Hello all,
Feeling a bit experimental lately (scary when referring to reloading I know) Ive been wanting to work up a relatively heavy hitting load for my S&W pre-victory revolver and figured Id see what you all think.
I started with 158g swc on top of 2.5g of hp-38 (only pistol powder I have aside from 2400) and thats about what I see as the max for this cartride, what I assume are some relatively light loads for all the top breaks out there, but I figured a solid frame smith should be able to handle at least a bit more
Ive even thought of what I think is a interesting load 3.2g to 3.3g
of hp38 under a 80g 36cal roundball (again feeling experimental maybe even crazy, idk)
My reason partially for this is because its a gun Id like to carry on my properties and would like something a bit hotter coming out of it if it were ever needed. Now I know many will say I should carry a 38spl or something if I want more power, but this is a gun I want to have in a rotation of carry guns, I would like a self defense load for all my guns I carry, including this one. Any thoughts would be appriciated