I did some swapping and few months ago and came up with 38S&W Victory Model in pretty good shape. I was already set up to reload for 38S&W, and worked up some loads with Speer 148 grain hollow base wadcutters with 2.3 grains of Bullseye. Of course the Victory has fixed sights. I tried it with the aforementioned loads, and it shot about 4 to 5 inches low at 15 yards. It appears the Victory was certainly regulated for the 200 grain bullet.
Finally I ordered some .361 200 grain cast round nose bullets from Matt’s Bullets and while waiting on them to come in I looked at my various reloading manuals including Hatcher’s Textbook of Pistols and Revolvers, Cartridges of the World, the Lee Manual, etc. All that included the 38S&W discussed loading it with 148 to 158 grain bullets. The recommended loads were normally 2.2 - 2.3 grains of Bullseye or 3.1 grains of Unique.
So, any recommended loads for the 200 grain bullet with one of the following types of pistol powder - Bullseye, Unique, or Win 231 (HP-38)? Naturally I will need loads that shoot to point of aim with the fixed sight Victory.