This ammunition disappeared for quite some time. Better make hay while the sun shines.

Speer Gold Dot .38 Special 135 grain +P

Thank you sir, just ordered 3 boxes to feed my 340m&p.

Another thanks for this heads-up!

Yes! Thanks.
It has been hard to find for awhile.

Thank you, indeed.

Great deal if you purchase 250rds or more from their options. Saves around $10 per box compared to their one box price.

I just bought 10 boxes. Shops around here never seem to carry “good” .38 Spl ammo. Just cheap stuff.
Thanks, Para.

I was going to order four boxes.

4 x $37.99 = $151.96

Then, just for the heck of it, I took a look at the 250 round (five boxes) price: $139.99

I ordered 250 rounds.

I seriously wish Speer would crank out some of the .357 Mag loading using that same bullet.

Question on the +P designation. Understand it’s a higher pressure 38. Would this ammo be too much for a revolver marked 38 Special?

Would it be safe to fine this in a S&W model 36(No Dash)?

Thx

In a steel J frame such as the 36, you would be OK shooting this round. Even the older Model 36 should tolerate it, taking into consideration that you will not be running hundreds of rounds through your revolver.

Now, in the alloy J frames- the Model 37 and 38, only the later revolvers made after 1998 or thereabouts are rated for +P and will be so marked on the barrel.

What will happen with older alloy J frames not rated for +P, is that the cylinder window will start to enlarge and this deformation will get to a point that the firing pin will no longer be able to strike the cartridge primer. But, that's probably a few hundreds rounds down the road. If a man had one of these older allow J frames, he could get away with running 50 rounds or so and still have a functional revolver, but I wouldn't recommend it. As soon as you start shooting +P through an older alloy J frame, you start battering it, even though the damage would not be readily apparent.

But, a steel J Frame- you'll be alright.

Would it be a good idea, with these J-Frames, to use standard pressure ammunition for the range, and load it with +P for carry, under the assumption that there will not be many rounds fired in a carry (defensive) situation?

You'd better shoot it with what you plan to carry in it. That's my advice, but +P in an alloy J frame is not comfortable to shoot. This is universally agreed upon. Therefore, a man will shoot just enough to make sure he can hit his mark reasonably well, and no more than that, so, the amount of +P one's shoot is self-limiting.

Naturally, there's no harm in also shooting standard pressure loads.

Thx for the info. It’s not a safe queen but not a carry either. I’ll leave the +P to it’s bigger brothers for now.