It shuts down the percieved noise, but the hearing damage will be permanent, and be assured it is permanent. Don't ask me how I know.
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It shuts down the percieved noise, but the hearing damage will be permanent, and be assured it is permanent. Don't ask me how I know.
I would really like a little bulldog, really like the 44spc but they don't sell it at Walmart
It shuts down the percieved noise, but the hearing damage will be permanent, and be assured it is permanent. Don't ask me how I know.
I saw a good tip the other day on home protection. If you have a nice pair of electronic hearing protectors, instead of leaving them in your range bag, put them close to your gun and use them if you have a chance if you have to defend yourself at night. It just gives you one more advantage. And while hearing loss sucks, hearing loss plus tinnitus sucks even more.
I'm a fan of the Speer gold dot short barrel loads in .38 +P. They chrono exactly what Speer claims out of my S&W 442 and are a great load for a snubbie.
With that said the .357 short barrel loads are not even close the magnum loadings. They are just a .38 load in a magnum case. If you are gonna shoot magnums I'm a firm believer in shooting MAGNUMS. Depending on your gun with S&W K frames being a no no because of forcing cones notoriously splitting with them, the .125 grain JHP loads @ 1450FPS (or faster) just don't get beat by much.
Buffalo Bore makes some screaming .38 and .357 loads that are low flash. The .38 +P gold dot loads are a good choice but be aware that they are in no way .357s or anything even close. They would be a decent choice for your wife.
Have you ran any of the short barrel loads across a chrony?
I came across a Davis Derringer with a 2" barrel in a trade. Shot some standard factory lead loads into a 55 gallon drum. It only dented it. Did not penetrate it, so I got rid of it.
Do you think the premium loads are better?
That test turned me off of short barreled guns.
I will say that the manufactures are designing new loads for them though.
Your correct. That was the load. In the same drum, a .22 bulk rimfire would penetrate and severely dent the back side of the drum. With the reports I'd seen about the Davis, I didn't want to go to +P stuff.The .38 special 158gr RN lead bullet is a notorius weakling. That was probably it.
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