It's too late for this trip, but I was trying to remember something about bears and lightweight revolvers and specialty loads, and oh, it came back to me *headslap*.

Crimp jump!

For example:

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Our 357 mag. ammo adds more power than ever before to the 357 Mag. This ammo is safe to shoot in ANY all steel 357 revolver - this includes J-frames. This ammo is no harder on your gun than any other normal 357 ammo. Please don't phone or email us and ask if this ammo is safe in your gun. It is, providing your gun is in a safe condition for use with any normal 357 ammo.

We don't recommend this ammo be fired in super light alloy revolvers as bullets may jump crimp under recoil, but the ammo itself won't hurt these super lightweight revolvers. These revolvers are simply so light that the recoil is severe enough to cause crimp jump.



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Sleeping Bear is one of my favorite Great Lakes network parks. I had the privilege of doing biological inventories (mostly fish, amphibians and reptiles) for the National Park Service in 2006. I found mudpuppies (aquatic gilled salamander for those who don't know) in the very section of river in your photo. Great photos that brought back great memories

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Originally posted by TGA:
Sleeping Bear is one of my favorite Great Lakes network parks. I had the privilege of doing biological inventories (mostly fish, amphibians and reptiles) for the National Park Service in 2006. I found mudpuppies (aquatic gilled salamander for those who don't know) in the very section of river in your photo. Great photos that brought back great memories

It is an amazing place. Gorgeous clear water everywhere....we have nice spring fed lakes around where we live, but they don't hold a candle to what they have up there. Floating down the Crystal, if you left your hand in the water, little fish would come up and nibble at your fingers....unnerving at first, but kinda cool when I figured out what it was. I told our kids when we picked them up today that we tubed a river full of man-eating fish .

Interesting that you mention mudpuppies...my son and his buddy found some in the lake next to our house here in Indiana last year and verified it through the center for lakes and streams at our local college. They actually came out and caught some for further study and one of those is currently living in a tank on display in the lobby of their office (that program works directly with the DNR, so I assume they procured the necessary permissions). Very cool looking critters.

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It's too late for this trip, but I was trying to remember something about bears and lightweight revolvers and specialty loads, and oh, it came back to me *headslap*.

Crimp jump!

Yeah, I'm familiar with crimp jump, and have actually witnessed it in action before. I didn't get too crazy with the load for this trip...just stuck to my usual 135gr Gold Dots. I didn't really expect to see any bears, and MI bears are smaller than their western counterparts. Thankfully I had no need to figure out if my decision was stupid or not.