Federal 130 HST .38

[jordanka16]

I saw this recently and thought it was a pretty good idea, I like HST bullets and the idea of seating one that deep to eliminate airspace is a good idea. I do wonder about accuracy with a longer journey to the forcing come though, when I find some I intend to try it out.

New From Federal: HST 130 Grain .38 Special +P - The Truth About Guns

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[ageingstudent]

I saw this recently and thought it was a pretty good idea, I like HST bullets and the idea of seating one that deep to eliminate airspace is a good idea. I do wonder about accuracy with a longer journey to the forcing come though, when I find some I intend to try it out.

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Interesting. I don't think accuracy would suffer because of distance from forcing cone. The bullet base should still be somewhat in the case as the nose enters the forcing cone. I suppose powder economy would be high since it's loaded like a wadcutter. I suspect the crimp would be crucial to get right in this instance.

Edit: try it in a Ruger first

 

[nammac]

Very interesting, the box indicates it's loaded for Micros, so I guess they're referring to snub nose .38's/.357's...

Federal HST's are pretty much all I carry, unless I'm in a Golden Sabre mood...

Will have to try a box and see how they do... If they're any good, then I'll need to locate an online source that doesn't break the bank...

 

[jordanka16]

Edit: try it in a Ruger first

I intend to try them in my LCR, but I will also probably shoot some out of my security six too, if for no other reason than to see how accurate they are. If they're good I could see myself switching to them for carry ammo.

 

[Tilos]

The image of the cross-sectioned round at that link has the appearance of a 148gr HBWC loaded backwards.
Something that reloaders have been doing for a long time.
I have no concerns of accuracy in defense rounds, were sometimes key-holing could be considered a good thing.

 

[Nick Burkhardt]

The ONLY bullet that I have been able to get reliable expansion out of from my 1.875" Ruger LCR 38 is the Remington Ultimate Defense +p aka the Golden Saber. All other Hydro Shok, XTP, Critical Defense, Civil Defense and others sail right through 4 layers of jeans into the fifth or sixth water jug without or with very little expansion.

 

[Certaindeaf]

.I do wonder about accuracy with a longer journey to the forcing come..

Didn't click but looking at the picture/profile it looks like a target wadcutter.. and those are used for competition target shooting out to 5o yards.. out of .357 chambers very often. wouldn't worry about it too much

 

[Member 5605]

Hmm.. I'll try some in my Henry, it needs a new barrel anyway.

 

[Nick Burkhardt]

The "Short Barrel" Ultimate Defense on the left opened up less through jeans than the regular version on the right.