With the decreasing availability and increasing cost of 9mm ammo I've been doing a good bit more shooting with the .38 Special, both in .38 and .357 revolvers, and it's like visiting an old friend.
The cases are easy to handle in a single stage or progressive press and like a .308 you can easily cook up an accurate load for it using most any powder even remotely suitable for the purpose, from Bullseye or 231 up to 2400. For those that don't cast there are more weights and styles of .357-.358" cast and jacketed bullets than you can shake a stick at and I'm still seeing a ready supply of those. Recoil even with the heavier loads in lighter revolvers hardly goes over the "snappy" category. Speaking of, those revolvers courteously hand you your empties back instead of disrespectfully tossing them away, another of it's mild mannered attributes.
Good round. A couple of weeks ago I sold my last big bore handgun but will never be without a good .38 and/or .357 revolver.
