.38SPL +P / .357 Magnum question

[robertc1024]

I hear you. For full house .357's, I love me some H110. It just gets great velocities. I probably shoot more reduced load .357's and .38 cowboy(ish) loads than anything other than 9mm. I just used CFE Pistol because at one point I could get it pretty easily. I just did a comparison on hodgdonreloading.com on 158g XTP's between CFE, Universal & TiteGroup. Check it out. The velocities aren't all over the map, and the pressure with CFE is 5000 to 8000 psi lower. I guess I look at that stuff because I have a lot of vintage guns.

 

[45tex]

I own one of the few or maybe the only snubby that is specifically rated for +P+. (S&W 640 Centennial)
+P is no fun to shoot.
There is no real definition of +P+ but in the 80's some loaders sold it anyway
Mistakenly fired one +P+ marked round in a .38 undercover Charter Arms, it bent the crane and cracked the barrel at the forcing cone. If I had more I'd trash it.

 

[msharley]

I've never loaded for a snub nose, but have an SP101 now, that I want to handload some light recoil, low muzzle blast .357 for a neighbor lady to try. .357, because those are the cases I have... Also, probably 160gr hard cast or 158gr XTP bullets, because those are what I have. Candidate powders I have and think would be best are Bullseye and Unique, but I also have PB, 4227, and H110.

Any suggestions?

Hey Gil,

A 158gr cast bullet.

4.5gr of Universal or Unique (may want 4.7gr Unique, so as not to gum up the cylinder)..??

Tad over 800fps from an 8-3/8" revolver. 1150fps from cowboy rifle....

Later, Mark

 

[txmechanic]

Is there a round commercially available in .38 or .357 that is between the .38SPL +P & .357 Magnum rounds in performance?

38 special will reach farther han the 35 mag. but the 357 mag will do trice the damage' in rifle mag the 357 is accurate at 100 yard's easily

 

[txmechanic]

38 special will reach farther than the 357 mag. but the 357 mag will do trice the damage' in rifle mag the 357 is accurate at 100 yard's easily i dont think there is n in between the cartdges.