Revolver wound ballistics for .38 snubnose and clothing

[725]

I agree with the concepts here about shot placement. No arguing with a good hit. That said, I tell my wife to shoot the floor/air/wall - whatever - once if she thinks there is an intruder in the house and then call out, "The next one's for you." Should reduce the over all number of threat possibilities to deal with. If they keep on keeping on, well, that's another story.

[jdgabbard]

I agree with the concepts here about shot placement. No arguing with a good hit. That said, I tell my wife to shoot the floor/air/wall - whatever - once if she thinks there is an intruder in the house and then call out, "The next one's for you." Should reduce the over all number of threat possibilities to deal with. If they keep on keeping on, well, that's another story.

In the house I’m not so much concerned with how many rounds my 38spl holds. I’m usually carrying a full sized 9mm when home. And there is the AR next to the bed, loaded with M855. I don’t have to worry about friendlies, I live alone. And I know how to repair sheet rock… I’m shooting through walls, doors, or anything else I need to shoot through to drop whatever wandered into my castle. I chose the M855 for the extra penetration I’m not going to get from 55gr. My house, my rules…

[atfsux]

I will state that anyone that believes a reversed HBWC to be “king” for snubbies needs an information update, immediately.

Pleased to help, with receipts, in that regard.

Anyone who has done their own testing knows this truth. The receipts are the experience.

However, just as an illustration, do you recall the old Nyclad line of ammo> First brought out by S&W in the 70s, then sold to Federal, who discontinued it in the late 90s. That was the best ever factory HP ammo for standard pressure .38 and 9mm ever. 125grn 9mm HP Nyclads were my carry ammo for decades, and the HP 158s in revolvers when I packed one of those. Back before PC became a thing, these were dead soft lead projectiles sheathed in nylon. The 9mm opened up bigger than any JHP in that time and did so without +P pressures. The same for the .38 loadings. The reason was that copper jacketing tech back then wasn't what it is now, and JHPs often didn't reliably open up unless driven to +P velocities.

Thus, the same is true of reversed wadcutters. Or just about any pure lead HP going faster than 800 fps. Straight Shooter Casting out of West Virginia used to sell a gas-checked Hi-Tek coated 158 grn LSWCHP that worked beautifully. Underwood loaded that projectile for their .38 FBI load ammo. Alas, the folks at Straight Shooter retired last year and sold off their inventory and machinery.

Soft lead is the key. It works just fine.expanded HBWC.jpgNyclad 125grn 38spl.jpg