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Originally posted by Bullwinkle J Moose:
Optimum ammo will depend on the barrel length and sturdiness of the weapon you choose. Have you considered a micro 9? Ones with higher capacity, smaller size and perhaps equal or less recoil than a 38 are available.

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Originally posted by dking271:
My personal favorite 38 special ammo is the Speer Gold Dot 135gr +p short barrel (23921GD). It’s not the easiest stuff to find but it functions very well out of short barreled revolvers.

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Originally posted by 71 TRUCK:

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Originally posted by Bullwinkle J Moose:
Optimum ammo will depend on the barrel length and sturdiness of the weapon you choose. Have you considered a micro 9? Ones with higher capacity, smaller size and perhaps equal or less recoil than a 38 are available.

Whenever we go to a place like I mentioned above I have a 380 I will bring.
What I am trying to not have to do is, remove a magazine, rack a slide to remove a round then store it in my lock box, then reverse the process to re load the firearm, all while sitting in a car in a somewhat busy parking lot.

My thought was that a revolver with a speed loader would avoid any loose rounds in the lock box and not having to re rack the slide in a car to re load the gun. To me this process may be a little safer.
I know pointing the firearm down to reload, god forbid something should malfunction I don't want a round shooting through the floor of my car and skipping around a parking lot.

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Thanks.
I am looking at a revolver with a barrel length around a little shorter than 2 inches and holds 5 rounds.

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Originally posted by dking271:

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Thanks.
I am looking at a revolver with a barrel length around a little shorter than 2 inches and holds 5 rounds.

I have a S&W 642 Pro which is cut for moon clips but can be used with or without. I load and unload my initial 5 rounds with a moon clips, and carry a reload in a safariland speedloader. It makes the extraction of the first five shells a lot more positive and the speedloader is easier to load than a moon clip. Is there a law/reason you are loading and unloading your firearm before you lock it up? I just unholster and lock mine up to avoid messing with a loaded firearm in public.

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Originally posted by Bullwinkle J Moose:

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Originally posted by 71 TRUCK:

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Originally posted by Bullwinkle J Moose:
Optimum ammo will depend on the barrel length and sturdiness of the weapon you choose. Have you considered a micro 9? Ones with higher capacity, smaller size and perhaps equal or less recoil than a 38 are available.

Whenever we go to a place like I mentioned above I have a 380 I will bring.
What I am trying to not have to do is, remove a magazine, rack a slide to remove a round then store it in my lock box, then reverse the process to re load the firearm, all while sitting in a car in a somewhat busy parking lot.

My thought was that a revolver with a speed loader would avoid any loose rounds in the lock box and not having to re rack the slide in a car to re load the gun. To me this process may be a little safer.
I know pointing the firearm down to reload, god forbid something should malfunction I don't want a round shooting through the floor of my car and skipping around a parking lot.

I load 125gr +p jhps in my J frame. I never agonized over "the best," but many recommend them and I certainly would not want to be on the recieving end of this combination.

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Originally posted by sigfreund:
Once a loaded gun is exposed to enough fire heat, it will definitely discharge, and all the cylinders of a revolver will fire in addition to the one in line with the barrel. Those extra discharges will often/usually be partially blocked by the gun itself, but I believe that part of the bullets may still be expelled, and may still be dangerous.* If I were concerned about the danger posed by a gun’s discharging in a fire, I’d just store it so that it was pointed in a safe direction if that happened. I have a small steel lock box I could use in my car that would probably contain a discharge from a low-powered handgun like a 2" 38 S&W Special.

* As an example of what I believe was an egregious AI mistake, I asked Gemini what would happen to the unaligned loaded revolver cylinders in a fire just to see what its response would be. The initial answer was that they would discharge, but it would be like if the cartridges were loose in a fire, and the bullets wouldn’t be dangerous. I don’t know where it found that answer on the Internet, but as has been mentioned frequently here, don’t trust all of AI’s answers.

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Originally posted by 71 TRUCK:
Thanks.
I am looking at a revolver with a barrel length around a little shorter than 2 inches and holds 5 rounds.

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Originally posted by Airborne 82.:
Step one go to a gun range that you can try a 38 with a 2in barrel like a Smith J frame. Then try a K frame 3-4in barrel. I shoot a K model 10 4in with plus p and it can still be a hand full after 25 pluss rounds and if you don't practice at least that much every 2 weeks (minimum) well enough said. I think both sizes will serve you well if you put in the time down range. You are way over thinking the fire deal. I would find another place to park.
Airborne 82nd.
Fort Bragg NC

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Originally posted by SIGfourme:
You mentioned speedloader--there is a new option out there for reloading a revolver.
Zeta makes a several different polymer reloaders for a revolver.
A traditional 5 shot octagonal "speed loader", a strip, an offset strip and a 3/2 offset strip.
https://zetasix.com/