model 60

[woods]

     I know the model sixty smith is a mainstay in the concealable handgun catagory but full house 357's are a bit rough to fire. What I'm looking for is a good protecion  38 special round on the market any one have a preference for this little smith? This is my wifes gun and she is looking for a lighter protection round she can shoot for practice and protection. Yes I reload for it also but I want to purchase a box or two just for her to know the recoil and accuracy of what she carries in it on her day to day routine. I will probably lean toward the hornady 110 gr critical defense ammo.
 
woods

[Txdrmy Man]

I think you're on the right track. That's what I keep in my taurus 85 lightweight. Recoil is very mild as opposed to a 158 gr. 38.  I shoot the 110 gr but the 125 gr is very managabel . If you reload, the xtp is available in 110 and 125 and you can load it to suit your needs. 

[drdougrx]

You could also try some Remington Golden Sabres, 125gr hp in 357.  They are midrange, sort of between a full house 357 and a 38spec PlusP.  I think the velocity is around 1100fps where the full house is about 1300 and the PlusP is 900 ( I may be a bit off but not by much).  I find them quite manageable to shoot in my 3" M60.

[SHOOTALL]

there are several 130 gr rounds for the 38 spl short bbl guns that are made for the 1.8 or 2 inch J frams . They even have reduced recoil. She can the use the 130 gr FMJ for pratice , a cost effective round

[rsl]

My Model 60 likes the Federal 110gr  hollow points.. Good personal defense load.. My wife has shot the 60 with Remington wad cutters and had a lot of fun.. Accurate and easy to shoot.. Good luck....

[woods]

     I've been really impressed with the acuracy of this little handgun. I can ring my 25 yrd  8" ringer all five shots with 148 gr wadcutters. I guess I was expecting alot less acuracy even double action I can still hit the 25 yrd ringer. Wife likes it also just something about a revolver simple point and pull the trigger, No cocking racking a slide or saftey just squeeze if your rushed for time. She likes my low recoil lead loads at 3 grains of bullseye., should be loafing along about 600 fps.
 
     woods

[SHOOTALL]

that big flat WC is not a bad defense load either .

[Hank08]

Some yrs. ago a cop on stakeout in a store was shot in his vest by by a robber, he returned fire with his duty gun and his backup gun, one in each hand hitting the perp 11 times,which led to this pistol shoot. 2 M 60s that you'd never seen before and store bought ammo you knew nothing about, standing , a loaded 60 in each hand at 25 ft. a silhouette target with a 3x5 card in the center of chest became visible for 2 seconds, your job, hit it 10 times.   There was 6 M60s and over 500 shooters.  The guns we shot later became the prizes. I've carried the M60, that i won, ever since.  I put 7 in the card, one in his crotch, one in the shoulder and one missed by about 1/2".  I love the M60.  I also have a 3" and a 5" adjustable sighted. 10 shots in 2 seconds is about as fast as I could pull the trigger.

[SHOOTALL]

Nice Shooting !

[Fletch6]

I have a 60 pro with the 3" barrel and I seem to remember some where they do not recomend going below 125 grains with full power loads.  I shoot the 125 XTP with a reduced load of 6 gr. of win 231 and find this is a nice reduced load. I have never shot over crono. I reread my manual and saw that the warning was for mag. loads in the TI alloy framed guns and less than 120 gr. was the cut off.

[Goldstar225]

Ihave a 642, 2" that I keep loaded with the Speer 135 grain gold dot +P short barrel.  Out of the 642 it chronographs in the low 900's, in my 4" model 15, upper 900's.  It has a good "street rep".  For your wife I would suggest practice with the wadcutters and for defense, loading with the most effective .38 round.