Old model blackhawk

[sdbirddog]

Just making sure i can shoot 38's throuhg my old model .357 magnum?

 

[Chesster]

If you are refering to ".38 Special", all day and all night to your heart's content.

 

[riddleofsteel]

Beware of shooting soft lead reloads for weeks at a time without proper cleaning of the lead from the barrel. When we first started out most of our .38 Specials looked like smooth bores after a few sessions with cheap lead SWC's.
Plus if you follow that with high pressure jacketed .357 rounds you may get some very unpleasant results.

 

[NoSecondBest]

Yeah, you literally need to "get the lead out" after a diet of 38 spl. lead bullets. They will leave a lead ring in the barrel/forcing cone and this will disrupt the accuracy of jacketed 357 bullets if you don't do a GREAT job of cleaning in between. Your gun won't blow up or anything but you might have trouble just getting the longer case in the cylinder also.

 

[surbat6]

If you shoot a lot of .38's through that .357 handgun, you'll also likely find a buildup of fouling in the chambers, too. This won't damage the revolver, but it will make it difficult to chamber the longer .357 cartridges unless you clean the chambers well.