Thread: .38 +P
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Old August 4, 2012, 09:30 AM   #4
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You can probably run those .38 +P cases at .357 Magnum pressures safely IN A .357 MAGNUM REVOLVER. The safety issue comes from the potential for them to get into a .38 SPECIAL revolver at some unguarded moment in the future.

With a hardness of 12, they may lead at velocities above 1,000 fps or so, but probably not as badly as the original soft-swaged lead 158 gr LSWCs the factories used to load in .357 Magnum revolvers. There are some .357 Magnum loads out there pushing similar bullets to over 1,500 fps from 6" barrelled guns, using magnum powders of course, not 231. Leading at those velocities is different from gun-to-gun, depending on throat and groove dimensions, taper in throats and bore, bullet fit, lube, etc.

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