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snookers51
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Hi All;
I am new here and need some help from some of the other Contender owners in this group. My cousin and I both own 38 Super + P pistols. His is a 1911 Colt 38 Super and mine is a Contender with a factory 10 inch octagon barrel. We loaded up 500 38 super rounds using Remingtons Golden Sabre bullets in .355 size. My cousins Colt shoots them just great with good groups, but my Contender hates them with poor groups even shooting from a rest. And as a matter of fact some of the holes in the target show the bullets were going through nearly sideways or were tumbeling. I can only surmise that the bore on the Contender barrel is larger than the bore on his Colt. So I am wondering what would you think of me using .357 size bullets in my Contender?? I know the nominal bore size for 38 Super is .356, but to find HP defensive or hunting type rounds for the 38 Super seems impossible. .357 however does have a good selection. Has anyone reading my post ever tried to use .357 size bullets in a contender 38 Super barrel?? Or even in a Colt 1911 .38 Super?? I need some help.......advice please.
I am new here and need some help from some of the other Contender owners in this group. My cousin and I both own 38 Super + P pistols. His is a 1911 Colt 38 Super and mine is a Contender with a factory 10 inch octagon barrel. We loaded up 500 38 super rounds using Remingtons Golden Sabre bullets in .355 size. My cousins Colt shoots them just great with good groups, but my Contender hates them with poor groups even shooting from a rest. And as a matter of fact some of the holes in the target show the bullets were going through nearly sideways or were tumbeling. I can only surmise that the bore on the Contender barrel is larger than the bore on his Colt. So I am wondering what would you think of me using .357 size bullets in my Contender?? I know the nominal bore size for 38 Super is .356, but to find HP defensive or hunting type rounds for the 38 Super seems impossible. .357 however does have a good selection. Has anyone reading my post ever tried to use .357 size bullets in a contender 38 Super barrel?? Or even in a Colt 1911 .38 Super?? I need some help.......advice please.