CALIBER: 38 Special +P
COAL : 1.550"
POWDER :
POWDER WEIGHT :
TEST BARREL LENGTH / TWIST : 6" 1:18.75"
VELOCITY : 1362 FPS
Fort Scott Munitions® presents the 38 Special+P with our advanced Tumble Upon Impact® (TUI®) design, offering superior performance and reliability. This multi-patented ammunition features a solid copper spun SCS® bullet, ensuring excellent penetration and devastating internal damage. Our non-lead, solid copper bullets are machined from premium materials using precision CNC lathes, adhering to the highest quality standards.
Designed for versatility, the 38 Special+P Ammo excels in hunting, match shooting, and self-defense. The TUI® technology enables the bullet to tumble end-over-end upon impact with water-based tissue, creating a more effective and destructive wound channel. With consistent quality and performance, trust Fort Scott Munitions® for reliable results every time you pull the trigger.
If your choice of ammunition is not solid copper or brass, we recommend that you clean your barrel thoroughly before shooting solid copper or brass. Cleaning your barrel will improve accuracy and performance with the solid monolithic ammunition.
PERTAINING TO CERTAIN CALIBERS
Repeated cycling of an unfired cartridge rounds could cause the projectile’s crimp to fail and the bullets to become loose. This oftentimes is more popular with larger monolithic projectiles due to a smoother surface.
I bought my wife a taurus 38 special revolver, it was clean when we went to shoot, she shot 18 rounds of practice ammunition through it no problem, then we switched to these so she knew what to expect. First and second round shot fine, third round we think got stuck at the end of the barrel, didn't know it, shot again that round got stuck a little further down the barrel, still didn't know it, shot the fifth round and the one that was stuck just fell out, stopped shooting, looked in the barrel and it was halfway down it, tried getting it out with a file and it didn't budge with a good amount of pressure. Thanks for almost blowing up my wife's hand or maybe killing her.
I purchased a first box of this ammo at Chuck's place in Atlanta for novelty of packaging, as it was looking cute as candy box, but very first test of this ammo out of 327PC 2" left me speechless for few moments. Very accurate, superb penetration, EXTREMELY easy to shoot, no recoil to complain about and instant drop into cylinder in moon clips. WOW.
I just received my S & W J-frame snub nose with factory milled depressions to allow for moon clips to be used (model 442). I knew in advance that the standard range casings wouldn’t fit, so I asked for personal defense rounds which would fit the OEM TK Custom moon clips that come with the gun. They fit great, easily inserted by hand; nice movement to ease insertion into the cylinder. If TK would rate these, I suspect they would earn a “2”. No need to use a pry bar tool to remove spent casings. So, now you know.
I am looking forward to trying some of these on the range to test accuracy and recoil properties... I suspect I’ll be very happy.
Received this ammo last week and fired 60 rounds so far...I know you're thinking that's $75. But I look at it this way, why practice with ammo you're not going to carry.
This 38 round, though light for caliber is excellent, very mild recoil makes for target re-acquisition very easy. I don't know the fps but guessing 1300 from my 3" SP 101. I would highly recommend this for personal protection/self defense use. No ballistics gel test videos yet but if its like their 9mm I'll feel confident using it.
When 357 magnum is available I'll definitely buy that too.
I also have a 9mm and have had no failure to fire or feed issues using Ft Scott 115 grain.
To sum up, don't be like a cow and follow the herd of "nothing beats a good hollow point" this ammo will perform better.
