Just wondering if you can take a .38 spl up to .357 mag levels or if it doesn't have enough case capacity or some other reason you can't do it.
This question is really about the .357 mag guns that sometimes come chambered in .38spl for Police depts or whatever reason. I know that S&W 586s, Ruger Security Sixes, Speed Sixes, Service Sixes and other normally .357mag guns are sometimes issued in .38spl. These guns must be just as stong as the .357 gun because it is the same gun except that it has a .38spl cylinder.
First, I am not talking about doing this in a gun chambered for .38spl. Only an idiot would consider doing this. It would be in a gun designed for the .357 but firing .38s. A Ruger Speed Six or Security Six chambered in .38spl would be fine also since they are really just .357 mags with a .38spl cylinder. They are just as stong as the .357mag Rugers.
If I had a Ruger Speed Six (or Security Six or Service Six) chambered in .38spl, is there any reason why I could not load the .38s past normal max loadings? What I want to know is, is there anything that could go wrong by using .38s to get .357 mag velocities? Is the case not as stong? Will the pressures spike? Is there anything other then making sure the gun will take it that needs to be considered? If not, why aren't people loading magnum type loads in their .38spls if the gun can take it?
This question is really about the .357 mag guns that sometimes come chambered in .38spl for Police depts or whatever reason. I know that S&W 586s, Ruger Security Sixes, Speed Sixes, Service Sixes and other normally .357mag guns are sometimes issued in .38spl. These guns must be just as stong as the .357 gun because it is the same gun except that it has a .38spl cylinder.
First, I am not talking about doing this in a gun chambered for .38spl. Only an idiot would consider doing this. It would be in a gun designed for the .357 but firing .38s. A Ruger Speed Six or Security Six chambered in .38spl would be fine also since they are really just .357 mags with a .38spl cylinder. They are just as stong as the .357mag Rugers.
If I had a Ruger Speed Six (or Security Six or Service Six) chambered in .38spl, is there any reason why I could not load the .38s past normal max loadings? What I want to know is, is there anything that could go wrong by using .38s to get .357 mag velocities? Is the case not as stong? Will the pressures spike? Is there anything other then making sure the gun will take it that needs to be considered? If not, why aren't people loading magnum type loads in their .38spls if the gun can take it?