"Hoges in WA" wrote in message
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"Richard Casady" wrote in message
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On Tue, 14 Jul 2009 20:33:44 -0700, "Capt. JG"
wrote:

A better question would be... if you're decided to have a single gun
aboard,
what should it be? I was thinking my .38 Special would be fine, but I
would
put shotgun pellet rounds in it. No reason to blow a hole in the hull.

Your shot load is for snakes inside a range of ten feet. If it won't
penetrate the average hull it isn't enough gun to defend yourself
with. The 38 Special is considered to be on the light side for
shooting people.

Casady


People in the US keep saying that e.g. in the Cops show. "It's only a .38"
etc etc.

I have two of them, one is my target gun, the other a backup. I'd hate to
be anywhere in front of the two I shoot.

The proj is heavy and hard and doesn't half mess up the target.

By contrast, my .22 self-loader is fairly puny.

But I'd back my .38s to drop someone at 25 metres.

(24 meters or 26 meters I wouldn't know, but at 25 I'm good.)
Hoges in WA

I use to use "Norma" rounds in my .38 for a bit extra ummph. I was told that
they're a bit hotter than +P but less than the non-recommended +P+. Now, I
chamber either the +P or shotgun rounds. If I go target shooting, then I go
to the normal round, since it's easier on the .38.

I have to say that using the shotgun round on a person would not be pretty.
It might not kill them, probably wouldn't unless you got lucky, but it would
likely disable them, especially if they were hit in the upper-chest/face.

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