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Originally Posted by Bondo 287
Slightly off the scope topic but I have a question.
My son has a new Ruger Security Six 357 Magnum bout a month now. Today at the store got the last box of ammo he thought was .38 special. He got home and realized under closer inspection he purchased .38+p. He is asking me if the 38+p will work in his weapon. But the models can come in 9mm, 357 or 38 specific. The 38 specically is moody if using the 38+p.
We have shot .38 special out of this .357 gun when he got it. Just need to know if 38+p will work if anyone knows. The +p is supposed to just be a heavier grain shot ?
I googled this earlier today and apparently the Ruger model comes in the Security Six, Special Six and some other kind of “six” model. I can’t go back and see what the other version is because I already typed this once and when I opened google in a new tab it wiped out what I typed by closing the previous window.. Guess opening a new tab only retains your other window, if it contains spam, ads, peepal or banking passwords, or animal prawn. Then it keeps that information forever. 
So my question is does anyone forsee a problem substituting the 38+p for the 38 SP in this 357 ? Sorry but this my second attempt to ask this question apparently my laptop won't let me ask. Thanks for any help gentlemen,  |
I'd I am understanding you correctly and he has a
.357 revolver, then it can easily handle a
.38 +p load.
To put things in perspective:
Max spec'ed pressure for a .38 special cartridge is
17,000 PSI
Max spec'ed pressure for a .38 special +p cartridge is
20,000 PSI
Max spec'ed pressure for a .357 cartridge is
35,000 PSI
Even the .38 +p+ cartridge, which is vaguely defined as
"greater than 20,000 PSI" would have an extraordinarily impractical ways to go before it approached the 35,000 PSI limit of the .357 frame. So he should be just fine with any of those
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.38_Special#Performance