Accurate .38 Special Loads? Not in my rifle.
In my Winchester M92 .357 with 20" Douglas barrel, the ONLY .38 special load that was accurate was the Super Vel 110 grain +P JHP ammo.
For my rifle, the faster the better, and the most accurate was .357 110 and 125 grain +P from Super Vel which was new at the time. Yes, I have been at this for a few years
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No cast bullets even approached the accuracy of full house .357 JHP ammo, so I just stopped messing with them except for plinking loads for my M19.
After the glow of seeing what ammo made the smallest groups faded, I went on to hunting with full house factory 125 and 158 JSP and hand loaded 140 grain at 2200 fps(my fave load with a bunch of H110). This was devastating on Texas whitetail deer, much like the Nosler PP in a .45-70 and .45-90 - dramatic expansion..
Come to think of it, those old bullets were so effective, I wonder how some of the modern brass and copper bullets would perform on game? A 140 grain .357 XTP type bullet at 2200 would be interesting, eh?