.357 "hot" ammo??

[reptilla]

So I have some .357 super vel 110gr ammo and was wondering if I should shoot it through my gp100 or not!? Any opinions?

[xSARSx]

you will be fine

[sd_shooter]

So I have some .357 super vel 110gr ammo and was wondering if I should shoot it through my gp100 or not!? Any opinions?

Yes. Yes, you should

[Masterdebater]

Come talk to us when you've got 180's. Youll be fine my man the gp100 is a tank, those HVs dont kick bad

[reptilla]

The answer with the devil bat scares me!!, so no fear of damage or danger? I only ask because I have heard 2 people say "no way " , but they have no experience with this ammo so I thought I would ask.

[hambam105]

GP100 will handle Super Vel just fine. Super Vel with a El Taurus, no way.

[003]

As I recall, Super Vel was the very first high performance ammunition available. A number of LE agencies adopted Super Vel in .38 Special. Keep in mind that the typical police agency at that time in the US (LAPD for example) carried .38 special revolvers and issued 158 round nose lead ammunition. A few progressive departments issued “high performance” 150 grain round nose lead ammunition. While unique in the mid to late 1960’s there are a number of companies that make comparable ammunition today. As long as it was stored in a reasonable manner, there is no reason not to shoot it. If you do, be sure and give us a range report.

Where did you get it, and how old is it? Super Vel went out of business in 1974.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Jurras

[rm1911]

.357 "hot" ammo??

Unless you can account for the disposition of the ammo you honestly have no idea what's in there. Is it possible that someone put reloads into a factory box? Yes. I'm not saying that someone loaded rounds with the intent to harm anyone. It's just that someone could have reloaded them and not took care to make sure they were safe.

Honestly there's really no reason to run unknown rounds through a gun.

[CK_32]

The only thing I can think of is scorching, but that happens with all light bullet ammo.

[reptilla]

I got it from an ammo buy from another calguner and he had it stored away in an ammo container and from talking to him I believe it was stored well an I will give a report on how it goes for sure . Probably gonna go shooting this weekend and it will be indoor so it should scare the crap out of the guy next to me hahaha

[colossians323]

So I have some .357 super vel 110gr ammo and was wondering if I should shoot it through my gp100 or not!? Any opinions?

what is super velocity? How is it different?

[003]

A good article by Wiley Clapp

"Super Vel ammo was a phenomenon of the ’60s and ’70s. Many shooters of that period recall how the firm’s high-performance ammo took the shooting world by storm. Almost as soon as it was introduced in pistol and revolver calibers, it was in high demand. That’s because the major ammunition makers were not competing with matching loads and owner Lee Jurras had the market to himself. His ammo was in such high demand as to be sometimes sold at black market prices. Lee Jurras was very active in the burgeoning world of handgunning. As a prime mover in getting the International Handgun Metallic Silhouette ***’n up and running, he was a founder in an exciting new handgun sport. Further, Jurras was also a founder of the Outstanding American Handgunner Awards Foundation.

Lee Jurras was a savvy handgunner who made ammo, buying his components on the open market. Particularly in the case of brass, this proved to be his undoing. He began to have problems getting components and eventually could not produce the ammo. He was undeniably a trend-setter, both in terms of using modern hollowpoints and developing serious speeds in popular cartridges. There was a reason why.

At one point, Jurras actually sold his special run JHP bullets for handloaders. The boxes were labeled Super Vel, but I can well remember the legend on a box of .357 bullets. It read “Bullet Diameter .3565-inch.” By making the bullets just a little less than full diameter and loading hot, he was able to really get ’em moving. I never had a problem shooting Super Vel."

[reptilla]

It was in the factory box and the dude seemed straight up and he didn't really make much from me buying them so I would believe they are 100% factory

[Oceanbob]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Jurras

Yep.....^^^^^

I remember and I have some somewhere. No worries on shooting it.

These days hot ammo is Underwoodammo.com

[jyo]

Yeah, you should have zero problems shooting this ammo thru your GP100---but, if you live in or near the L.A. area, as a collector of older ammo, I would trade you some more modern ammo for your 60s vintage Super Vel…
PM me if interested.