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NE Bull:
Congrats!  She's a beaut! I too am looking to a snubby wheel gun as another option, now you have refueled the idea.
I do have some 125gr Berry's topped .38s handloads, if you wanted to try a few, 'might' be little nicer for practice (They shoot like a .22 in a N Frame ;) ,almost ) 

bk09:
Thanks for the offer. I have some loads with 125gr lead flat points moving up in .1gr increments from the minimum load listed on the hodgdon site. One of those should be more tolerable. What I want to develop is a load that lines up with the sites. And down the road I will get a load to mimic a defensive load. Looks like this j frame will replace my AR as my bedside peace keeper.

greg58:
The little stainless J frames are a beautiful simple piece.
I have a model 60 357 that I carry alot, I run 38 special +P thru it and it does kick a bit.
It has such nice looking rosewood grips, that I can't bring myself to put on the rubber grips.
I love mine..
Greg58

skydve76:
cool, now go buy a real gun :) Just kidding.

bk09:

--- Quote from: skydve76 on April 03, 2012, 02:47:07 PM ---cool, now go buy a real gun :) Just kidding.

--- End quote ---

Glock 23 gen 4 and sw 500 are being shipped and expected to arrive tomorrow  :P
I expect to post a video of my first shot with the 500 this weekend. I got me some wimpy loads made where I predict the 275gr bullet to leave the muzzle around 1000fps, don't expect much recoil out of it. Actually used a recoil calculator and the muzzle flip of the 500 loads should be around 9 feet per second while my loads with the 642 produce just over 18 feet per second. However the foot pounds of energy for the 642 was about 5lbs and the 500 should be about 6 pounds. More push and less flip.

I love nerding out on gun loads.  8)

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