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Here's some snubby ammo comparison from a buddy of mine.

I chronoed some ammo today through my 640 2 inch. Five shots per load.


Speer 135 GDHP (their 2 inch snubby load)
858 Avg velocity - Speer's literature says this bullet fully expands at 860 fps.
115,830 Power Factor
8.33 Std Dev
24 Variance

Rem 125 SJHP +P R38S2
878 Avg velocity
109,750 Power Factor
8.73 Std Dev
26 Variance

Win 125 JHP +P
838 Avg velocity
104,750 Power Factor
21.11 Std Dev
58 Variance

GA Arms 125 JHP +P
829 Avg velocity
103,625 Power Factor
7.55 Std Dev
17 Variance

Practice Handload
125 Zero JHP 4.4gr Titegroup (my IDPA load with a 125 JHP instead of 158 plated RN)
887 Avg velocity
110,875 Power Factor
(Hotter than I realized)
38.97 Std Dev
103 Variance

For those who like wadcutters as fodder for snubs on the theory that wadcutters don't have to expand to cut a nice hole:

Master 148 LWC (Bianchi Load for Bill Rogers)
746 Avg velocity
110,408 Power Factor
19.94 Std Dev
54 Variance

Win 148 LWC Match
639 Avg velocity - I have pellet guns that shoot faster than this.
94,572 Power Factor - makes it through a cardboard target, but I wouldn't count on much else.
9.58 Std Dev
28 Variance

And the Winner is:
Rem 158 LHP +P R38S12
804 Avg velocity
127,032 Power Factor
30.47 Std Dev
80 Variance

Some say this load hurts to shoot. Maybe so, but it has a good record of working. My partner in Chicago shot 5 guys with it from his Model 60 snub and they were all suitably impressed.

I am carrying the Speer Gold Dot because it shoots to Point of Aim best, but if I had to go with the Rem LHP it wouldn't bother me either.


I found the Speer gold dot (snubby load) and run that.