I went to an indoor range with our son today, he was shooting his .45 and I took my S&W Model 28 and some odd ammo. I had a few Remington .38 Special 158 gr. SWHCs, a few Winchester 119 gr. SJHPs, and a few relatively new Remington 125 gr. SWCHPs. I had shot all of these loads previously on the range we went to. The lighting is subdued there and the old Rem. 125 gr. SWCHPs I had shot there before could have been mistaken for field artillery when they went off. These newer ones were a different story, same recoil, same noise but less muzzle flash than either of the other loads. Apparently the stories I heard that Remington had taken steps to reduce the muzzle flash in their magnum loads are correct.