jhfc
Regular Member
I have a S&W 637 J-frame and am trying to determine if .38 special +P loads are safe/recommended in my particular gun.
According to S&W's website, +P loads are definitely OK in current production guns. Apparently there are "dash" models with -1 and -2 being +P acceptable.
Googling around on the net gives a mix of answers. Some saying +P shouldn't be used in older guns. I bought mine new from a gun store in Aug 1998.
Does anyone know how to tell definitively whether or not my gun can safely handle +P loads? How do I tell which "dash" model my gun is? I don't see anything to indicate this on the gun itself.
At the range, I'll shoot standard .38 special. I have yet to fire any +P in this gun. Just haven't used it too much, but plan on carrying it more frequently as a bug and would prefer to carry it with +P loads.
According to S&W's website, +P loads are definitely OK in current production guns. Apparently there are "dash" models with -1 and -2 being +P acceptable.
Googling around on the net gives a mix of answers. Some saying +P shouldn't be used in older guns. I bought mine new from a gun store in Aug 1998.
Does anyone know how to tell definitively whether or not my gun can safely handle +P loads? How do I tell which "dash" model my gun is? I don't see anything to indicate this on the gun itself.
At the range, I'll shoot standard .38 special. I have yet to fire any +P in this gun. Just haven't used it too much, but plan on carrying it more frequently as a bug and would prefer to carry it with +P loads.