Except for that little bit of length added to keep it from chambering in a .38. Nobody says that a magnum load in a .38 special would blow the gun right up, but it will not last under that duress. Even model 19's aren't made to take continuous magnum loads.

I use .38 cases for my .38s from bunny poots to as much as .38 +P goes.

In my .357 cases however, I load everything from bunny poot 38 loads to full bore magnum. One reason I do this is because I don't like taking range time to clean the crud rings out of my cylinder of my .357 after shooting .38 special cases in it.

You don't want to load .38 cases to magnum pressures because it may end up in a .38 special gun and be over
stressed.

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