Due to customer demand, we've developed this defensive 38 SPL ammo. Our customers wanted some devastating 38 SPL loads that would fill the following criteria:
- It won't hurt older/fragile/alloy revolvers. (Non +P)
- Is effective as a "fight stopper" through the use of proper bullets.
- Is more powerful than typical/standard, weak 38SPL ammo.
- Generates much less recoil than our +P 38SPL ammo.
- Is flash suppressed.
Buffalo Bore is introducing these three different heavy yet standard pressure loadings for 38 SPL. These offerings are loaded at standard pressure, but they are much more powerful than normal 38 SPL ammo. These loads will not harm older more fragile revolvers. So, these loads are safe for use in ANY 38 SPL revolver, provided it is in normal working condition.
As stated above, the "POWER" level of these loads is really closer to a typical +P power level, but the pressure is standard. We are able to develop these powerful standard pressure loads with modern non-canister powders. Again, these loads recoil far less than our +P 38 SPL ammo.
This load is flash suppressed, so firing it in the dark won't blind you. We use flash-suppressed powder in our defensive ammo in the loadings whenever possible as over 90% of all civilian shootings in America occur in low light when the criminal element is at work. We don't want you blinded by your own gunfire after the first shot.
Item 20D utilizes a very hard cast 150gr. WAD CUTTER bullet. The bullet is made hard, so it won't deform or mushroom. It cuts/crushes a "cookie cutter", full diameter hole in human flesh just like it does on a paper target. It penetrates deeply (roughly 14 to 16 inches in human tissue) and its full diameter profile maximizes blood loss as it cuts and crushes (not slips or slides) its way through tissue.
Although I've never been shot with a full profile wadcutter bullet, I must assume that the initial impact of that wide flat-nosed bullet is crushingly formidable. As a teenager, I took to the woods regularly and killed many a critter with heavily loaded 38SPL wadcutters. The effect of a full profile wad cutter on small game was obvious and amazing compared to regular round-nosed bullets. That flat nose literally hammers living things.
These bullets are hard and properly lubed and will NOT lead your barrel.
Note: Velocities from real-world "over-the-counter" revolvers - NOT TEST BARRELS!
- 868 fps (251 ft. lbs.) — S&W mod. 60, 2-inch barrel
- 890 fps (264 ft. lbs.) — S&W mod. 66, 2.5-inch barrel
- 961 fps (308 ft. lbs.) — Ruger SP101, 3-inch barrel
- 1005 fps (336 ft. lbs.) — S&W Mt. Gun, 4-inch barrel
