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Originally Posted by cjw3
The Lyman Handbook 45th Edition lists 5.4 grains of Unique as a max load with a 158 grain cast bullet in .38 Special. I loaded a lot of them back in the late 70's and it is a good load. Recently, I went back to it using a SWC bullet that actually casts out at around 154 grains. I have chronographed it from my Model 60-7 at 880 fps. (The data was tested for the Manual in a 6" K-.38; reported velocity was 1000 fps.) I will eventually check it out in my 8 3/8" 14-3, and would also like to try a reasonable load of 2400 in that long tube as well. Good luck.
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Your velocity figures look to be about the same as mine using the same load from barrels of the same length.
It will be noted that one will have to get up pretty early in the morning AND bring his lunch in order to equal or beat the velocity of the Buffalo Bore +P 158 grain SWC-HP loading with a handload of any kind.
From my Model 14 with 8 3/8-inch barrel:
MV 1286 fps
ME 580 ft./lbs.
ES 28
SC 13