38 Special Target Loads

[precision_shooter]

6.5grs AA#5 with 125gr Rainier RNFP. Accurate enough for me to hit 12"tallx5"wide steel at 50yds offhand 3 out of 5 shots consistently.

 

[ritepath]

2.7gr of titegroup with a 125gr rainier plated bullet for my DW's 642. Hardly any recoil and she's able to get at least 50 rounds every time we go out now instead of the 20 or fewer she used to shoot because of the recoil of "normal" target rounds.

 

[Ifishsum]

Cast 158gr SWC or RNFP bullet with 3.5gr of Bullseye. Shoots reasonably soft and (more importantly IMO) POA in my fixed sight .38s. Haven't bothered to chrono it.

 

[Red_Eagle]

I'm using a Speer 140gr HP with 7.4 grains of Blue Dot and a Winchester SP primer, But that's for a lever action carbine with an 18" barrel.