BBroadside:
.38 S&W brass is more expensive then .38 Special, but occasionally you can find once-fired cases for sale at reasonable prices.
Some commercial bullet casters will size the slug to your choice of size if you buy them in larger lots, like 500 or more. Also you have the option of using swaged hollow-based wadcutters that usually expand enough to make a seal in the bore. Perhaps not the best, but they work well for government work and you're not trying to make 3" groups at 50 yards.
One advantage of the shorter round is that they are easier and maybe quicker to extract and reload. I understand that some competitors have been using .38 Short Colt cartridges in .38 Special chambers for this reason.
This said, if you're interested in a K-frame/model 10 or 64 you'd better do some thinking pretty fast. Both J&G Sales and CDNN Sports decided to clean out they're supply and put them on sale at attractive prices. Now they may be gone, or almost at the bottom of the barrel. I don't see much chance of more coming on line at such low prices unless they are in lesser condition.
.38 S&W brass is more expensive then .38 Special, but occasionally you can find once-fired cases for sale at reasonable prices.
Some commercial bullet casters will size the slug to your choice of size if you buy them in larger lots, like 500 or more. Also you have the option of using swaged hollow-based wadcutters that usually expand enough to make a seal in the bore. Perhaps not the best, but they work well for government work and you're not trying to make 3" groups at 50 yards.
One advantage of the shorter round is that they are easier and maybe quicker to extract and reload. I understand that some competitors have been using .38 Short Colt cartridges in .38 Special chambers for this reason.
This said, if you're interested in a K-frame/model 10 or 64 you'd better do some thinking pretty fast. Both J&G Sales and CDNN Sports decided to clean out they're supply and put them on sale at attractive prices. Now they may be gone, or almost at the bottom of the barrel. I don't see much chance of more coming on line at such low prices unless they are in lesser condition.