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Agree with @JC_68Westy. I will add another perspective. +P ammunition has been made by the major manufacturers since the 1970s. Super Vel was making +P back in the 60s. Using +P will accelerate wear on a gun even if its +P rated. On the other hand I know people who have shot 1000s of rounds of +P through guns not rated for it and have had no problem. +P will give you more muzzle blast, recoil, and therefore reduced controllability in a small frame gun. Along with accelerated wear. For that you get MAYBE 50-100 fps more. For a long time I've used a target velocity148 gr hollowbase wadcutter as a defensive load in small frame 38s. It has several advantages: 1. The bullet is already in an efficient shape. A hollowpoint has to expand a bit until it gets in the shape the wadcutter starts out as. 2. Adequate penetration. The hollow base design goes a long way toward keeping the bullet from tumbling in the target. That's how it gets good penetration even though it's starting out at only 700-725 fps from the muzzle with a 2" barrel. Gets about 14" of penetration in ballistic gel which is adequate. 3. It is easy on you and your gun. Low recoil and muzzle blast help controllability you need for subsequent shots. FWIW Jim Cirillo who had been in more gunfights than most people was always on a quest for a better bullet. Most of his designs looked like...a wadcutter. I use +P in k frame or larger 38s and +P+ in 357 magnums. If I want more power I'll go to a bigger gun. I see no sense in +P in semiautomatic calibers. Semiautomatics are designed to operate in a certain pressure range. I've seen tests, conducted by the manufacturers, which show their +P version of the same bullet going 50-100 fps more gave little more penetration or expansion, if any, than their standard pressure ammo. Food for thought.

The event wrapped up late this afternoon. The Saturday class was very educational-incredible instructors, including the guy ranked #3 in the country for ribs. I must have taken a dozen pages of notes. The host BBQ restaurant provided a great lunch, then the instructors walked us through ribs and wings on a stick burning reverse flow drum smoker. That was dinner #1, then we went to the host restaurant for a late dinner in the bar Day 2 was the competition, after the traditional starting shot of whiskey. They provided smokers of all kinds, and a few teams brought their own. I ended up using a pellet smoker for the first time. The $5,000 Fast Eddy was very nice, but electrical glitches caused it to shut off twice during the cook so temp control was erratic. Time was tight to get the ribs trimmed, rubbed (one commercial rub, one homemade) and on the smoker, followed by wings marinated, dried, and rubbed. Ribs were later foiled with liquid margarine, brown sugar, and my custom sauce, while wings were dipped in a sauce and returned to the smoker to set, about the time the ribs were removed from foil and sauced. My wife had the parsley bed turn-in boxes ready, and we made the 10 minute window for getting them to the judges table. It was a lot of work, but we ended up with a fourth place finish overall, and a first place for ribs! $300 prize money and a trophy. For the ribs, we received one perfect score (appearance, taste, texture, 9, 9, 9) and three more just one point off a perfect total.

Of course they say that, but its a load of shit. It's a 5 year shelf life because they stopped testing it at 5 years... I bet it was just a s fresh the day they made it. The polymers chains in oil, at least synthetic, takes decades to break down unless physically used. Even conventional oil, which sat in the ground for over a millennium lasts longer than 5 years.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/new-jersey-attack-multiple-firearms-recovered-arrested So all the highly restrictive gun laws already in place could not stop this crime (including the "large capacity" mag ban) but more laws would have helped here?

Considering the fact that this is a SP101, I would not hesitate using +p in it for defensive purposes. The SP101 are very strong. That said, I would not feed it a steady diet of +P.

My fiance has a good sense of humor

Gone with the wind!

Israeli surplus HP. Great mechanics and bore, finish not so much Detail strip .... assess parts.... Remove black paint...clean up dings and dehorn. Remove sharp edges at magwell, slight bevel. Polish out balance of parts, degrease and refinish. Add a touch more hardener for some sheen, dry and then bake. Waiting on - ambi safety, night sights, muzzle reface, polish chamber and ramp, new springs, ring hammer and of course lanyard ring...

Did you try a 7.62x51 or a .308 round? It might like that better.

Just make sure you run it long enough to get good and hot to boil out any moisture that will accumulate in the crankcase.

Personally, given the choice of using +P .38spl in a modern .38spl revolver like your medium frame SP101 or using a sharp stick, I'd use the +P's. You shouldn't make a regular habit out of it, but you're better off than using the same ammo in a 1930's S&W Model 10. YMMV and I'm not a lawyer, but I did sleep with one at a Holiday Inn Express once.

I've attached some small pics. One of the instructors talkin' ribs on Day 1, a couple of the competitor tents on day 2, the smoker I was using, after the ribs were wrapped for the competition and I'd added a sauce-warming pot made on the spot from a beer can (never put cold sauce on the meat), and our turn-in boxes. The wings didn't place, but they sure looked good. The ribs took the top prize.

I bet the winner used a crockpot.

LMAO. 56f95dc750420c060bb35f8c7d010d18.mp4

Ah Teaneck, home base for Mrs Anti Gun Loretta Weinburg. Little bit of irony there.

My home is a securely locked container. And I use trans-separate ammo-even though it appears to be loaded, the ammo identifies as being in a separate container.

It's simple......The guns in my house are always in use! I am using them at all times to defend myself and my family from a potential intrusion that could occur at any time!

Match.com? Oh, perhaps you meant to compare different models of generators. Consumer reports has their reviews behind a paywall, and I don't recall them rating natural gas generators anyway. Popular mechanics published this, but I think it is also limited to gas or gas/propane. generator reviews

Janet Reno was the epitome of the logic the left uses when it comes to "gun safety". After Columbine she stated at a press conference we need more gun laws. A reporter got to ask her what does she say to those that say we should just enforce the laws we have. Her response? "It doesn't make a difference if we don't enforce them, we just need more laws" This from the Attorney General of the US.