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38 special vs 9mm vs 3571/17/2024 ![]() Power factor is the key to getting penetration. What will a 158 grain bullet doing 912 fps (easily done at. What could we do with a similar level of recoil, but using 158 grain bullets? 912fps: His 9mm shot the 124 grain bullet at 1163fps: Let's keep using our "middle ground" 16 oz gun weight. The man in the video seemed to be happy with the recoil from the 9mm, but maybe because it was in a SP101 that was more than twice as heavy. Let's suppose we don't care for that much recoil. Heavier bullets will deliver more power factor with less recoil. 357 compared to a 9mm, but with 158 grain bullets:īecause short-barreled carry revolvers are indeed not about an Energy or Power Factor competition, there's something more important to consider. Shooting light bullets out of a short barrel does probably limit the potential of a. bullets out of a 1.875" j frame like that. 357, I can get supersonic velocities, 1200fps or more from 158 gr. I get 1000 fps with 158 grain bullets using. 357 can far surpass 9mm in momentum or "power factor" even in a short barrel. 38 can easily deliver more energy than 9mm at LESS PRESSURE, and. ![]() Indeed, when the arbitrary limits of SAAMI specifications are loosened, because it is the gun that determines the pressure limit not the cartridge, +P+. With the short 9mm case, a longer, heavier bullet would leave very little space for powder, requiring an energy-dense high-speed powder, and spiking pressure. That allows much heavier bullets WITHOUT excessive pressure. 357 have A LOT more case capacity than 9mm. 38 wasn't really limited to 17,000psi, and they loaded them to over 40,000psi. 357 was invented, people realized a S&W N-frame in. 38 that will handle the higher pressure is to get it with ".357 Magnum" on the side, but even before the. ![]() 357, and will easily handle pressures anywhere between 18,500 and 35,000 psi. 38 Special are made from the same materials and construction as guns that are also chambered for 9mm and. 38+P is only slightly more at 18,500 psi. 38 Special to less than half the pressure of 9mm, and. This is especially relevant since the SAAMI limit cripples. 38 Special isn't limited to ammo that is SAAMI-specification compliant. Shoot them in what is essentially the same gun, and guess what? 38 is limited to 17,000 psiīut the SAAMI-compliant 9mm can be loaded to 35,000 psiĪnd the SAAMI-compliant. Let's see, SAAMI-compliant factory ammo for the. Now it's super.ītw, the detectives drove the same route they did and there was no pothole or bump in the road. I never fired the gun as it was originally. I have a 642 and took it into a gunsmith one day after buying it to have a trigger job done. or have shot one, you know right off the bat the trigger pull is almost unacceptable and CANNOT go off accidentally with a bump or light pull on the trigger. Here are a couple of links to the MURDER and trial. I don't care what the ballistic tests show when comparing one bullet to another other than to pique our interest and make one round seem far inferior to others.įACT: ALL BULLETS WILL KILL IF IT HITS THE RIGHT SPOT OR AREA OF THE BODY. ![]() They drove to a hospital (which wasn't the closet one from where it happened) that Tex told the woman to drive to.ĭoctors went to work on Diane immediately but couldn't save her. The bullet passed through a heavily padded passenger seat with lumbar springs like it was newspaper and went deeply into her back and got lodged inside her body. Then he changed his story and said he fell asleep with the gun on his lap but got jolted when the vehicle hit a bump and didn't know whether he was holding the gun or not. First was that the gun was resting on his lap and just went off after they hit a bump or pothole in the road. Tex asked her to pass a gun back to him which was in the front console. He was sitting in the back seat of a Ford Explorer while his wife was in the front passenger seat while her best friend was driving. Tex McIver was a very prominent attorney and his wife was a high power executive in her own right. Click to expand.? - Really? I live in the Atlanta area so I don't know if news of this death and trial reached other cities around the country but it played out as a super trial here.
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