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griz · June 2, 2001, 12:41 PM

I don't know if these qualify as squibs but I was clocking some 38 specials with 158 lead bullets with a little less than 3 grains of titegroup. I don't have my notes here so am not sure about the charge weight. They were going about 700 FPS and one that sounded noticeably quieter was around 500. If I had not been measuring them I would still have known it was slower because of the sound. I couldn't see the bullet though. And a word of caution. If you get a pop insted of a bang, especially with jacketed bullets, check the bore before firing again. The lead bullets usually don't get stuck but I saw an underlaoded JHP get stuck one time.

June 2, 2001, 12:41 PM	#2
griz Senior Member Join Date: July 31, 2000 Location: Middle Peninsula, VA Posts: 1,588	I don't know if these qualify as squibs but I was clocking some 38 specials with 158 lead bullets with a little less than 3 grains of titegroup. I don't have my notes here so am not sure about the charge weight. They were going about 700 FPS and one that sounded noticeably quieter was around 500. If I had not been measuring them I would still have known it was slower because of the sound. I couldn't see the bullet though. And a word of caution. If you get a pop insted of a bang, especially with jacketed bullets, check the bore before firing again. The lead bullets usually don't get stuck but I saw an underlaoded JHP get stuck one time.