Lucky Gunner .38 Special and .357 Mag testing

[ECU Pirates]

If you want to kill some time this page has great info. It's interactive, you can click the ammo and see videos and pictures. Some of these could kill frying pans easily.


.38 Special and .357 Magnum Self-Defense Ammo Ballistics Test - LuckyGunner.com Labs

 

[Different Drummer]

Thanks for the link. I read it all and also followed more links provided in the original article.
Somehow I have become the owner of two .357 Magnum revolvers. Not sure why. Just got carried away I guess. Actually I do know why. They are both High Standards manufactured by Dan Wesson. I am a glutton for the unusual or different in just about anything.
Truthfully I have not fired either yet. However, I have often thought that I probably would prefer a dummied down .357 load as opposed to the full power big boys.
I think this article pretty much pushes me in the direction that I initially was contemplating. However, rather than dummying down a .357 Mag. seems that a proper choice in the .38 would be a better alternative. ( That 148 gr SWC is intriguing. ) Though I suppose that good cleaning practices would be in order using the .38 in the .357 Cyl. I really will not know until I give some full on .357 a try. Of course only actually firing the revolvers
with various .38 and .357 will help me make a decision.
Thanks agin for the link.

 

[Phauxtoe]

this should be STICKY!

 

[Marine Cpl]

Some of these could kill frying pans easily.

Yep. Easily.

 

[Bob]

Very timely. I've been starting to think about a good carry load for my LCR. Thanks for posting.