CraigC
Sixgun Nut
Yep! Even standard loads safe in Colt SAA's and Winchester `73 replicas rocket a 180gr RNFP to 1200fps in sixguns and 1550fps out of rifles. I've been playing with my Uberti 1873 Sporting Rifle with a 180gr Gold Dot at 1470fps and it does a hell of a job on smaller critters..38 WCF was a pretty peppy Revolver Cartridge far as the latter 19th Century and early 20th was concerned...and is not bad at all even by to-day's standards.