.38 Special
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"Why am I still beating myself up with with these magnum loads?" Comforting to hear that I am not alone with such reflection.
Except for special rifle loads I don't even load full-power .44mag any more. At best, I will load them to strong .44spl levels. Even my HD/SD loads.
Much more enjoyable (and controllable) for me to shoot these days.
My .45 Colt hunting revolvers used to be shot with nothing but 325 grain bullets at 1150 FPS. I look back on those days and question my sanity. The guns are so much more pleasant with 250s at 900 and the holes in the paper look the same. If I ever go hunting again, of course, I still have a box of 325s ready and waiting.
Interestingly enough, though, I still fire plenty of full-house .44 Magnums - but the gun I use has a full sized scope mounted, which does wonders for taming recoil!