes.
Jim speaks the truth. The .38 +P+ was, in many loadings, operating at near .357 Magnum pressures. It was really meant to be fired only in .357 Magnum revolvers (though there are a few exceptionally strong .38's like the S&W .38/44 Heavy Duty and Outdoorsman revolvers that could handle it) and was sold to departments with a proverbial wink and nod. This way, departments could claim that while they used .357 revolvers, they loaded them with "mere .38's".
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I don't mean to hi jack this thread but this isn't quite true. Whenever the topic of +P+ ammo shows up there is always a lot of mis-information/wives tales out there about it. I read up on and did quite a bit of research on .38 SPL +P+ loads, and there was quite an extensive thread over on the S&W forum a couple years ago on this topic. Federal and Winchester were the two manufacturers that produced this load under contract for the U.S. Treasury Dept hence the "Treasury Load" or "T" load for short. It consisted of a 110gr JHP at roughly 1150fps and operated about 22,500 PSI. From a 4" service revolver though one was more likely to get 1100fps from this load. Winchester is the only company that still makes this ammo, Federal now only lists the 147gr +P+. The Federal 147gr +P+ also generated quite a discussion over on the S&W forum.

I contacted Federal via email asking what was the operating pressure of this ammo and was informed that it was 22,500psi. This is a far cry from the 36,000psi of the .357 magnum. Getting back to the "Treasury Load" people who actually used it on the job pretty much agreed that the Winchester version was a little warmer than the Federal version but not by much, here are the real world specs straight from Winchester http://winchesterle.com/Lists/CatalogAmmo/Attachments/7/RA38110HP.pdf

Again this is no where near .357 magnum operating pressures. The only loading that I don't have info on is the old Cor Bon 115gr +P+ loading, that one was indeed warm but hasn't been around for quite some time.
 
I've always thought the M58 with medium loads and cast bullet would be one of the ultimate woods bumming guns, wish it were mine. It seems anytime I see one for sale I'm out of funds.
 
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