Topic: 38+ or 357 load

[Nomad]

 Recieved several thousand rounds of 38 brass and hard cast lead 150gr
bullets, as well as some 357 brass.
 Looking for a load for target as well as plinking. Have a 357 with a 4" barrel as well as a 38 with a 6" barrel. Will load for my neighbor to have fun shooting, he's up in years so don't want a hot load.
 Thanks for your help.
 

[fj40mojo]

I've loaded and shot thousands of wad cutters w/either green or red dot shotgun powder behind them when I had a .357, but don't own one anymore so can't give you specific charge weights, just be careful loading squib loads as it's easy to double charge!

[Michael N]

Bullseye or Win 231 for the 38 special .

2.8-4.0 of bullseye or 3.5-4.7 of 231 .

I always liked 231 in my .45's so it made good sense to use it in my .357 GP100 when I had it . I never shot lead bullets in it though .

[Nomad]

Good news headed to the reloading bench.. Thanks

[coyotehunter]

For a nice shooting fun, plinker load for a .38spl. try 3.9gr of HP38 behind a 125gr. Laser-Cast.
My wife is also recoil sensitive, so this is a good load for anyone concerned about recoil.
I have loaded over 11,000 of these rounds and no leading problems.
For the 150gr. loads I would go to the www.laser-cast.com
Follow the links to the load data.

[Nomad]

 Thanks for the loaddata