I recently acquired a lever gun in 38/357 which has a 16.5 inch barrel and is threaded for a suppressor. My wish is to start gathering some factory loads as well as material for handloading 38 special, mostly in a sub sonic loading.
In looking thru my reloading books, it seems easy enough to stay under super sonic speeds with several different bullet weights. I have 3 of the powders listed with those being Power Pistol, Win AutoComp, and Win 231. I will be loading jacketed bullets and using either once fired or new brass.
My questions is do any of you have a favorite sub-sonic 38 special load? Do you have any suggestions that might be helpful. I'm not against buying a different powder if I need to. Is there any advantage/disadvantage to using 357 brass in a sub-sonic 38 special loading or should a guy buy both calibers of brass as I would suspect I might load some 357 mag loads too.
In looking thru my reloading books, it seems easy enough to stay under super sonic speeds with several different bullet weights. I have 3 of the powders listed with those being Power Pistol, Win AutoComp, and Win 231. I will be loading jacketed bullets and using either once fired or new brass.
My questions is do any of you have a favorite sub-sonic 38 special load? Do you have any suggestions that might be helpful. I'm not against buying a different powder if I need to. Is there any advantage/disadvantage to using 357 brass in a sub-sonic 38 special loading or should a guy buy both calibers of brass as I would suspect I might load some 357 mag loads too.