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Offline Cpl Kendall

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.38 Spc in .357 Handi Rifle?
« on: November 13, 2010, 01:28:06 PM »
I've been eyeing up a synthetic Handi in .357 Mag but I can't find anything on the official site about it taking .38 Spc.

Anyone know for sure?
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Re: .38 Spc in .357 Handi Rifle?
« Reply #1 on: November 13, 2010, 01:31:53 PM »
Anything that will take a .357 mag will take a .38 spl.  Its just a slightly shorter case than the mag.
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Re: .38 Spc in .357 Handi Rifle?
« Reply #2 on: November 13, 2010, 01:48:27 PM »
Right on, thanks a bunch.
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Re: .38 Spc in .357 Handi Rifle?
« Reply #3 on: November 13, 2010, 01:49:54 PM »
My grandkids have shot over 500 through mine.  Go for it.
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Re: .38 Spc in .357 Handi Rifle?
« Reply #4 on: November 13, 2010, 02:01:17 PM »
 If you are lucky  you might be able to use 360 brass. Then you can shoot .38 .357 and .360 ;) If you reload .357 maxi



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Re: .38 Spc in .357 Handi Rifle?
« Reply #5 on: November 13, 2010, 02:04:38 PM »
Well, I'm not quite at the reloading stage yet. I'm getting back into the hobby after years out but I save all my brass for when I decide to start reloading.

As for buying one, the .38 question was the deciding factor, so I'll be getting myself one as a birthday gift.
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Re: .38 Spc in .357 Handi Rifle?
« Reply #6 on: November 13, 2010, 03:22:53 PM »
show us some pics of your bday present when you get it.
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Re: .38 Spc in .357 Handi Rifle?
« Reply #7 on: November 13, 2010, 03:30:43 PM »
Well, Happy Birthday and welcome to GBO!  DP
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Re: .38 Spc in .357 Handi Rifle?
« Reply #8 on: November 13, 2010, 05:24:20 PM »
i  shoot  more   38s than anything
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Re: .38 Spc in .357 Handi Rifle?
« Reply #9 on: November 14, 2010, 06:06:52 AM »
If you ream it to Maxi, it'll still shoot .38s fine as well as .357s, 360s and Maxis......go for it.

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Re: .38 Spc in .357 Handi Rifle?
« Reply #10 on: November 14, 2010, 06:25:50 AM »
Quote from: Cpl Kendall on November 13, 2010, 02:04:38 PM
Well, I'm not quite at the reloading stage yet. I'm getting back into the hobby after years out but I save all my brass for when I decide to start reloading.

As for buying one, the .38 question was the deciding factor, so I'll be getting myself one as a birthday gift.

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Re: .38 Spc in .357 Handi Rifle?
« Reply #11 on: November 14, 2010, 06:53:58 AM »
If you are on a budget (yeah, who of us here isnt?) and want the most 'bang for your buck' you just gotta' start reloading, man! Buying retail is cutting your shooting in half or more.
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Re: .38 Spc in .357 Handi Rifle?
« Reply #12 on: November 14, 2010, 07:07:48 AM »
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Quote from: Lon371 on November 13, 2010, 02:01:17 PM
If you are lucky and reload, you might be able to use 360 brass. Then you can shoot .38 .357 and .360 ;))



At the risk of high-jacking this thread, what is a .360? Never heard of it.
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Re: .38 Spc in .357 Handi Rifle?
« Reply #13 on: November 14, 2010, 07:12:01 AM »
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Re: .38 Spc in .357 Handi Rifle?
« Reply #14 on: November 14, 2010, 07:14:15 AM »
Quote from: tobster on November 14, 2010, 07:07:48 AM
At the risk of high-jacking this thread, what is a .360? Never heard of it.

360 Dan Wesson, but you already have read that. Tim and I must have been nearly simultaneous.

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Re: .38 Spc in .357 Handi Rifle?
« Reply #15 on: November 14, 2010, 07:50:18 AM »
  Happy Birthday!  You'll like the 357 Handi.

  I shoot 38 through mine pretty routinely.  Modest noise and recoil, accurate within it's distance.  38 wadcutters are just inherently accurate little rounds and they turn up reasonably priced.  Also, if you don't reload (yet) keep an eye out at WalMart for the value-pack 38 special.  FMJ bullets, and a little more crack then some of the better (read- more expensive) target loads but still very pleasant to shoot. 
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Re: .38 Spc in .357 Handi Rifle?
« Reply #16 on: November 14, 2010, 08:43:44 AM »
Mine is an origionl M 158 MAXI and it shoots 357 mags and wadcutters in 38 very nicely!!

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Re: .38 Spc in .357 Handi Rifle?
« Reply #17 on: November 14, 2010, 08:46:33 AM »
Happy B-Day and welcome to the sight, And happy b-day to you also CW mine was yesterday also.
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Re: .38 Spc in .357 Handi Rifle?
« Reply #18 on: November 14, 2010, 02:12:38 PM »
 :-[

My bday isn't actually till Feb but I like to plan ahead. Gotta get through CHRISTmas first and decide what to get the kids, son has been flip flopping between a .20 gauge and a .22.
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Re: .38 Spc in .357 Handi Rifle?
« Reply #19 on: November 15, 2010, 12:37:29 AM »
Quote from: yukondog on November 14, 2010, 08:46:33 AM
Happy B-Day and welcome to the sight, And happy b-day to you also CW mine was yesterday also.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

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