Looking for something different to play with at the moment. I remembered a model 58 41 mag I had.
I got it from a friend who needed money about the last ice age. Shot it when I first got it, and it has sat since then.
I have 44 magnums, so I dont care about full power loads.
I was thinking of it in terms of a big model 10 38 special. It might have had a tune-up as it is very smooth double action. It has a .4" wide, smooth trigger, was that standard?
Anyway, a pleasant shooting load is what I'm looking for, to play with DA and SA fire.

Just like loading any of the straight walled revolver cases.


A cast bullet in the 800 to 1000fps range well give you what you want.

Look at Herco 8 grs with a 210gr cast gives about 900fps.

Any of the lead bullet loads with the faster powders should do just fine.

What powders do you have? 8 gr. of Unique was always my standard load with a 210-215 gr SWC for about 950 fps. Longshot works very well in the 41 mag, too.

About everything for powders, including extinct ones, like Alcan 7 and 8.
900 fps sounds about right, I'll start with unique and herco.

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Alcan 7

Makes the best 125gr 357 mag. loads

One that works well for me is 8.0 grains of 231 with a 210 LSWC.

Not very clean burning, but nicely accurate and soft.

I used a lot of 231 back when and while now I try and optimize powder choices, this works great for me.