Had a 19-3 purchased in 1970 and sold in 1980...it was my first centerfire handgun.

Most of the bullets down the tube were home cast 357156 GC at 1200 fps... After 10k rounds it was brought back to the factory to be tightened up and was nickel plated. Put another 10k through the gun before selling it.

Of the 20k rounds through the gun exactly 6 were .38 Specials. I'm not sure but don't think there were any factory .357s through it. If there was it wouldn't be more than a box or so.

I'll have to look at my notes again, but there wan't a lot of jacketed bullets shot. There was some of the Speer 146s and Sierra JHC but that is about all...

Have a Model 66-2 3" and a 65-3 3" at this point but they don't get shot or carried all that much...great size guns though...

Bob