I kinda know what you mean about velocities out of a snubby. I sold a very nice Detective Special after I chrono-ed the ammo out of it. Out of a 4" Trooper, it chrono-ed 945 fps, and out of the Detective Special, it was only running about 735fps. This was a 125gr. factory HP load. That disturbed me a lot, that, and the POI was nowhere near the POA......I went back to carrying a 9mm instead of the Colt. In truth, it pretty well soured me on snubby .38s for a very long time.
