Bret4207
At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
Thats why I like my Smith '17 in 45AR. A soft "boom" instead of the 357/32-20 "CRACK!!!!" Fortunately I can load them all down, but the smaller the bore, the more the crack in general terms.This is the key for me too. I just can't take the CRACK. As a result, I wind up shooting lighter loads (typically, a 158 gr bullet at around an actual 1000-1050 fps from any particular .357). That puts the loads in the 38 Special +P range. My factory load of choice lately is whatever version of the FBI load I can scrounge.