All Taurus handguns are engineered to accept a steady diet of factory-new Plus-P (+P) ammunition built to SAAMI specifications. This includes the ultra-Lite hammer forged aluminum alloys, Titanium, blue steel and stainless steel models. Rest assured, your Taurus will be ready, especially when you’re counting on it. +P rated ammunition not recommended for Magnesium revolvers.
It would be interesting to know if +P+ was an issue. I would imagine for liability reasons it would not be recommended. But from a sheer strenght perspective if it would be much of an issue.
IMHO, +P ammo is a waste of money and metal. To a point i can understand the reason for wanting a little extra performance from the round, but i don't see why anyone would want to put extra stress on their weapon and spend extra money on ammo when it's truly not needed.
And as far as .38 Special +P loads, they're a joke. It's simply pushed to the same pressure standards as they were 20 years ago, but have been scaled back severely because you don't have to use back pressure to cycle a revolver.
IMHO, +P ammo is a waste of money and metal. To a point i can understand the reason for wanting a little extra performance from the round, but i don't see why anyone would want to put extra stress on their weapon and spend extra money on ammo when it's truly not needed.
I am with Montkun on this one. A bullet is a bullet, and a well placed bullet is better than an overrated one that cost more lol
Besides not that many burglars, muggers, or street thugs will be wearing $2,000 body armor. If they did they wouldn't need your wallet right?
I wouldn't use +p+ just in case I mean your hand is right there and dont forget your face also. As far as +p id use enough to see if it runs good and use as carry ammo that I wont shoot much.
I havent used any of ps due to not knowing this!!Ive used ppu ammo 115 grain which my gun jammed I upped to 124 grain in aguila amnd american eagle hasnt had one prob!!but could the 124 grain cause the bullet not to go where i aimed?
Plus is something like 110% more pressure..and ++P could be as high as 120-130% more...I don't think that is a good thing. I like my hand, eyes, nose to all be in the same place they are now.
I am a new member, this is my first post. Sorry if this is the wrong place.
I recently bought a brand new Taurus 66. Hoping to go shoot it for the first time tomorrow.
I am confused about what the manual says about what ammo to use. This is a .357 magnum gun. I plan to use .38 specials for practice, but the manual "warns" against using the +P especially for practice.
How could a .38 +P be worse for the gun than a .357 magnum? Something to do with the length of the round maybe?
I am confused about what the manual says about what ammo to use. This is a .357 magnum gun. I plan to use .38 specials for practice, but the manual "warns" against using the +P especially for practice.
How could a .38 +P be worse for the gun than a .357 magnum? Something to do with the length of the round maybe?
The only Taurus revolver that was not rated for +P .38 ammo was the Magnesium model 856, produced from 2007-2009. All Taurus revolvers that are rated for .357 Magnum will fire .38 +P ammo without problem.
I could see them saying no .357 Magnum +P, but no .38 Spl +P would produce more pressure than a normal .357 Magnum. Normal .38 Spl rounds aren't loaded to their old pressure numbers anymore, they're about 10% lower than they were 20 years ago. When you go +P with them, you simply have a round loaded to original specs of the round from years gone by.
My manual said to use +p sparingly, for defensive purposes only.
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