I have no negative recommendations except about steel-cased anything (which I do shoot, but only in Russian-made rifles).
Rather, I simply try to find a relatively economical load in the given caliber, typically in FMJ or LSWC, which hits as close-to-correspondence in POA/POI (and in "felt-recoil", if possible) as whatever premium DocGKR-approved CCW/LEO load I've already tested and found good.
"Therefore, since the world has still... Much good, but much less good than ill,
And while the sun and moon endure, Luck's a chance, but trouble's sure,
I'd face it as a wise man would, And train for ill and not for good." -- A.E. Housman
I can't answer for Sawbones, but I have two cents to put in on steel case .38...
I shot some Tula 130gr FMJ from my 442, and I had sticky/sluggish extraction. I ended up plucking a few cases out by hand. None of them stuck hard, but brass cased ammo has not given me any similar issues. It felt pretty hot for 130gr .38 ball ammo, but I didn't chrono any. It was a bit dirty, even compared to Winchester or Federal 130gr ball. At near 9mm prices, it's probably the cheapest factory .38 ammo out there.
All that said, I reload most of my own practice ammo any more, and wouldn't go out of my way to purchase more Tula, despite the low price.
Sorry for any misunderstanding. I didn't say I'd shot steel-cased ammo in revolvers.
I was merely repeating what others have recommended against use of steel-cased ammunition in both handguns and long guns designed around brass-cased ammunition.
(My experience with steel-cased ammunition has been limited to Russian rifles (in which I shoot nothing but steel-cased ammo) and a bit in semiautomatic pistols. I have no experience at all with shooting steel-cased ammo in revolvers.)
The intended point of my post #12 was not against steel-cased ammo, but rather to highlight my personal emphasis about desired characteristics when choosing practice ammunition, which is to have duplication, insofar as possible, of the carried load, in terms of correspondence for POI/POA and even felt-recoil, for the cheaper (typically with a FMJ or SWC bullet) practice load.
"Therefore, since the world has still... Much good, but much less good than ill,
And while the sun and moon endure, Luck's a chance, but trouble's sure,
I'd face it as a wise man would, And train for ill and not for good." -- A.E. Housman