Lookit how many people are carrying .38/.38+P in a 2" barrel...
Whether the gun is .38 or .357 is almost irrelevent, except I like how that one guy with the SP101 has both calibers in one each speedloaders
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More seriously, there's still no "perfect answer" in a load for these!!! The pure lead hollowpoints are the best of a bad situation but even then, expansion is gonna be iffy from a 2". The Nyclad 125+P has serious possibilities but it's harder than hell to find.
We need a load designed from the ground up as a 2" specialty fighting round.
I have a hunch that the right answer is to use the 124grain Federal E-FMJ from the 9mm (or .357Sig?), sized a hair fatter and thrown out on top of a carefully plotted +P charge tuned for 2" barrels. Get that load moving at 900fps or more, 1,000 if possible, and you'll really have something. Problem is, Federal typically goes very conservative on the powder charges...that's part of what holds the Nyclads back. If they could just get that 125 moving faster...
Remington is more willing to make a big bang for any given caliber, but their projectile tech is second-rate.
For God's sake, *somebody* has to develop a solid 2" solution eventually. The lack is just idiocy...