Recipe for .38 special

[Revoman]

I do have Bullseye, Clays, and Green Dot, but currently only 1lb of each while I have an 8lb jug of Unique. I am shooting out of a GP100 and SP101, so both .357 revolvers.

Well then you need to buy a gun/caliber that you can use all of the powder with. There's always a silver-lining!

[mjsweims]

8# of Unique at 5.7 gr per load = 9,824 reloads less whatever you've already loaded. Hopefully you're also loading something else.

[ejor]

You can also make sure you have a nice crimp on those loads as it helps ignite light loads better

[sargenv]

Instead of going by what "WE" would do, take a gander at the various loading guides and decide for yourself

Alliant's guide is at

http://www.alliantpowder.com/reloaders/RecipeList.aspx?gtypeid=1

and Hodgdon's guide is at

http://data.hodgdon.com/cartridge_load.asp

You can decide for yourself what you want to do Hodgdon lists powder for their own as well as Winchester and IMR.

[ireload]

Rockdogz my Speer #13 manual states not to reduce Unique for 125 grain bullet below 5.7 grains which is max and min for the standard load. I load mine at a +P level, 6 grains, since I fire it out of a GP-100.

[Cowboy T]

4.0gr Unique is low. That's more like a Bullseye recipe. Bump your charge up some, in accordance with your reloading manual. You *are* referencing a reloading manual, aren't you? If not, stop reloading immediately, go out and buy yourself one, and read it.

Every other recommendation that said "reference the reloading manual" is correct. I happen to like Lyman's Reloading Manual, 49th Edition, but other very good books also exist. Please, do this.