Question About .38 Special +P Specs

[IamOzzy]

I noticed Buffalo Bore sells a .38 Special +P round with the following specs:

158 gr. (1,000fps/M.E. 351 ft.lbs.)

Question: are there are any risks of damaging the firearm with this powerful of a load? Or are modern +P rated firearms built to handle the extra power? (I notice most +P I have seen are below 300ft.lbs. and below 1,000 fps)

[cephas]

Yep, depends on the firearm. I wouldn't use it in my 1980"s Colt aluminum frame snubby but my K frame Smith could probably handle it. Whatever I wouldn't make a steady diet of it.
Suggest you contact the manufacturer. FWIW looking at old time loads of people like Keith and Skelton you'll find they were running some pretty outrageous rounds.

[Pizza Bob]

+P is +P - there are SAAMI specs for +P ammunition, so if your gun is approved for use with +P ammo you are good to go regardless of manufacturer, bullet weight velocity, etc.

+P+ is another story altogether. No SAAMI specs so you are buying a pig-in-a-poke, as my father would have said.

Adios,

Pizza Bob

[psweigle]

Any firearm rated for +p ammo is good to use Buffalo bore in without fear. I have two boxes of it in the 180gr lead fp 357 magnum for when I'm in the bear's neck of the woods.