I carry 135 gr Gold Dot .38 Spl +P in my Smith M-60, with a 3" bbl. It's a good load, with moderate recoil from my all-steel Smith with good expansion in my water tests. It's advertised at 860 fps from a 2" bbl., but I've never chrono'd it myself.
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Underwood with gold dot HP seem really hot at 1k-fps from a 2” barrel .
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In my tests with my 3" bbl. and a 637 with Smith's 1-7/8" bbl., it's very hard to get over 900 fps with bullets in the 150+ grain weights. I'd have to chrono that claimed 1000 fps load before I'd believe it...and that speed comes with recoil as you well know.
Rod
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