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Posted On: 10/30/2024
By: Michael
A: Hi Michael! It's impossible to confidently recommend a "low-recoil" cartridge to you. Recoil energy is the product of four variables (firearm weight, bullet weight, powder weight and muzzle velocity), although the amount of recoil you actually perceive is subjective. No way of measuring that. I cannot advise FMJ bullets for self-defense. You really want that terminal expansion, as it (A) maximizes trauma to the target, and (B) reduces (but doesn't eliminate) the risk of over-penetration that could threaten bystanders. With that all said, I'd recommend this standard pressure police-grade JHP load, which has pretty low kick all things considered: https://www.luckygunner.com/38-special-125-grain-hp-speer-gold-dot-50-rounds . You may also choose a wadcutter bullet (which stamps out a prettty injurious wound channel despite lacking the capacity for terminal expansion), although I don't believe we have an option with recoil as low as the Speer Gold Dot I recommended.
Posted On: 12/12/2023
By: Christopher Crachi
A: Flat nose, sir, just as pictured on our site!
Posted On: 3/22/2014
By: TYLER
A: Hello Tyler,
Unfortunately, these 130gr. FMJ rounds by Wincheater in .38 Special cannot be fired in a .32 Special firearm. You will need .32 ammo for your gun.
