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Sorry, I skimmed the OP. You have ample general references and are not likely to find "recipes" for your exact brand of bullet.
You will be fine with handbook .38 Special loads.
What IS your .38 Special? I don't worry about loading .38 Special to the maximum for modern guns, but would be cautious with an old one, however nice. DO NOT load below the listed starting load with jacketed bullets, it is easy to stick one in the barrel with a "powderpuff" load.
The .44 Magnum is more problematical. I would be completely comfortable at the starting load and perhaps halfway up to the maximum. Hard extraction or cratered primers are a bad sign, too bad to use as a routine criterion of chamber pressure.
I would save up for some dedicated Special powder like N320 for those 125 FMJs or N310 for wadcutters which should themselves be less expensive and probably more accurate. That would get you 1500-2000 shots per pound/.5kg
And budget for some N110 for full charge .44 Magnums for those forest treks in amongst the bears, boars, and elk.
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