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mete · January 29, 2014, 04:27 PM

I had a Speer book where they described an experiment .They took a group of 357 revolvers and fired 125 gr ammo from the same company and same lot.The velocity ranged from 1200-1600 fps !!
The ammo maker uses a test barrel which may be very different from your revolver.
Take your revolver , fire 5 shots from each cylinder but a separate target for each cylinder.You'll find different accuracy in each cylinder. Do not then use just one cylinder for things like matches , it will damage the gun !!

January 29, 2014, 04:27 PM	#17
mete Senior Member Join Date: June 14, 2004 Location: NY State Posts: 6,575	I had a Speer book where they described an experiment .They took a group of 357 revolvers and fired 125 gr ammo from the same company and same lot.The velocity ranged from 1200-1600 fps !! The ammo maker uses a test barrel which may be very different from your revolver. Take your revolver , fire 5 shots from each cylinder but a separate target for each cylinder.You'll find different accuracy in each cylinder. Do not then use just one cylinder for things like matches , it will damage the gun !! __________________ And Watson , bring your revolver !