OT- Federal .38 SPL Nyclad is back.

[336A]

Federal has resumed the manufacture of the .38spl 125gr Nyclad ammunition. Finally there is some good standard pressure defensive ammo availabe for those of us that don't have +P rated snubbies. I just hope that they sell it in 50 round boxes and not the expensive 20rnd boxes.

[Hobie]

Good news, that was good stuff.

[TedH]

I have'nt seen any of that stuff in years. When did they quit making it the first go around?

[JohndeFresno]

Tks for info. I switched to Silvertips, but I believe that Nyclad is the best factory round for my ol' aluminum .38 snubbie. I'll order some now!

UPDATE - Federal announces it on its site, and lists dealers for your Zip Code if you fill in the box; but I cannot find the ammo for sale (Federal P38M Nyclad) online at any of the ammo sites that I frequent:
Midway USA, MidSouth Shooter Supply, Natchez Shooters Supply, Wideners, Streichers, Brass-Plus, Cheaper Than Dirt, Graf & Sons, Crow Shooting Supply, Ammunition To Go, Sportsmens Guide, and some others.

[Modoc ED]

Almost all .38 Special is Out of Stock "No Backorder" at most places -- USAMidway for sure. A lot of different calibers are also no longer available. Same for primers and other components.

I guess you could call Obama's election a "Retail Sellout" for guns, ammo, and all things related to reloading.

[KCSO]

Uh the 50 round boxes will cost 2 1/2 time the 20 round boxes. They went to the 20's to ease the sticker shock.

[Idiot]

Very good news! This was my standard snubbie load until my stash ran out. I will rush out and replenish as soon as they hit the gun store shelves. I don't care if they sell them in fifties, twenties, or one at a time, I'll buy a bunch of this good ammo.

Once on a javalina hunt, I gave my rifle to a partner to cover a wash and went into a canyon to grub out a pig that had been wounded. It wasn't until I got into the canyon and saw that a bunch of nervous javalina were milling around their wounded pal that I realized that the only gun I had on me was a snub nosed 38 Special. One javalina that had been down got up and began to trot away. I took careful aim and punched a hole through its ribs with the 38. I slowed just a bit and I shot and hit it again, this time in the ham and it really slowed down. Not wanting to loose the critter I closed the 35 yard gap between us and ran in front of its path and hit it one more time - this time in the shoulder - and it went down. While dressing it out I discovered that I'd forgotten to replace my Nyclads with full wad cutters like I'd intended. I was really messing up. However, each Nyclad, except the one into the ribs - which went un-recovered, had mushroomed fully, stayed together, and made a mess of the flesh it encountered until coming to rest against off side hide on chest shot and the hip bone on the ham shot.

I think these little bullets will do the dirty duty they were made for it called upon.

[jeepnik]

Great news. That's the best round for 2 & 3 inch 38's I've found. Now I'll just have to find a dealer as buying ammo by mail if verbotten here. Oh well, I just checked the web page. Turner's has them. I was just there three days ago and they didn't mention them. Now I guess I'll just have to go back.

[Rexster]

I hope the new stuff chronographs like the old stuff. More than once, when a gunwriter posted his results with various factory snubby loads, the 125-grain standard velocity Nyclad was true to its advertised velocity, while +P 125-grain stuff, for all its noise, was moving slower than the Nyclad. Federal had gotten the recipe right for the short barrel in their old Nyclad. I still have a little of the old left; on my last box. This is a WARM load, too, notably stouter than other standard-velocity stuff.