What .38/357 loads do you use?

I shoot the same bullet in 38Spl. and 357Mag, Oregon Trail 158 gr. hard cast LSWC. In 38Spl. I use 4.6 grs. of Unique. In 357Mag I use 6.8 grs. of Unique for mild and 14.8 grs. of 2400 for wild. I have not own a gun that these loads were not good to great shooters in.
 
I shoot reloads. Montana Gold 158 grain JHP in both. 3.8 to 4.0 grains of WST for specials and 10.2 grains of AA7 and a magnum primer for .357. The mag primer isn't needed with AA7 powder. It just happened to be the primer I used working up the load. I like it so I have no reason to switch to a standard primer. Also I have a fair supply of small magnum pistol primers on hand. If I do shoot factory ammo most of the time it is what ever the range has or Wal-Mart. I do prefer my .357 loads and the rubber grips on my pistol make them pleasant to shoot.
 
My primary .38/357 loads are:

.38 Special - 125gr lead TC (from Missouri Bullet Co), 4.5gr W231, Winchester primers, whatever I have for cases. Both of my S&Ws shoot this better than the standard 158gr LSWC.

.357 Magnum - 158gr Nosler JHP, 13.0gr 2400, Winchester primer, R-P cases. Does about 1100-fps out of my 4" guns. It's a magnum load without the capital M. I might up this some on the next batch to get a better burn out of the 2400; it leaves some unburned grains of powder at this level.

Honorable mention: for night stand use, I load up the 125gr Remington Golden Saber .357 Magnums.
 
.357: Remington 158gr JHP bulk bullets over 10.0gr. Blue Dot. For some reason, these bullets are extremely accurate. Just a good overall utility load for the .357 Magnum.
 
For .357 I like 158g XTP over 15 grains of H 110

For lots of boom and flash 125g XTP with 9.2 grains Power Pistol (357)

For range 38 Special 158 LSWC with 2.8 grains Clays
 
For my 357 magnum needs, I like Speer Gold Dots or Double Tap 158gr rounds.

For 38 rounds I like the Speer Short Barrel 38+P stuff or the heavy "FBI Loads" from Double Tap.
 
I've settled on a Speer 158gr LSWCHP over 4.7 gr. Unique. It gives me 815 fps out of my snubbies, packs some punch, and isn't painful to practice with. I also use it in my Marlin 94 and shoot it in my .357's more than the hot stuff.
 
110 grain Hornady over 22.5 grains of H110.

Middle level load from the Hodgdon reloading manual. (still pretty hot)
 
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