Where is the FBI load?
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Back when realizing consistent, robust expansion (or even significant deformation) in the common .38 Spl JHP's was difficult to achieve and predict, the 158gr LSWCHP/LHP +P offered a practical alternative at a budget price.
I commonly used it in my steel J-frames and my first +P rated 642-1.
I also used it for a short while in my duty revolver when we were told to stop using Magnum duty ammo in our then-new 686's until the firing pin bushings & firing pins could be replaced by our armorer (that reported soft primer flow issue from the 80's).
I still have some boxes of it put back in my ammo collection, and still see it surface from time to time when qual/training ammo changes (due to varying availability of different loads).
However, nowadays we have an assortment of more modern designed JHP's that have benefited from some of the ammo design advances made in recent years.
We can choose from more modern bullet designs that would be the envy of .38 Spl revolver owners from 25-50 years ago.
I commonly used it in my steel J-frames and my first +P rated 642-1.
I also used it for a short while in my duty revolver when we were told to stop using Magnum duty ammo in our then-new 686's until the firing pin bushings & firing pins could be replaced by our armorer (that reported soft primer flow issue from the 80's).
I still have some boxes of it put back in my ammo collection, and still see it surface from time to time when qual/training ammo changes (due to varying availability of different loads).
However, nowadays we have an assortment of more modern designed JHP's that have benefited from some of the ammo design advances made in recent years.
We can choose from more modern bullet designs that would be the envy of .38 Spl revolver owners from 25-50 years ago.
The test media was water saturated sand in a Styrofoam cooler , the boolit was going 950 fps , cast from isotope container alloy 11bhn.
salvadore, it looks as if ya boolit is a tad hard (no expansion of the driving bands) & the nose almost fragmenting, I`d reduce the antimony & keep the tin content. BUT the difference may be the test media, also the depth of the cavity I like it deeper than the first driving band.
salvadore, it looks as if ya boolit is a tad hard (no expansion of the driving bands) & the nose almost fragmenting, I`d reduce the antimony & keep the tin content. BUT the difference may be the test media, also the depth of the cavity I like it deeper than the first driving band.