I bought some .380 Meister 92g RN bullets. Nats I can't find a COAL for this bullet in my manuals (Speer and Lyman). I determined a COAL of 0.980 from listed bullets. Is there someone out there that reloads a P238 with the Meister 92g bullets. I am loading Win 231 of 3.0g and 3.5gs as a start.
By the way this is a great little pistol. For 20 of my 24 yrs in the Marines and Army it was a 45 all the way and glad I retired before the 9mm came about (Just don't believe a 9mm with ball ammo is right in a battlefield enviornment. In Nam I carried a 16 with the 45.). I love my SW586 .357 (shooting several deer) and my relative new Remington 1911R1 too, but this P238 is a neat little pocket pistol.
I have the SW 442 which I carry a lot as well as a Taurus 709 Slim but this P238 is one I can just grab and go for walks with wife and for gas. I paid a bunch for the P238 - much more than I ever expected to for a .380 but after 200 rds of factory ammo and amazingly tight groups at 7, 10 and 15 yds (for me which is amazing), I have total confidence in this bugger.
Sorry for the additional "dribble" but I do like this tiny 1911 style P238. NOW THINK ABOUT THAT RELOAD QUESTION AT TOP OF PAGE!!!
Thanks bunch.
By the way this is a great little pistol. For 20 of my 24 yrs in the Marines and Army it was a 45 all the way and glad I retired before the 9mm came about (Just don't believe a 9mm with ball ammo is right in a battlefield enviornment. In Nam I carried a 16 with the 45.). I love my SW586 .357 (shooting several deer) and my relative new Remington 1911R1 too, but this P238 is a neat little pocket pistol.
I have the SW 442 which I carry a lot as well as a Taurus 709 Slim but this P238 is one I can just grab and go for walks with wife and for gas. I paid a bunch for the P238 - much more than I ever expected to for a .380 but after 200 rds of factory ammo and amazingly tight groups at 7, 10 and 15 yds (for me which is amazing), I have total confidence in this bugger.
Sorry for the additional "dribble" but I do like this tiny 1911 style P238. NOW THINK ABOUT THAT RELOAD QUESTION AT TOP OF PAGE!!!
Thanks bunch.