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Old 01-24-2006, 10:15 PM
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I doubt it. If you fire 38 Specials in a 357 Mag revolver, you often get better accuracy, despite the 38 being almost an eighth of an inch shorter.

Seating bullets deeper (for whatever reason) is dangerous as it increases pressures tremendously. In actual tests, seating a 38 Special bullet 1/4" deeper resulted in pressures over 70,000 psi. The standard maximum pressure for the 38 Special is about 15,000. A 357 Magnum is 35,000. I think we can imagine what would happen to a revolver.
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