What type of round is this?

[eac67gt]

An elderly friend of mine was cleaning out his safe and found these two 38 special rounds. He doesn't remember what they are.
Before I just try and shoot them I was curious if anyone knew what they are?
Here is link to pics.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/zEozHM9wwWahPJZz5

Thanks

[fingers80002]

Wadcutters.

[RockIsland]

They look like wadcutters.

It's not really a good idea to shoot ammo of an unknown origin.

[Brick]

.38 Special wadcutter. Typically a mild target load. Personally, unless I knew if they were factory or if reloads the source and powder charge. Failing that I'd just pull the bullets, dump the powder and salvage the cases.

[Berncly]

As was said, shooting mystery ammo can be risky, especially stuff like 38 wadcutters that are often reloaded by whomever.
If you have a robust 357 revolver it would probably handle it well regardless of the mystery load, and I'm sure many guys here would be ok with it.
But personally I stay away from mystery ammo.

[Berncly]

An elderly friend of mine was cleaning out his safe and found these two 38 special rounds. He doesn't remember what they are.
Before I just try and shoot them I was curious if anyone knew what they are?
Here is link to pics.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/zEozHM9wwWahPJZz5

Thanks

And welcome to the PAFOA.

[eac67gt]

Thanks everyone for your help.
I've never used such a round but recently bought my first revolver. I've had plenty of other guns just not a revolver. Some would say late to the game. 😁
I'll probably do what was said and just use the cases for reloading.
My friend has been shooting for a very long time but decided the other day it was time to clean his safe out a little bit. He is getting up there in age and just couldn't remember what they were.

Thanks again.

[Yellowfin]

Do yourself a favor and load some wadcutters of your own. They're really sweet to shoot, recoil of a .22 and nice neat holes.

[MARINE DIVISION TWO]

I miss the older style wadcutters after shooting a bunch I would run six rounds of FMJ made cleaning the bore easier.

[pacodelahoya]

The wadcutters are for target practice. They punch holes in paper like a , well, paper punch. No ragged edges.