Posted September 20, 2017 2:30 am by Comments

By Chris Eger

The new HST Micro .38 load is billed as being optimized for the most efficiency and accuracy in subcompact handguns. (Photos: Chris Eger/Guns.com)
Expanding on the line of +P personal defense loads taking aim at those packing subcompact handguns, Federal’s new 130-grain .38 Special round packs a punch.
Resembling traditional wadcutter ammo, the jacked hollow-point HST Micro is no plinker and uses deep-seated bullets to eliminate air inside the case, producing more consistent powder burn rates. They use a nickel-plated brass case with waterproofing on the case mouth and primer, with a tapered jacket profile. Federal uses a cannelure groove that locks the copper jacket to the lead core, a six-petal design that mushrooms out as it travels down a wound channel.
The HST uses a nickel-plated brass case with waterproofing on the case mouth and primer, with a tapered jacket profile
While the HST bullet line dates to 2002 and has long been popular in law enforcement use, the HST Micro series is much newer, with a 99-grain .380 ACP and 150-grain 9mm load recently introduced, and now augmented by the .38.
The loading is optimized for performance from “micro guns” i.e. snub-nosed revolvers, which have never really gone out of style. As it

Source: Guns.com

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