15.0gr A2400 under the 158gr Horn XTPs chromos 1,400 fps from my 5 ½” FA M97 (std primers, 65 deg F, 5 paces from the muzzle).

Talking about eye/ear protection, most of the hearing loss that I sustained was in the early 60s. My first .357 was a Ruger flat top that I got when I was about 14. In those days, we didn’t know about eye or hearing protection. Shooting factory ammo without hearing protection was so painful, we used to break off the filters from the parents cigarettes and stuff them in our ears. I remember experiencing some eye irritation after one session. Looked in the mirror and there was a black spot in the white of my eye. I was terrified that if I told the parents they would take the Ruger away. Using a toothpick, I very carefully removed the powder particle.

Paul