Thanks Gents.
OG, I guess I'm looking for any and all information I can get. I have a J-Frame revolver clone now just as I had a Beretta clone when I first began carrying.
Though I used to carry a S&W M19 at times, it was stoked with 125gr loads and I didn't worry any more about it. Come to find out later that I could have cracked the forcing cone at 6 o'clock.
So, for all intents and purposes, I am a raw beginner when it comes to revolver ammo. I know it's just fine to shoot +P out of my Taurus 92 though the instructions tell me not to. It's the only way to get the 124gr@1230fps they also recommend in the manual. Besides that, the design is just that robust.
When it comes to my lil' Rossi J frame, I can tell you how to pop open the cylinder, load it, and fire it. I'm still learning how to shoot it - the grips are much thinner than I'm used to. New ones should be on the way, but in the meantime... I don't know much more than how to load and shoot it, and heck, I'm still improving in the accuracy dept. Like I said, I'm a newbie.
If +P won't cause the thing to blow up in my face, I'll carry that. If it will, then I'll carry standard. I don't even know enough to make an informed decision about that stuff. I've settled on +P for now, but only because the 158gr +P LSWCHP is a proven round. It's sort of like a "base load" that will be effective should I have to use it, but that doesn't mean that my education is done by any stretch of the imagination. The GD short barrel load intrigues me.
That gap between the chamber and the barrel bugs me. I want as little flying out of there as possible. I figure the Treasury's load, 110gr +P+, would really shoot some flame out of that gap and possibly injure a shooter next to me, or toast my hand, or something. I just don't know.
I know quite a bit about semi auto loads, but when it comes to revolvers and loadings for them, I'm really in a clue free zone here.
I'm feeling the same frustration and impatience to learn as I did over 10 years ago when I first became a student of the semi-auto pistol. That drive has lead me to really collect some useful knowledge about them. As I said, I'm just a raw cadet at this again. I'm not even sure of the questions I should be asking.
I guess the main question would be this: What would be the load, standard or +P, that will both protect me best and not wear the revolver? I came to the conclusion in my autopistols that it's midweight stuff, but frankly, I don't know when it comes to the revolver. They seem to favor a bit heavier bullet from what I've gathered, but I don't know anything about choosing.
The S&W ammo is fine for now, but I need to learn as much as I can as quickly as I can. When it comes to firearms and a few other things, that's pretty darn quick.
So, to answer your question, I don't know what I'm asking beyond, "What's going to be the best "stopper" that's the least hard on my revolver?"
You see where I'm at?
Thanks,
Josh <><