Great post, bmcgilvray! I have two guns chambered in the 38 S&W. One is a Webley which prefers to act like a shotgun albeit with only one projectile. The other is my grandfather's Iver Johnson.

The Iver Johnson has a huge amount of family history told to me by Mom (unfortunately I was too young to know Grandpa) and is a treasure for me. I'd like to shoot it, perhaps with some ultralight Bullseye loads, just so I could say I fired it. I suspect it falls into the "weak topbreak" category and it may be unwise to fire it. Any comments from the group on firing this relic?