[guardjim]

To each his own, but in a revolver of that size I'd carry these:

Speer Gold Dot Short Barrel .38 Special +P, 135 Gr

I agree. Plenty of what you need for a reliable round. If you want to go with 357 mag. look around at the lighter 110 gr. loads. Supposedly less flash and recoil. Don't know how much better they would be than a good 38+P like Speer GD though.