The article states that S&W wanted a 158 grain bullet at 1450 fps and that after a year of work on the cartridge winchester had the velocity over 1500 fps . Much higher than today's loads
Really nice revolver, I have it's twin, TheKid gave me a nice old Bianchi leather holster for it, I love that revolver, and quickly came to terms early that i'll never be as good shooting it as it is at delivering them.
The article states that S&W wanted a 158 grain bullet at 1450 fps and that after a year of work on the cartridge winchester had the velocity over 1500 fps . Much higher than today's loads
LD, the point is that no SAAMI member manufactor loads them as fast as non SAAMI members and even they don't load them as fast as SAAMI members did in the beginning.
I got banned on another web site for a debate that happened on this site. That's a first