More Fuel for the .38 Super Fire
DoubleTap Ammo is now listing three brand-spankin’-new loadings for the .38 Super +P (note that there’s no non-plus-P .38 Super; the +P in this case is just meant to differentiate the round from the dimensionally identical but much lower pressure .38 ACP).
There’s a 115-grain Barnes TAC-XP listed at 1425 FPS, an unnamed bonded 125-grain JHP at 1350, and a 147-grain flat point FMJ at 1225, all from a 5″ 1911. I’m betting the Barnes TAC-XP load will be impressive; Barnes has a long history of making tough bullets that only get better the faster they’re pushed.
Speaking of pushing, this pushes me ever closer to the edge of buying a .38 Super. I also just noticed that CDNN has stainless 1911 Metalform mags in .38 super for only $17 a pop…
Sounds balistically similar to .357SIG loads. I bet it shoots great out of a full-sized steel 1911.
Too bad it’s an expensive itch to scratch.
Comment by mike w. — December 23, 2009 @ 9:28 pm
If you need an extra push, just imagine what it will be like to be old and gray and sitting in a rocking chair. All the things you’ll remember, all the things you’ll regret. You think you’d ever sit there and go, “Damn, I never should have tried that .38 Super!” Nah. If you’re lucky, you’ll still have it, and be shooting it off the back porch.
Comment by Jason — December 24, 2009 @ 3:19 am
The .38 Super just seems a good idea. How does its ballistics stack up against the Europellet?
Comment by Dan Patterson — December 28, 2009 @ 7:00 am
It has an edge over the 9mm, but +P/+P+ 9mm ammo comes pretty close. There’s a shortage of full-power factory ammo for the .38 Super at the moment, though DoubleTap is about to change that with their new loadings…
Comment by TD — December 28, 2009 @ 11:02 pm