Posted: 2/23/2009 6:20:06 PM EDT
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I was a rush to go to the range and I bought a box of winchester 38 super+P by mistake (wanted .38's)... will this fire in my Ruger GP100 .357? or did I just waste $30 bucks.
If it wont, anybody want to box of .38 supers cheap :) thanks Bri |
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I was a rush to go to the range and I bought a box of winchester 38 super+P by mistake (wanted .38's)... will this fire in my Ruger GP100 .357? or did I just waste $30 bucks. If it wont, anybody want to box of .38 supers cheap :) thanks Bri it will shoot em fine 
as a general rule of thumb: .357 mag wheelguns will shoot all .38spl (even +p, which is still lighter loaded than a std .357mag)with no problems, but NOT vice versa (ie: .38 gun shooting .357mags) |
I'd say you should take that box of ammo to EE.
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I'm not going to tell you I did it years ago in my daredevil days in a magnum revolver with no problems.
It was so long ago in fact, I don't recall if accuracy suffered or not, but made it through the whole box just top burn 'em up. Play safe & EE them, someone must have a nice Colt government model made for them, even at a loss |
| Like the .32 ACP, the .38 Auto and Super cases are not rimless, but 'semi-rimmed'. This means that in some revolvers, sometimes the case will hold well enough when loaded into the chambers that it can fire. I don't know that it would actually hurt a modern Magnum revolver, but I would not chance it just for grins...swap or sell the Super stuff and get what you need. If you can't get rid of it, consider it the cost of education. |
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Like the .32 ACP, the .38 Auto and Super cases are not rimless, but 'semi-rimmed'. This means that in some revolvers, sometimes the case will hold well enough when loaded into the chambers that it can fire. I don't know that it would actually hurt a modern Magnum revolver, but I would not chance it just for grins...swap or sell the Super stuff and get what you need. If you can't get rid of it, consider it the cost of education. AFAIK, most .38 Super brass made now is rimless. Even if it does have the rim, it's so small that I wouldn't want to depend on it. |
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Quoted: Will they even fit in there? If memory serves they will and will actually fire if you pull the trigger. Most modern .357 revolvers should handle it, but it would still be a dumb thing to do, specially on purpose. I don't see buying the wrong ammo as a mistake, I see it as an excuse to buy a new gun in that caliber. |