Originally Posted by S&WIowegan

I just finished loading 604 rounds of 38 Short colt. I shoot this caliber in USPSA matches with my 627 8-shot revolvers. The recipe was new Starline brass, 160gr. Bayou Bullets long nose sized .358", 3.0gr Vihtavouri N 310 over Federal small pistol primers. COL is 1.16". These rounds in 8-shot moonclips load and extract very easily making competitive revolver shooting fun.

I've been loading 38 Short Colt since 2008 and it's an amazing round. There is virtually no loading data for the round but once you realize the cartridge is virtually a dead-ringer for 9x19mm ammo there is all the load data you can dream of.

Custom moonclips can be purchased that fit this Starline brass snugly and eliminates cartridge wobble when reloading on the fly.