Lost Sheep
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For less recoil, if you can find some lighter bullets (which will get a slightly heavier powder charge) would be the way to go.
No one has mentioned the case volume and powder position. Do a search on "powder position", either on this forum or the entire internet. Here is one spot
http://reloadingtips.com/pages/powder-position.htm
Some people go to the extent of using a case filler to keep the powder near the primer when loading small amounts of powder in large cases (and .38 Special is classed as large). .38 Special started out in the black powder era, so for high-energy-density smokeless powders, it is large.
Lost Sheep
No one has mentioned the case volume and powder position. Do a search on "powder position", either on this forum or the entire internet. Here is one spot
http://reloadingtips.com/pages/powder-position.htm
Some people go to the extent of using a case filler to keep the powder near the primer when loading small amounts of powder in large cases (and .38 Special is classed as large). .38 Special started out in the black powder era, so for high-energy-density smokeless powders, it is large.
Lost Sheep