Man, everything on the news is crap lately but knowing that there is a man out west with a cowboy hat that is shooting his revolvers just feels right and puts a little balance back in the world ! Thanks for your video !

All the touting of the advancements done to the 9mm bullet making it the ultimate man stopper ignores that the same improvements have been done to the .38, 40 S&W, and the .45acp. Thanks for showing us this.

For a .38 Special out of any length frankly, for a JHP, these seem to be top tier. Thank you for the test.

I have that same Marlin! And at around 1450 fps, that 120 grain 38 special is laying down 560 ft/lbs! Absolutely amazing energy output

I love the sound design of your vids. The box sounds, the jiggle of the ammo in the box, the report of your shots, the soothing voice. You're the Bob Ross of guns

One gel cutting trick that saved my shoulder was to use an 8" knife with the micro-serrations. I have tried every type of blade out there but the micro-serrated knives work the best, cuts like butter. Just pull the material to the side so there's less friction on the blade and saw right through it.

What an excellent analysis! I had just picked up two boxes of these before I came across this video and now I am even more happy with my purchase! I love how you measured the caliber of the ammo after expansion. I never considered it being increased to a .5 caliber! Well done! 👏

This is the kind of information I needed. These rounds look like they will perform very well out of my Taurus M85 and my 2.5 inch K frame S&W. Great performance across the board, I was surprised at the speed of close to 1000 fps the weight retention and expansion out of a short bbl. I'll be looking for this load.

I believe this is the most impressive performance I’ve seen for any 38 special self defense load across the board! 👍

Enjoyed the .38 Special+P Punch video. The final resting place of the revolver rounds you fired into the gel was less than the actual distance they penetrated. They came to rest after having "sucked back" along their wound track. The actual penetration is the distance they traveled before being "sucked back" along their respective would tracks. This phenomenon is typical with gel shots, but not so in living tissue.

I've never seen other channels weigh the fired bullets or use a micrometer on the expansion. Very nice round. Good work in that heat. Thanks for the information and entertainment.

Really enjoying your channel and content! I can't stand all those long bearded operator LARPers that are obviously shilling products sent to them. This is so much more wholesome compared to that garbage.

Your video helped me determine what I would carry. I looked at 3 different cartridges and Punch tested a little bit better. Thank you sir.

'Interesting test. Federal Punch looks like it works well, with consistent penetration and expansion for a snubbie.

I don’t buy from them because of high shipping costs but Lucky Gunner has great information on 110 different defense loads including gel tests. Great resource for that information.

Thanks, that gives me confidence in that load. I carry a 2" 38spl. revolver. I bought some of these recently.

Penetration was actually a bit more than measured to bullet location in the block. There appeared to be about an inch or more of "bounce back", fairly common in gel tests.

Thank you for the vid! The debate over whether or not expansion in gel is realistic will never end. I like gel tests as a consistent medium useful for comparisons and the Meat Target (credit Paul Harrell) for more Actual Human Body performance.

Perfect timing as I’m looking at a few 38spl +P revolvers. Thanks so much for this review. God bless 🇺🇸 and have an amazing 4th!

So many ppl give revolvers a bad name…they always go bang and in the right situation, they are amazing.

Thanks for sharing your unbiased reviews and keep them coming please.

I like the choice of weapons, especially the "ker-chunk" sound from that lever gun, and the echo from that shooting spot, great video 👍

Well Done! Most of the videos I see with 38 special tests are shooting out of a 4 inch barrel thank you for using a 2 inch stubby because that’s what most people carry.👍

That is nice performing ammo. I just purchased a box , and can’t wait to try it out. Thank you

Excellent! I've seen many ammo test and some are booooriiiing. You made the test very fun and interesting. Great job!

Fantastic video. Thanks for filming it. More of these please 🙏

Great evaluation of this ammo , you demonstrated how this Federal "Punch"" will perform regardless of barrel length . Based on the results I definitely agree that it's an acceptable carry round for self defense . From the rifle you're basically firing a .357mag . I should've bought that same Marlin a couple of decades ago when my friend offered to sell it to me for cheap .....damn ! They're no where to be found now . Anyhow , really great video & analysis . GOOD JOB !!!

Great video..glad to see your videos are becoming more informative in these modern time…

After the beautiful video on the Remington R51 (one of the best I've seen in recent months) you come up with this other very interesting video! Very good job, man.

Hey Mixup98 Great vid as always! YEP those lighter .38 specials do sometimes tend to be a little shy on penetration. None the less that is impressive out of the snub.

I carry Federal 130 gr. HST 38+ P in a Smith & Wesson 442 and 637, the punch results are impressive

Excellent test and video. Thank you!

Thnx man. Keep up the good stuff you do.

That was very interesting, thanks. From the looks of velocity, penetration and expansion I think this round was designed for revolvers in the 2 1/2 to 3" lengths. I will definitely pick some of these up for my 3" Model 65.

I thank you and Greg from lionquest fitness for getting me back into revolvers. You have great content.

Another great video sir! I like how thorough you present everything. Also I've seen on other channels in hot climates they bring a cooler for the gel block, might be worth trying. Looking forward to the next one!

Brother, thanks for this review! It's really good to see someone filming the testing results of the revolver- lever combination in our times.

Thanks for all you do mixup!!! I ALWAYS enjoy watching your videos, have a great day and God bless 👍👍

Another great demonstration. Good video 👍🇬🇧

Ballistics Gel !!! I love that Marlin. I'm hoping to find a Henry in 357. Thanks for another great video.

Another really informative video. Thank you!

