Ah, the Colt Cobra! I had one of those. I also was just starting into reloading at the same time. Young guy, just outta the Corps, with access to cans and cans of 2400 and lotsa 158gr cast. You know what that means! I don't know if Skeeter ever specifically said not to shoot his hot 38 loads in a Cobra, but if he did, I never caught it. I abused the snot out of that poor gun. Can't say it was any the worse for wear, but I took it places I never should have and if I could apologize to the little feller today, I surely would!
I think the thread drift came from accuracy being mentioned and 200 yards shooting and what makes a practical to carry gun. No harm done IMO. It's what makes this place interesting.
I am something of a fan of the Charter Bull Dog. What I'd like to have the nerve to do is to take a BD and make it into a nicer carry gun. Round the sharp/abrupt edges and corners, thin the parts that don't need to be thick, smooth out the rough edges so to speak. The internals would benefit from some polishing and maybe some spring changes. Add in a little work to refine the somewhat crude fixed sights and you would have something "more better" as my late FIL used to say. I'd also love to take one and add a nice adjustable rear sight off a J frame Smith and a 4 or 6" barrel, maybe a 5" to split the diff. Do some refinement as mentioned above, "Smitherize it" so to speak, and you'd have a nice little field gun in a caliber that is darn near perfect for anything short of outright big game hunting. And for that matter, the caliber will do it, it's just the platform of the BD being a bit fragile for hot 44 Special loads. At factory energy levels it will go for many years of good use.