.38 Special CZS loads?

ZVP · January 5, 2013, 02:39 AM

At the last local Gun Show I purchased some .38 Special CAS reloads from Red Dog Firearms and besided being very well and carefully built, these loads are some of the mildest that I have ever shot thru my Cobra >38 Derringer!
Is there a "stamdard" by which CSA loads are built or is the powder charge at the discretion of the builder?
WIsh I'd have bought another 200 because these are a dream to shoot thru the little belly gun! Standard Factory 158g full power loads"sting" a little when fired thru this little piece!
Even at the reduced velocity of these loads, I am sure that they are easilly double the M/E of the origonal .41 R/F.
due to the rugged construction of the Cobra .38 Special it's a little gun that you want to shoot often!
ZVP

brazosdave · January 5, 2013, 08:23 AM

I'd like to try those, I too have a cobra .38, and you're right, it does sting a bit with the standard loads, lol!

Hawg Haggen · January 5, 2013, 10:28 AM

There is a power factor but basically its left up to the shooter.

Doc Hoy · January 5, 2013, 11:01 AM

......and got everything fron 500 fps to nearly 800. (Hard to call 800 a cowboy load.)

I buy them cheap from Georgia Arms and I like the option. They are only a little bit more than buying brass from Starline and loading my own.

Georgia Arms is always at the three different gun and knife shows in our area and I have bought a hundred rounds from them every time in either .45LC or .357.

January 5, 2013, 02:39 AM	#1
ZVP Senior Member Join Date: June 20, 2009 Posts: 518	.38 Special CZS loads? At the last local Gun Show I purchased some .38 Special CAS reloads from Red Dog Firearms and besided being very well and carefully built, these loads are some of the mildest that I have ever shot thru my Cobra >38 Derringer! Is there a "stamdard" by which CSA loads are built or is the powder charge at the discretion of the builder? WIsh I'd have bought another 200 because these are a dream to shoot thru the little belly gun! Standard Factory 158g full power loads"sting" a little when fired thru this little piece! Even at the reduced velocity of these loads, I am sure that they are easilly double the M/E of the origonal .41 R/F. due to the rugged construction of the Cobra .38 Special it's a little gun that you want to shoot often! ZVP

January 5, 2013, 08:23 AM	#2
brazosdave Senior Member Join Date: September 7, 2012 Location: Copperas Cove, TX Posts: 257	I'd like to try those, I too have a cobra .38, and you're right, it does sting a bit with the standard loads, lol! __________________ "I'm your huckleberry, it's just my game"

January 5, 2013, 10:28 AM	#3
Hawg Haggen Senior Member Join Date: September 8, 2007 Location: Mississippi Posts: 10,380	There is a power factor but basically its left up to the shooter. __________________ http://blackpowdertimes.com/index.php

January 5, 2013, 11:01 AM	#4
Doc Hoy Senior Member Join Date: October 24, 2008 Location: Chesapeake, VA Posts: 3,418	I have bought OTC cowboy loads for .45LC.... ......and got everything fron 500 fps to nearly 800. (Hard to call 800 a cowboy load.) I buy them cheap from Georgia Arms and I like the option. They are only a little bit more than buying brass from Starline and loading my own. Georgia Arms is always at the three different gun and knife shows in our area and I have bought a hundred rounds from them every time in either .45LC or .357. __________________ Doc My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government. Thomas Jefferson