TIP: Click on subject to list as thread! ANSI
echo: guns
to: JOHN PERZ
from: DENNIS JENKINS
date: 1996-07-01 21:57:00
subject: P-38 / P-1 grain safety?

JP>These refer to cartridge pressure levels.  To use 38 special as an
JP>example:  regular 38 special rounds will generate 18,000psi.  38 specia
JP>plus P's will generate 22,000psi.  38 special +P+ may run 27,000psi.
JP>+P's are sold over the counter, +P+'s are not, they are sold directly t
JP>police agencies, which sign a blanket release absolving the ammo maker
JP>from all liability.  Generally, they only shoot them in 357 magnums, no
JP>regular 38 specials.
I have a 1983 S&W stainless steel model 60 revolver.  The owners manual has a 
warning about +P+ shells.  Does this mean that I can use regular +P shells?
What would be a good commercial round for this gun?  
Dennis Jenkins
---
 * PW * sorry no taglines
---------------
* Origin: The STL CATII BBS (314-351-7150) (314-353-9441) (1:100/757)

SOURCE: echomail via exec-pc

Email questions or comments to sysop@ipingthereforeiam.com
All parts of this website painstakingly hand-crafted in the U.S.A.!
IPTIA BBS/MUD/Terminal/Game Server List, © 2025 IPTIA Consulting™.