Everytime I get a new hand gun I always seek out information on three things, the most accurate/reliable self defense ammo, the best "expander" and chronographed results for the specific gun I plan to or did already purchase. I spend a considerable amount of time looking for the chrono'd results ( the other two I can shoot the gun and find out myself )
I FINALLY got a RCBS Ammo master chronograph and wonder why I have shot for so many years without one. I figured to the benefit of anyone like me out there looking for specific info, I'd post my findings from shooting yesterday.
This was all done at 4600 feet above sea level and temerature was 37 degrees.
Out of the Ruger SP101 with 3 inch barrel- (all data recorded in feet per second)
Sorry if some of these strings are really short I shot what I had.
Remington 125 gr. JSP 357 magnum from Walmart (SKU L357M12)
1. 1279
2. 1298
3. 1349
4. 1299
5. 1305
6. 1313
Buffalo Bore 140 gr. Barnes XPB 357 magnum (all copper bullet) (SKU 19K/20)
1. 1531
2. 1526
3. 1534
4. 1512
5. 1485
6. 1465
7. 1481
8. 1510
9. 1494
Buffalo Bore 180 gr. Hard Cast LFN-GC 357 magnum (SKU 19A/20)
1. 1317
2. 1266
3. 1283
4. 1268
5. 1240
Barnes Vor-tx 140 gr. XPB 357 magnum (SKU ?)
1. 1297
2. 1297
3. 1266
4. 1257
5. 1314
6. 1293
Buffalo Bore 125 gr. J.H.C. 357 magnum (SKU 19D/20)
1. 1465
2. 1516
3. 1508
4. 1474
5. 1468
Remington Golden Saber 125 gr. 357 magnum (SKU ?)
1. 1249
2. 1245
3. 1247
4. 1226
5. 1206
Speer 135 grain Gold Dot Short Barrel 357 magnum (SKU ?)
1. 1098
2. 1080
3. 1104
4. 1106
5. 1141
Hornady 158 grain XTP 357 magnum (SKU ?)
1. 1187
2. 1194
3. 1181
Hornady 125 grain Critical Defense 357 magnum (SKU ?)
1. 1349
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Taurus 605 2 inch barrel
Buffalo Bore 125 grain Barnes XPB Low flash short barrel 357 magnum (SKU 19H/20)
1. 1192
2. 1165
3. 1177
4. 1170
5. 1185
Buffalo Bore 158 grain L.S.W.C.H.P. 38 special + P (SKU 20A/20)
1. 948
2. 993
3. 963
4. 955
5. 960
Speer 135 gr Gold Dot short barrel 357 magnum (SKU ? but same box used for the SP101 test results)
1. 1044
2. 998
3. 1012
4. 993
5. 1020
Buffalo Bore 125 grain L.V. JHP 38 special + P (Gold Dot bullet) (SKU 20B/20)
1. 1071
2. 1036
3. 1032
4. 1005
5. 1050
Remington Golden Saber 125 grain 38 Special + P (SKU ?)
1. 846
2. 849
3. 848
4. 835
5. 853
Hornady 158 grain XTP 357 magnum (SKU ?)
1. 1034
2. 1083
3. 1106
Hornady 125 grain Critical Defense 357 magnum (SKU ? but same box as data from SP101)
1. 1214 ( I wish I would have had more of these to test )
Remington 125 grain JSP 357 magnum (SKU L357M12)
1. 1185
2. 1110
3. 1184
4. 1110
Sorry but I didn't write down averages or standard deviation or extreme spread. I hope someone out there finds this helpful
