Posted: 8/20/2010 4:43:55 PM EDT
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Can an EAA Windicator 2" .38 SPL handle +P loads? I have searched and searched but I can't find any info on it. It's not marked +P on the barrel but +P hollow points are all I can find now. Anyone have any real info on this?
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Have you contacted EAA about it? Here's their web page about the Windicator revolver.
Though they do not specifically list "+P rated" as a feature, most any modern .38Special gun made from modern materials should be able to handle at least a limited diet of .38 +P rounds. I wouldn't have a problem firing a limited number of +P rounds through any revolver made by a major company and designed for use with modern smokeless powders. I would NOT however fire +P rounds in a revolver made for use with black powder rounds, EVER. Though I wouldn't rate EAA near the top of what I would call "Manufacturers of fine firearms", they aren't exactly down at the level of Lorcin or HiPoint either. Well, there's only one for-sure way to find out bud. Wear safety glasses when you do. 
ETA: I did just notice this disclaimer on the "specs" page concerning their alloy-framed .38-only revolvers. "Note: (*) Alloy model cannot be sold in SC, WI, Il or other states or cities with frame melt point laws." (Read - cast zinc alloys and States' "Saturday Night Special" ban laws.) That right there raises my brow as to the quality of their alloy metallurgy as I cannot find ANY similar disclaimer on other alloy-framed revolver Mfrs sites. This statement leads me to believe that perhaps, like possums, they aren't made from the best stuff. |
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Glocks can't pass the frame melt point laws either..<snip> ETA: I did just notice this disclaimer on the "specs" page concerning their alloy-framed .38-only revolvers. "Note: (*) Alloy model cannot be sold in SC, WI, Il or other states or cities with frame melt point laws." (Read - cast zinc alloys and States' "Saturday Night Special" ban laws.) That right there raises my brow as to the quality of their alloy metallurgy as I cannot find ANY similar disclaimer on other alloy-framed revolver Mfrs sites. This statement leads me to believe that perhaps, like possums, they aren't made from the best stuff. 
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