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SFsc616171 · September 21, 2013, 08:52 PM

Dear Mike Goob,

Since you have a "38/357 snubby", this is my suggestion.

Load it with 148 grain .38 Special full wadcutters. Why?
1. It's the least load employed by the 1st Gen. Air Marshals and the old Civil Defense department, as well as most plainclothes police from the 50's, forward.
2. It is a viable SD load, without any argument of a hollow point, with low flash, and won't hurt her ears, in the middle of the night.
3. If she likes that, THEN, move to 158-grain semiwadcutters, without the hollowpoint. Just a little bit more, just as functional, and accurate.
4. Both loads will NOT bust your wallet!!

September 21, 2013, 08:52 PM	#32
SFsc616171 Junior member Join Date: June 9, 2011 Location: "In the swamps of Montana" with the gators Posts: 84	re:Taking wife shooting for the first time--which guns? Dear Mike Goob, Since you have a "38/357 snubby", this is my suggestion. Load it with 148 grain .38 Special full wadcutters. Why? 1. It's the least load employed by the 1st Gen. Air Marshals and the old Civil Defense department, as well as most plainclothes police from the 50's, forward. 2. It is a viable SD load, without any argument of a hollow point, with low flash, and won't hurt her ears, in the middle of the night. 3. If she likes that, THEN, move to 158-grain semiwadcutters, without the hollowpoint. Just a little bit more, just as functional, and accurate. 4. Both loads will NOT bust your wallet!!