Works just fine, the shorter round loads and unloads much faster. I also use 38 colt shorts in my 38 special or 357 mag guns for the same reason.
I would have to look in my record book for my tite group load using a 230 FMJ.
I've tried it just for grins, and I can't see that it really helps reloading speed in competition. Now, if somebody just gave you a thousand empty cases, that might be a compelling reason...