Plus you have much less recoil. In the ultra lightweight revolver the 38 spl +P to most folks kicks like a 44 mag in an all steel revolver. Guys around here buy the lightweight snubbies in 38 and 357 and within a week or so they bring them back in on trade. The recoil is too much for their wives.
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WHen I bought my S&W 360 .38 snubby for defence
- WB, 2018-02-22, 14:33
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snubby
- stonecold, 2018-02-22, 16:26
- I still use the keychain every day LOL. - WB, 2018-02-22, 17:53
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For $450, I bought a ballistically inferior 43C.
- ChrisG, 2018-02-22, 15:50
- They used to make a .327 J-frame 6-shot - WB, 2018-02-22, 17:55
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the 22 magnum will often do more tissue damage than a 38 spl
- Gary Reeder, 2018-02-22, 14:46
- Real world its a .38/158/700 fps vs .22/45/1300 fps. I can - WB, 2018-02-22, 15:00
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snubby
- stonecold, 2018-02-22, 16:26