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Hot Underwood .38 Special round..

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Rifletom
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Re: Hot Underwood .38 Special round..

Post by Rifletom » Thu Apr 09, 2020 11:04 am

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Thu Apr 09, 2020 10:14 am
Someone at Lehigh needs to proofread their labels before printing them.

Check out the speeds in the lower left corner of the 250 grainers on the top box!
Wow! No kidding.
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Re: Hot Underwood .38 Special round..

Post by John E Davies » Thu Apr 09, 2020 2:00 pm

I just emailed Lehigh asking about the 750 fps discrepancy, I want to know what their true velocity recommendation is, and maybe return my box of 250 gr bullets if they simply won't work well in my BBX.

What is odd is that they have a .44 Mag reloading page and they are getting about 1400 fps from these in a .44 mag rifle. (And almost 2000 fps in a .444 Marlin.)

EDIT, I received a reply from Lehigh after about three hours, the bullet box label is a typo - BOTH bullets are good to speed as low as 750 fps. Which make a ton of sense, since the noses look identical.

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