I just picked up a new to me M19-3 that I am now waiting on a aiwb holster from jmcustom. So it looks like I'm going to carry it some.
I'm pretty comfortable using Buffalo bore, double tap, Underwood, or load myself 180 WFN at 1200-1400 for woods loads. I'm happy with what ever cheap .38 I can find for training but I'm having a hard time picking a good SD carry load. I have some .38sp Winchester 130gr+p bonded that shoots well but all the tests I've seen has it hovering around 10-12" in gel/denim+gel and most of those were tested from a snubby. Without seeing how they do in a 4" gun I'm unsure if the extra 50-100fps would hinder penatration.
That seems to be about as good as it gets for .38 defense loads. Im having trouble finding up to date numbers on available .357 Magnum.
What do you carry?
Maybe I need to just order a couple k 180 grain wfn some more unique and call it good.