Question for @Outpost75:
I’m currently out of a 38 or 357 revolver and the full-charge wadcutter thread is calling me to reconsider that.
I’ve got good 22s, Glocks for carry, and good revolvers for game over about 20 pounds, so my uses would be marksmanship development, new shooter training, hunting small game, and in a distant fourth place, carry/self/home defense. I also handload.
I feel like all of this could be done with a K-frame 38 Special loaded with ammo between target wadcutters and the FBI load. But my preference has always been for the 357 because one revolver can shoot both cartridges. Given the pandemic weirdness and the election-year scarcities that have become the norm, I’m not sure that I should change that stance.
Based on the full-charge wadcutter thread, it seems wise to stick to 357 cases in 357 revolvers, which is not a problem. At the same time, everything about the 38 Special cartridges and the revolvers in which it’s chambered makes a LOT of sense.
What are your thoughts?
Thanks,
Okie John