My all purpose 38 Special load is the 158 gr. RNFP. It is loaded from the Lyman Cast Bullet handbook (3rd Edition) with 4.9 gr. 231 and chronograph of my loads from a 4" revolver are at 906 fps the same as the Lyman book shows. This is 16,800 Pressure and is not a +P load. (The +P is 5.2 gr 231 at 18,500).

The 4.9 gr 231 load is listed as potentially most accurate load, and in nearly all my 38's it is. My 6" 686 will shoot it into 1.5" at 25 yds.

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H Richard
SWCA1967 SWHF244