My wife's carry gun is an S&W 36-10 with a 1.8" barrel. That short of a barrel does not allow very much room (or time) for complete powder combustion and gas expansion before the bullet leaves it. Does it makes sense to reduce powder charges somewhat from full-power .38SPL? I'm using W231 with 125gr plated bullets; Hodgdon specifies a range of 4.3 - 4.9 gr for that powder/bullet combination. I wonder if it really makes sense to load near the top of that range for such a short barrel. Does anyone else reduce loads for very short-barreled pistols?