Originally Posted by jwp475
Originally Posted by The_Real_Hawkeye
Originally Posted by JOG
My vote goes to K-frames and avoiding 125-grain bullets. 2nd place goes to the L-frame Mountain Gun, but that's too specific.

Yeah, the 125 grainers are likely the main culprit for shorter service life in K-Frames. They tend to really wear away the forcing cone. When they first agreed to make the K-Frame in .357 Magnum, what most cops were using were 158 gainers at lower velocities. Likely these are easier on forcing cones .


The 158 grain bullets were in the 1450 FPS range when e M19 first appeared


And what were 125 grainers driven to at that time? My 1979 Speer manual has them topping out at 1577.