I've owned a few and used to shoot them quite a bit with hand loaded ammo that was put together using the "old" data.
I still like them but I learned that a regular heavy diet of full power .357 ammo will burn up forcing cones and gas cut top straps before you'd think so.
I do a lot of shooting with .38's loaded pretty warm but well short of a full power .357 load, pretty much the same loads that I shoot out of my one remaining .357.
Basically, a 160 grain bullet at 900-1000 fps. Sometimes I might take 'em up a bit higher with a slower powder, like 2400. That's what they all get fed, .38 or .357. You can shoot that load 'till the end of time without burning out a forcing cone of gas cutting a top strap.
