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zxcvbob · September 14, 2012, 01:49 PM

I usually carry 158 grain soft lead hollowpoints, but sometimes I'll carry 158 grain WFN or 148 grain DEWC. All of them loaded to the upper limit of .38 Special non +P data.

For a reload I carry a speed strip or two of Fiocchi 125 grain XTP +P. They don't weigh my pocket down as much, and the jacketed bullets and nickel cases don't mess up my clothes as much as exposed lead.

September 14, 2012, 01:49 PM	#61
zxcvbob Senior Member Join Date: December 20, 2007 Location: S.E. Minnesota Posts: 4,720	I usually carry 158 grain soft lead hollowpoints, but sometimes I'll carry 158 grain WFN or 148 grain DEWC. All of them loaded to the upper limit of .38 Special non +P data. For a reload I carry a speed strip or two of Fiocchi 125 grain XTP +P. They don't weigh my pocket down as much, and the jacketed bullets and nickel cases don't mess up my clothes as much as exposed lead. __________________ "Everything they do is so dramatic and flamboyant. It just makes me want to set myself on fire!" —Lucille Bluth