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Originally Posted by Pigirondan
That is close. My question was poorly asked on my part. What I was trying to get at was 5.0 grains of Unique under a 158 grain SWC is a sort of an evergreen load that folks have been using for years with no fuss and no muss. Is the 3.5 grains of Bullseye load considered the same way?
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I've read different places that the original Smokeless load for 38 Special was either 3.5 gns of BE or 3.6 gns of BE under a 158gn bullet. Given that both the 38 Special and Bullseye powder are pre-1900 developments it's very likely that the very first reloader to put smokeless powder in a 38 Special case under a 158 gn bullet was using one of these two powder charges.
So it's probably not too far off the mark to say that everyday for the last 110 years someone, somewhere has been dropping a 3.5 gn charge of BE in a 38 Special case and seating a 158gn bullet on top.