by mikld » 09 Jan 2019 13
Welcome to the wonderful, often frustrating and confusing world of reloading. Before you buy anymore components, find a load in your manual(s) first. I believe Unique is prolly the slowest powder I'd recommend for the 38 Special as I've reloaded thousands of rounds (tens of thousands?) with Bullseye and W231. I don't have/use any powders that work in both rifle and pistol reloading, although there are some, (there are rifle and pistol loads for some cartridges in my manuals if that is what you were asking; 38/357, 44 Spec./Mag. 45 Colt) and I would suggest you start with a tried and true load (158 gr. lead bullet over some Bullseye is a "classic" load). Use the data in your manual(s) and don't pay a lot of attention to any forum expert range rat, gun counter clerk, pet loads website or gun shop guru for any load data. Your manuals will provide you with safe, accurate load data for many years...
Go slow, double check everything, and most important, have fun...