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Old May 21st, 2008, 04:20 PM   #7
mchaley
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Originally Posted by RichardB View Post
There used to be 200 gn .38 specials. In the real world they did not sucessfully compete for police uses after the new HP- faster and lighter - bullets became available. A very high speed 38 is also known as the 357 magnum?
Negative. They're not the same diameter.
Also another reason for lighter/faster is gravity. Heavy/slow will drop sooner and faster than lighter/faster. For 10 feet and under that wont matter though.
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