What is the lightest 38 Special load?

[Mr_Flintstone]

I found this a while back... a recoil calculator. I don’t know how accurate it is, but it’s fun to play around with.

http://www.shooterscalculator.com/recoil-calculator.php

 

[jstert]

great info here. im no recoil junky so only shoot magtech’s cbc shorts and any wadcutters out of lightweight 38sp revolvers. until someone makes pistol rounds that stop a threat with near miss concusive shock waves or proximity burst shrapnel i prefer any soft shooting ammo that i can actually and consistently put on a target from the first round onwards.

 

[BigBlue 94]

The m41 38spl cartridge was a 130gr bullet flung at 725fps. It was used in the ultra lightweight Colt and SW Aircrewman revolvers made in the early 50s. The reason was two fold-one, the cylinders were aluminum, second, the loaded pistol weighed 11oz!

These loads were safe in the weak aluminum cylinders, where a normal 38spl would have blown them apart

 

[hollywood63]

125 LRN OVER 2.5-3 GRS of CLAYS like a 22

 

[Charlie Martinez]

4 grains of Win 231 behind a 148 LWC is pretty light & accurate target load.