I ask myself that every year at about this time, as the weather starts warming up, and for my daily carry I find myself more and more using this.....
......a S&W 640 Centennial with Barami hip-grip/Tyler T-grip combo, which rides mexican style under a loose t-shirt tail.
It's chambered for .357, but I never carry or shoot anything in it greater than .38+P. Most of the extra charge of the magnum will be wasted by the short barrel, burning off as a large flash ball that does not contribute to bullet velocity (but certainly does to difficulty of shooting).
Based on the literature I followed over the years, I've always fueled the little wheelie with one of the lead semi-wadcutter hollow points offered by Winchester or Remington.
I know a lot of advances have more recently been made in some handgun calibers for self defense though. For example, HydraShok for many years ruled the 9mm arena, but Gold Dot now seems the favorite of many (which is what I now carry during the cooler months in my Glock 19).
With the prospect of the Centennial soon being in full-time service, have there been any improvements in self-defense ammo for the .38+P ???
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