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echo: guns
to: GUY PUTNAM
from: DANIEL DIGRIZ
date: 1996-06-28 10:53:00
subject: P-38 / P-1 grain safety?

Guy Putnam spoke in hushed tones to Daniel DiGriz:
GP> I don't know about bullet weight, but I'd be pretty careful
GP> about using hot loads.  I shot some FN burp-gun ammo made in
GP> Spain in my P-38, & it blew off the top disassembly cover. 
GP> My gun is an alloy frame commercial model made in '65.  I
GP> would imagine you could get by with some Golden Sabre
GP> Remington rounds, if it will feed hollow points.  I'd be
GP> careful about using even +P rounds.
I'll avoid anything marked "burp-gun ammo". However, my P-1 is a 64 
steel-framed model. It might stand up to a little more abuse. Still, I don't 
want to risk it. I don't know what +P's and +P+'s are,`however.
Groetjes,
D. DiGriz
20 Junth 1996
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