Beretta .38 Lead-friendly?

[natomasboy]

Hi all -

I've learned from Calguns that Glocks are not lead-friendly. Are there any others that I should watch out for? A friend of mine has a Berretta .38 87(?) which he's asking me to do reloads for but I'm not sure if that pistol accepts lead. Is there a place that stores such information for all pistols?

Thanks

[Bug Splat]

The reason glocks are not lead friendly is because of the Polygonal barrel. Because there are no grooves for the lead to hide in like a traditional barrel it can build up in patches or puddles right in the path of the bullet which increase the pressure and as we all know too much pressure in a gun is a very bad thing. I'm not familiar with the Beretta barrel type but i'd say as long is its a traditional button rifling (I'd bet it is) you should be fine to shoot it. You can also shoot lead out of a Polygonal but only shot a couple hundred and clean the barrel out very very well. Also never shoot FMJ rounds after you have shot lead.

Button rifling on left..........Polygonal on right

[natomasboy]

Bug_Splat,

Answers like this is why I LOVE CALGUNS!!

Thank you!