Anyone Have A Favorite 38-55 Load?

[j.chappell]

I have a 38-55 that I would like to load for. I have everything I need but I just thought I'd ask for a little information. Smokeless and blackpowder loads are all welcome.

The firearm it is chambered in is the H&R Target Rifle.

Thanks

J.

 

[publius]

Sorry, guys, it's 6am and I finally gave up on sleeping therefore am making alot of useless posts. So to continue in my folly, Mississippi started allowing us to use single shot smokeless rifles of 38 cal or greater for muzzleloader season a couple of years ago Whoopee, now I am justified in getting a 38-55. Well, some jerk who actually knew something about guns told them it wasn't 38 cal of course the next year again my plans are foiled.

 

[j.chappell]

publius,

Boy, I'll tell ya, the things that do and don’t happen to sportsmen.

I don’t really know who ever decided it was "sporting" to use any smokeless rifle during a muzzleloader season but since they did they should at least get the allowed calibers correct.

So what do they actually consider a 38 caliber rifle, a .38 special or 357 magnum that shoots a .358" bullet? Seeing as the 38 in 38 special derived from the case size and not the bullet, I'm pretty sure that’s how it was. Seems silly to me when a 38-55 shoots a .375"-.380" bullet, the 38-55 is a 38 caliber.