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JJREA, I've been marinating on what I've seen and I must admit I'm seriously considering just loading my own cast LSWCs (a true 175 grain Keith bullet) to +P levels and carrying them. I'm well aware of the damage possible with a sharp-shouldered SWC, and I do think it's an option.
Option 2 may be to pull the Remington LSWC-HP bullets and load them a bit hotter. Of course, this is an option for me since I'm using a .357 instead of a .38. What little I've been able to find indicates that Remington, for some reason, seems to have started producing those bullets slightly harder, dating from about the time they they were renamed and given new packaging. I cannot say the reason for such an act, but they definitely don't seem to expand as well as the older versions of the same bullet. Perhaps a low-level .357 load and/or a powder designed to maximize efficiency in a short barrel is the way to go with them.
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Ugh, that really sucks (about the remington). It's a moving target I guess. Because that load was Mr. Camp's recommendation, but I guess good things can't last forever. My issue with any of it is that I still gotta go try some +p's at the range because my fear is I'll get a flinch from +p's in the 442. I was doing my best not to show signs of it at my last range session using just wadcutters and fmj range stuff. I did pretty well, but I'm not sure I'm good enough to NOT get one shooting +p's. So I wish there was a standard pressure load I'd feel comfortable with. Now in my 19 +p is probably not going to be an issue.
In fact I contacted Speer and asked them if the short barreled 135 gold dot loads will still perform properly from a 6" barrel but I haven't heard back from them yet. One guy over on 1911forum said the speer book shows that they are two different bullets. I think the powder is different too, for low flash in short barrels, but the bullet might open up quicker. But it's bonded so you'd think it'd be OK.
Then another monkey wrench in my plan was I was under the assumption that the corbon 110 dpx load was standard pressure. And where I ordered them, the website didn't show +p. But when I got them, they were +p. So...... I'm kind of like, grrrrrrrr..... Maybe they don't make them in standard pressure. I have no clue. I think Speer makes the 135 grain Gold dots in standard pressure though. And that would probably work for the 19, but not sure about the 442.
Anyways.... I didn't realize that the Keith load was a 175 grain bullet. Yeah, that would probably really penetrate and if in fact the sharp corners are a benefit, which it has been said, than that would seem like a really good load. Or a guy could get the buffalo bore loading in it (158 grain). I know ultramax makes one and on midway there is a company called grizzly making that load too. I tried to ask around about them but heard nothing in the ammo forum. I do realize the 158's would be different than the true Keith load, but the closest thing one could buy.
So the search continues. I have some winchester 130 fmj that have like a flat point. But it's still not a sharp corner like on a SWC. I wondered if it might not be a hair better than a round FMJ or RLN.
I think what I might do is try to get my hands on some of the XTP 158 grain. If I had to stick with the XTP because it's standard pressure, I wonder if the 158 grain would be better. Probably either the 125 or 158 xtp would do much better in the 6" barrel but not sure if there is any benefit of one over the other in the 442.