If I could not obtain or lived where hollow point ammo is not allowed, I'd take either a full wadcutter or semi-wadcutter load rather than the round nose 38 Special load. As for which wadcutter load, all the low velocity, match wadcutters are all likely to behave exactly the same. I would expect higher velocity cast lead wadcutters to produce more recoil and penetrate deeper than a match wadcutter. I'd still prefer a modern JHP load designed for short barrel revolvers.

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