longdayjake
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Okay so I was looking up the loads for .38 special +P on the Hodgon website and saw that the pressures are just over half of the pressures in hot .357 magnum loads. There is plenty of room left in the casing to add more powder to get up to magnum pressures if one was to want to do it. Why then are the pressures so much lower on the .38 +P? Is it because revolvers chambered for .38 don't have the same strength as a .357 magnum? Is it because the .38 special is shorter and cant spread out the pressure as much as the .357? I guess what I want to know is why can't .38 +P be loaded as hot as .357 magnum since there seems to be enough room to add enough powder to match the pressures of the .357?