Note the Model 52 does NOT shoot "38 specials" as most seem to write. The magazine only holds a flush-mounted 38 special mid-range wadcutter. [Quote]

I'm not sure what you mean here. When the type of bullet to be used in the Model 52 was referenced, all of the posters on this thread advocated using wadcutters. And the Model 52 is assuredly chambered in .38 Special-says so right on the pistol (with the caveat "midrange").