AmBraCol , The Center Of God's Grace
I've a soft spot for the old 38 Spl
Monday, December 19, 2022, 14:50

and have never owned a 357 magnum. The 38 is my most loaded, most shot caliber when up north and my only caliber here in Coffee Country as far as cartridge arms go.

I keep looking at those J&G specials. If I could locate a 6" barrel for it I'd be tempted to pick one up next summer and set it up for target use. Yeah, it's not as "sexy" as an adjustable sighted gun and not as packable as my 4" HB, but I miss having a 6" 38 in the stable, they make a great tractor gun if you're only looking for small game and snakes.

A 125 to 160 grain cast lead projectile over a sort of some fast powder makes for a dandy shooting package. I ran a bunch of them through my old Rossi back in the day. Had a load made up with a Lyman wadcutter lubed with my stingless bees' wax home made lube and pushed out the barrel by a 22 LR case of Especial de Caça (roughly same burn rate as Bullseye) that the old Rossi simply loved. Didn't have a lot of punch to it, but was accurate as could be. I'd love to try a similar load on ground squirrels one day.

Anyway, I've been cogitating on the project ever since I first saw pics of your HB made up on the J&G base gun. Are those J&G's all RB models?

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