GeoDudeFlorida
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Can anybody tell me in non-hypese English what the "real" difference is - if any - between the SB and non-SB Speer GDHP's?
Speer's hypographical "data" of the bullets says, "We offer the same bullets used in Gold Dot® Short Barrel® ammunition as a component for your reloading needs. These bullets are engineered for excellent expansion at velocities common to short-barreled handguns."
I have a bunch of 135gr. SB's given to me and I'd like to load them for the 4" Colt Lawman that goes with me in the summer out in the cattle runs. All I'm expecting to see are daisies and maybe an occasional lazy pig wallering in the cow muck. They're dirty cusses but good eating and it helps the cattlemen to get them out of the pastures. I'm looking at the #2400 powder loading data on Speer's site and except for the velocity it looks the same to me.
135gr. GDHP-SB Alliant 2400 - Start: 15.0gr. @1124fps
135gr. GDHP Alliant 2400 - Start: 15.0gr. @1219fps
Is less than a hundred fps really that big a deal? Is there anything in the construction of these bullets that's any different or is this "Short Barrel" stuff all just hype and nonsense? I've used 158gr. GHDP's in .357 for pigs before and they do a good job - they plow through rib and shoulder and take big chunks of innards with them on the way out - but I'm out of them and these were free (to me). Am I risking wounding a pig because of a splattered hollow point with these because they can't take full load impacts?
Speer's hypographical "data" of the bullets says, "We offer the same bullets used in Gold Dot® Short Barrel® ammunition as a component for your reloading needs. These bullets are engineered for excellent expansion at velocities common to short-barreled handguns."
I have a bunch of 135gr. SB's given to me and I'd like to load them for the 4" Colt Lawman that goes with me in the summer out in the cattle runs. All I'm expecting to see are daisies and maybe an occasional lazy pig wallering in the cow muck. They're dirty cusses but good eating and it helps the cattlemen to get them out of the pastures. I'm looking at the #2400 powder loading data on Speer's site and except for the velocity it looks the same to me.
135gr. GDHP-SB Alliant 2400 - Start: 15.0gr. @1124fps
135gr. GDHP Alliant 2400 - Start: 15.0gr. @1219fps
Is less than a hundred fps really that big a deal? Is there anything in the construction of these bullets that's any different or is this "Short Barrel" stuff all just hype and nonsense? I've used 158gr. GHDP's in .357 for pigs before and they do a good job - they plow through rib and shoulder and take big chunks of innards with them on the way out - but I'm out of them and these were free (to me). Am I risking wounding a pig because of a splattered hollow point with these because they can't take full load impacts?