My all-time favorite all-purpose do just about anything that needs to be done .38 Special load is a 158-160 gr. cast lead semi-wadcutter bullet loaded over 5.0 gr. of Unique powder in Remington or Winchester cases using standard Remington or Winchester small primers. I've fired great gobs of this load through a bushel of revolvers and always gotten good results. I first started using it when I an article by Skeeter Skelton who suggested it. I've been using it for about 30 years and consider it to be just about perfect. JMHO. Sincerely. brucev.