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condor bravo · July 18, 2015, 10:39 AM

Cannot offer any assistance on the use of plated .38s for the 52 but must express some acknowledgement for one of the greatest target pistols ever devised, the S&W mdl 52 .38 Special requiring flush seated wadcutters. Before I acquired mine, will always recall the time a sand-bagger, fresh out of something like the U S Army Marksmanship Unit, showed up at a match and really cleaned the hell out of the rest of us with his 52 during the center fire stage. This made everyone sit up and take notice. Get a 52 and forget about your .45 for center fire. But at any rate I use the cast duel-end WC for 52 loadings along with the factory 148 gr WCs. Good luck on your quest for a 52; my guess is that one will be difficult to find. Be aware that the achilles heel for the 52 is the ejector, they break off and that is common. Trying to find a new one is like trying to find a 52 itself. However, the 52 will still eject properly, most of the time, even without the ejector.

July 18, 2015, 10:39 AM	#2
condor bravo Senior Member Join Date: August 23, 2014 Location: Nevada/Ariz/CA Posts: 1,753	Cannot offer any assistance on the use of plated .38s for the 52 but must express some acknowledgement for one of the greatest target pistols ever devised, the S&W mdl 52 .38 Special requiring flush seated wadcutters. Before I acquired mine, will always recall the time a sand-bagger, fresh out of something like the U S Army Marksmanship Unit, showed up at a match and really cleaned the hell out of the rest of us with his 52 during the center fire stage. This made everyone sit up and take notice. Get a 52 and forget about your .45 for center fire. But at any rate I use the cast duel-end WC for 52 loadings along with the factory 148 gr WCs. Good luck on your quest for a 52; my guess is that one will be difficult to find. Be aware that the achilles heel for the 52 is the ejector, they break off and that is common. Trying to find a new one is like trying to find a 52 itself. However, the 52 will still eject properly, most of the time, even without the ejector. Last edited by condor bravo; July 18, 2015 at 11:44 AM.