Smith & Wesson model 36-1 +P Rated?

[prproulx]

I've seen a few of these for sale and they look like a cute little revolver. I don't want a .38 that can't shoot +P ammo.
The cylinder walls look thin so I have a feeling I know the answer already.

 

[Claybuster]

I've shot +P in a steel J-frame with no ill effects other than a sore hand. The only recommendation I've heard is to avoid the hotter stuff in the alloy framed snubbies.

 

[ian_in_vic]

I wouldn't feed a J Frame a steady diet of +P's but if you were carrying one (in the US for example) with +P and practising with standard velocity, you should be fine. Lots of folks in the US have been doing that for years. A steady diet of +P's would sour you on those little revolvers quite quickly - mine used to give me numbness in the shooting hand after 300 rounds, it was a J Frame 357.

 

[mudgunner49]

You hand will say "uncle" before the gun does...


blake

 

[Jeff/1911]

Pat, if you don't own one of these little beauties yet...get one!