You might read some Skeeter Skelton and John Taffin
"More traditional loads for the .38 Special are assembled with 158 grain cast bullets from Bull-X (102 S. Main St., Dept. AH, Farmer City, Illinois 61842. Phone 309-928-2574.) My longtime standard .38 Special regular load has been a 158 grain SWC over 5.0 grains of Unique. At 850 feet per second, this is a fine varmint/jack rabbit load and certainly much better as a defensive load than the round-nosed .38 Special. The 158 grain Bull-X SWC .38 Special bullet fits the bill nicely."
I follow John Taffin's advice and this is my most used .38 load.
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- General Purpose .38 Special Load -
Drago,
2022-03-05, 15:15
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Hoot,
2022-03-05, 15:33
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Drago,
2022-03-05, 16:44
- yep, about the same... - Hobie, 2022-03-05, 18:45
- Yep. That should get a feller right up to original... - Hoot, 2022-03-05, 19:00
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Drago,
2022-03-05, 16:44
- General Purpose .38 Special Load -
Bob Hatfield,
2022-03-06, 07:59
- Yep, 3.5gr of Bullseye… - Slow Hand, 2022-03-06, 08:06
- They've pretty much covered it... - Paul, 2022-03-07, 19:52
- Thank you. -
Drago,
2022-03-19, 01:16
- You might read some Skeeter Skelton and John Taffin -
Rob Leahy,
2022-03-19, 22:03
- You might read some Skeeter Skelton and John Taffin - The Alsatian, 2022-03-30, 17:19
- You might read some Skeeter Skelton and John Taffin -
Rob Leahy,
2022-03-19, 22:03
- General Purpose .38 Special Load - Charles, 2022-04-04, 10:42
- Not sure how you wish to define it but... -
Hoot,
2022-03-05, 15:33