Hello there!...I do use .38 special or down loaded .357 mag. for small game and varmints....Years ago, out of Ruger Blawkhawk or GP100.....now I only shoot them out of a 10" TC....love it!....I had a lot of different handloads from years back in the .357, that were for a S&W 19 and the Rugers, they shot well....now I am shooting these wadcutters and SWC's in the TC....they don't shoot as well in the TC, I didn't load them for the TC, so I didn't expect much.. I just want to free up the brass..so why not use them if you can?....But they are accurate to 30 or so yards....and a hell of a lot quieter in the TC!...(chronied at 650-750 fps)..BE VERY CAREFUL OF THEM RICOCHETING BACK AT YOU!!!!!!......I have shot squirrels laying flat on the trunks of oak trees and the bullet would pass through them and come back at you!......ESPECIALLY IF YOU MISS!!!!....hey, who misses though?...Not me of course! (just joking!)......Have fun !......It is addicting