1959 S&W model 12 Airwieight
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ThomasT
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I found this from looking at the 38 special and it made reference to the model 12 Airweight.
ThomasT
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You won't have any problems as long as you keep the pressure really low. Do you really have some old Super Vel bullets? I didn't know they ever sold anything but loaded rounds. And if you mean loaded ammunition those are probably collector items and I'm not sure I would shoot them. And the bullets that Super Vel used were made for them by Sierra. I have read part of the ability to reach the velocities they reached was because the bullets were slighlty undersized to reduce bore friction.
And if you are talking about shooting Super Vel ammunition in that gun you will probably wreck it pretty quick because of the pressures they are loaded to.
ThomasT
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OK got it. No bullets. No ammunition. What are you going to post a picture of? And how the hell am I supposed to remind you?
In my non-+P .38 Special revolvers like the model 12 S&W, I use the HORNADY 110 grain FTX round. This round comes in two flavors, one is standard pressure and the other is +P, so read the labels.
I do not think the model 12 or other alloy frame guns will explode or come apart. More likely, they will shake loose or even suffer from stretching of some parts. I switched from a S&W model 38, the "airweight" version of the Bodyguard to a S&W model 36, so I would not have to worry about it.
NOTE: The 110 grain will shoot LOW of the point of aim.
I also tried the WINCHESTER Train & Defend 130 grain ammo, but found it would not reliably ignite the rounds in my S&W revolvers. It works fine in my RUGER'S.
I use the FEDERAL 130 grain+P HST in my steel framed revolvers.
Jim
I do not think the model 12 or other alloy frame guns will explode or come apart. More likely, they will shake loose or even suffer from stretching of some parts. I switched from a S&W model 38, the "airweight" version of the Bodyguard to a S&W model 36, so I would not have to worry about it.
NOTE: The 110 grain will shoot LOW of the point of aim.
I also tried the WINCHESTER Train & Defend 130 grain ammo, but found it would not reliably ignite the rounds in my S&W revolvers. It works fine in my RUGER'S.
I use the FEDERAL 130 grain+P HST in my steel framed revolvers.
Jim
amd6547
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I have a no dash Model 38 Airweight I hardly ever shoot, since they are known for frame cracking.
earlthegoat2
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I have a Model 38 no dash Airweight that I have shot untold hundreds of +P through. That is a J frame.
It’s your choice but I wouldn’t worry too much about shooting +P in a Model 12.
It’s your choice but I wouldn’t worry too much about shooting +P in a Model 12.
Lucky Derby
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Because the .357 versions are not really aluminum, but Scandium.
JERRY
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ok, the 642 is aluminum framed, what is the secret with its aluminum that the model 12 didn't know about?
.455_Hunter
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Um, no...
.455_Hunter
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Once again, decades of metallurgical research.
How come a computer from the 60's isn't as good as one from the 90's?
.455_Hunter
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My Webley MKIII, a private purchase gun sold by the by the Army & Navy Cooperative Society, LTD. (CSL), probably to an Officer for his "kit". The serial number puts it right at the Second Boer War or Omdurman Era.
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