.38 spl loads

[JVogler]

Nice lazy day today, so, wondering, who here loads for the .38 spl? I do, and it's usually 5.0gr Unique under a 158gr Missouri coated bullet. These are shot thru my Ruger BH and occasinally my Henry. How about you folks?

Which Missouri bullet? I just loaded 50 coated 158 grain RNFP with 5 grains Unique powder. I have 3 of their bullets in 158 grain and just started using them.

[Rifletom]

Nice lazy day today, so, wondering, who here loads for the .38 spl? I do, and it's usually 5.0gr Unique under a 158gr Missouri coated bullet. These are shot thru my Ruger BH and occasinally my Henry. How about you folks?

Which Missouri bullet? I just loaded 50 coated 158 grain RNFP with 5 grains Unique powder. I have 3 of their bullets in 158 grain and just started using them.

That's the same one I use with same charge of Unique. A good load I've been using for years. I like any Missouri bullet I've ordered.

[Travlin]

When I started loading my own in the late sixties , I had a 6 inch Colt Trooper .357. Someone in the Air Force gave my an ammo can full of once fired military . 38 Spcl. brass. My standard load for my own cast 160 grain SWC. sized to .356" was 5.5 of Unique. Military brass is thicker than the commercial stuff but I shot thousands of these through the Trooper with no problem no leading and no carbon ring as I could chamber a .357 round at any time with no problem. I still have the Colt and it is still in time with a tight lockup. As an aside my .357 load with the same bullet was 6.6 of Unique.