I don't know exactly what the gel costs but I've heard it's not cheap. Most of the time when people do the gel tests they just leave the block in its full length and dig the rounds out. This allows you to reuse the block numerous times for different testing and it saves you money. Some people actually melt it down and "reconstruct" it after many tests. I don't know if I would go that far but keeping it whole to reuse several times seems like a good idea. These rounds were really good and I would definitely carry them in my Centennial. Thanks for another great video. Happy Independence Day my friend. 🇺🇸

Great review. Impressive round.

Excellent video I loves my .38 specials Thanks for sharing Best Regards from New Washington

Very interesting to see the difference...well done 👏🏻 👏🏻 would love to see more of the gell testing...I had a feeling that Smith and Wesson was going to be strong 🤠👏🏻🇺🇸🇺🇸

Love your opening. That is a really good round. Like the sound of your lever action marlin.

Love this channel! Also love the .38/.357 cartridges. My SP101 always rides on my hip.

Excellent vid as usual !!!

Thank you for this video. I see myself choosing a model 60 in the near future to carry. So this is very good information.

I'm old enough to remember when penetration and expansion tests were conducted using phone books saturated with water or blocks of potter's clay. but then again , I'm old enough to remember when a 200gr R.N.L. ( soft ) loaded to moderate velocity was considered a great self defense round. Good times . Good times. Great video. Peace , Be Free.

Thanks for posting this detailed testing with particular relevance to snubbys. I like how you measured expansion with calipers, and well as weighed the rounds to assess mass retention.

Best scenery of any gun video.

I would love to see some more ballistic test with different ammo and calibers. I love this stuff! Very informative.

Thanks for the video. This round seems to work very well.

Thanks for the vid, just picked some up today after watching!

Great comparison. I've used the 22lr & 22wmr which are great. Now I may pick up some 38special & 9mm also. Very good video. Thanks. Stay safe. 🇺🇸 🙏 👍

Thanks for the info and video and greetings from the great state of Alaska. Happy Independence Day.

Great video! Thank you for the information.

Great video! You can see why I chose their 124 gr. Punch for my 9mm EDC pistol. The one thing that impressed me as much as the consistency, was how accurate it is out of my 3.75" CZ P01. I can keep some very tight groups with it.

Nice jelly test and I would not mind carrying this round out of either barrel length. Thanks for the video and I hope you are having a good 4th of July weekend.

38 special is a very underrated self defense round. Love my S n W model 642

I love that lever marlin. Its beautiful. Now o know what to tell my wife what i want for my birthday next month maby get some punch to go with it.

Heck ya! Thank you for sharing. My Ruger will love that too. Great video! Include more of the ballistic gel tests!

Happy Independence Day! Great video for the fourth!

Great video Sir!

Mixup as always very informative!

Love it when you break the chrony out! So much insight from that info.

Nice demonstration. As far as economical ammo goes, an excellent choice is the old school Remington 125 grain SJHP plus p or the same load in 357 magnum. Great performance for a decent price. They also have the same projectile configuration in 158 grain, which is excellent in rifles.

Impressive performance out of a snubby. Thanks for testing that load

Look like they get the job done. Great review 👍

Very good video. Keep them going!

Great content! Thanks for sharing!

Very impressive round. Thank you.

Thanks Ray, Great and educational video!!!!!

Pretty good testing ! The bullets did very well on expansion !

Thank you for the video. I just picked up a box of these for my SP101 2.25. I’m glad to see how well they preformed in your S&W of similar barrel length. I have confidence they’ll give equal performance to what you got in your Ruger, in my 4 inch 686-6.

Put some denim in front of the gel then compare it to Hornady critical defense ammo. See which one comes out the best. Plus you get 25 rounds with Hornady instead of 20.

As always bro, good stuff!👍🇺🇸😊

Great job my friend . I really was wondering about these. I enjoyed your presentation. Thanks much! God bless all here.

Great performance. Good consistency.

Great video thank you for sharing! I’ve found these federals to be extremely accurate in my RIA 2” and pretty pleasant to shoot.

Thanks for this Mixup98...I bought some of these During Pandemic haven't fired them 38special Ammo where I Live is Pretty Scarce / Non Exsistant...Glad you did this I feel very confident if I had to use in my RIA M-200 or My snub Taurus 856!😃...Thanks for all you do for us and have a Happy 4th!🙂🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲

Great video!! I love real world testing, thanks for sharing!!

Excellent informative video.

Loved the intro

I've picked up a pretty good bit of these. I'm very pleased with the entire Punch lineup. Excellent video, thanks much.

Great video!

Awesome as always.

Excellent review. Gonna see if I can lay my hands on a couple boxes of Punch ammo tomorrow!

The Federal round worked great out of all weapons. I notice the one from the Ruger seemed to mushroom more completely, because it had a flat face (no depression in the center like the shorter barreled Smith). Also I think the Ruger bullet may have penetrated further and bounced back. Just my two cents.

That's great self defense ammo. I'm impressed. Great video.👍

This ammo is doing the rounds on quite a few gun channels, and everyone seems to be in agreeance that it is the bee''s knees. BTW, your taste in fire arms is excellent! Great video!

Excellent video good sir!

Awesome video, Ive always been a PUNCH fan

Nice review!!

That Is Worth The Extra Money. Great Video

Very useful info,thank you.

Thank you for proving, beyond a shadow of a doubt, barrel length increases velocity.

I love your Marlin! I've been looking for one all year long!! I need one

The punch seems to be a very efficient round, I think it would do the trick. Thanks for the video brother. Stay safe.