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Tuesday, January 4, 2022

Part 1 of Shooting Range Session 01/03/2022 with the S&W 60-9 .357 Magnum and the Colt Defender .45 ACP


Insofar as the S&W Model 60-9 portion of this shooting session, I only wanted to do a sampling of what heavier loads felt like when this revolver was adorned with the magna grips (mentioned in an earlier blog post).  The five cartridges in the speed strip are Federal brand 110-grain .357 magnum loads and the five cartridges in the speed loader are 147-grain Federal Hyda-Shok +P+ .38 special loads (an erstwhile police load).  I only fired 5-rounds of each during this session (ammo is still a scarce and precious commodity).  This scant sampling did give me the insight that I was seeking; each load does have the potential to be acceptable for self-defense carry with this revolver when it is sporting the skinny-ass magna grips.  It is unlikely that this revolver would ever serve me as a primary concealed-carry, but it never hurts to know the possibilities.  I look forward to future range time with it.

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Target distance 21-feet (7-yards; 6.40-meters).
All rounds were fired double-action.


This photo of the first group shows 6-holes; the sole raggedy looking hole in the group is from ball ammo from the .45 ACP that was fired later on during the session. The other 5 clean-cut holes are from the .357 magnum hollow points.  I believe this group does show that I was suffering from more than just a touch of BLAMticipation.  All rounds landed left of my point of aim, with 2-rounds in the 7-ring and 3-rounds inside the 8-ring.  These 110-grain magnum loads do kick like all heck; there is NO WAY that I will be doing any trials with 125-grain or 158-grain magnum loads.  NOPE! NOPE! NOPE! 110-grain magnums are my upper limit with this splinter-gripped revolver and that's final! At my age there just isn't a whole lot of "macho" left inside of me.

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This smaller 5-shot group are the +P+ .38 special loads; they too felt very stout but had far less of the "OUCH-factor" provided by the magnum loads.  All rounds landed high and to the left of my point of aim (yes, I am aware that my snub shooting style / technique needs work).  This is the load that I believe has the most potential for use with this and my other magnum J-frame revolver (IMHO the load is just a smidgen too brutal to the frames of my +P rated J-frame .38 special revolvers).  I doubt that the 147-grain Hydra-Shok bullet will have enough velocity to expand in tissue when launched from a short barrel, but I believe it still has good merit as a self-defense load.

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The white ellipse covers the spread of the 110-grain .357 magnums (and one .45 ACP) and the yellow ellipse covers the spread of the 147-grain +P+ .38 special Hydra-Shoks.  The rest of the mess was part of the .45ACP portion of this range session which I will blather about in Part 2.



Thank you 5 Star Firearms for the great shooting range and all of the other gunslinging goodness that you provide!  


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