49, but he threw in a can of coke so i think it's fair.Traded something worth $35 for that 50 round box of ammo? Seems like a good price for the ongoing gun-demic.
What I want to see is a pic of this revolver you inherited.
https://www.thehighroad.org/index.php?threads/38-spl-federal-no-38f-td-110-grain-value.752318/
It’s higher pressure than +P ammo, or +P+, made for use in magnum revolvers for police and federal agencies. Be careful with that Model 10.
Might just keep it just to keep it. Might sell it, who knows. But knowing this, definitely won't shoot it.
I don't have another .38, don't plan on getting anytime soon. Are any of y'all interested? I myself wouldn't shoot it because of what y'all said.
The revolver is '76 i think.. '72? It's one of those.
It says "F C / 82"
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I don't have another .38, don't plan on getting anytime soon. Are any of y'all interested? I myself wouldn't shoot it because of what y'all said.
The revolver is '76 i think.. '72? It's one of those.
It says "F C / 82"
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I'll give the best reason not to use that ammo in your inherited revolver.
That ammo you have is Federal's version of the "Treasury Load". It was somewhat a political project too. The 70s saw the 357 magnum as the premier LE caliber. However, certain factions were horrified to hear the police were using MAGNUMs!
The Treasury Dept asked manufacturers to come up with something to come near the performance of the 357 but in a 38. The resulting ammo was the Treasury Load. It pushed that 110 gr bullet to 1100 fps or better in a 4". It did it by raising the pressure. Standard 38s are about 18000 psi, +P about 20,000, and +P+ over 20,000. That ammo produces about 24 000 psi.
I first saw Treasury loads in 1978. We were told they were safe to use in a jframe. I didn't believe that. I used them in a modern k frame 38 but mostly in a 357 in which they are safe to use.
I've seen j frames come apart after moderate use of Treasury loads. My agency quit ordering them and told us to use up remaining stocks in 357s.
The government rotates ammo contracts. The first t-loads I used were headstamped WCC 78. By 1980 Federal was in the game.
The loads proved devastating on a soft target but had little penetrating power.
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The revolver is sighted in for 158gr bullets, which is as heavy as 38s get, and your box of 110s are as light as 38s get. Light bullets shoot low, and your revolver was sighted in for the highest load.
Here's a recent article on the Treasury Load;
https://www.shootingtimes.com/editorial/38-special-treasury-load/389102
Mosin Bubba writes:
I still have five or six rounds left of the service ammunition I was issued my first day on the job in 1987. They're .38 Special +P, 95-grain Silvertip HPs.
I found out just before final qualifications how low they shoot. We had shot thousands of rounds of 158-grain training stuff (I was using my issued Model 67), and I noticed that I had enough service ammo to shoot the last "practice" qualifier with it before shooting for actual scores, for which service ammo was required. My score, and my shots, fell very low real quickly, requiring some fast Kentucky elevation. I was glad I did that, as the difference was significant, and I was able to adjust in time for the "real" shoots.
95 grain! I've never heard of 38s that light before.