I was crossing that bridge but the gun got stolen before I had the time to work up the perfect load.
Those guns have several things going for them. Extremely light weight, very small and yet strong. I did quite a bit of work on the one I had to make it work smoothly, and radiused the corners of the trigger guard, back of frame and hammer where they hit my hand during recoil. That stopped the bleeding hand after several shots when I shot heavy loads. The heavy load was a 280 gr WFN leaving the muzzle at 1100 fps. I carried the gun with that load, in my pocket, in bear country around my place here in ID. Pocket is the key word here, mainly because the chainsaw didn't throw dirt on it like a holster gun.
I told that only to say the gun is tough as nails. I worked up that load and loaded up a bunch of rounds, but actually hated the recoil, but didn't have time to make up a proper load for it.
To really enjoy the gun and make it everyday useful, a 240 gr bullet loaded to a velocity that prints to the sights is the most pleasant, and will be somewhere around 800 fps. I intended to use a 250 or 260 gr loaded to 900 fps +-, whichever weight made it print to the sights at 30 yards with a speed close to 900 fps.
Best bullet is the WFN. I tried 200 and 230 gr which didn't recoil enough to bring poi up to the sights. Did most of my experimenting with it in AZ where jackrabbits were the primary target, but swithed to the 280 gr heavy load after finding a 30 inch diameter cedar tree on my place which had been peeled by a bear from the ground up to almost 12 feet. Being new here at the time I 'felt a need' for good power. To be more specific about what I mean when I say, felt a need. The hair on the back of my neck stood up when I saw that tree down by the roaring creek canyon, with heavy brush and trees, steep canyon walls on both sides and the creek roar so loud it there was no hope of hearing a bear if he was stomping his foot on a hollow log! I now believe he was watching me from fairly close, because one can normally feel it when a bear is staring at him. I didn't realize that at the time, but it has to be a spirit thing. If you feel it you can often look around carefully and see him looking at you.
Something I learned from that 3 inch gun and a small frame three inch S&W 38 which I bought for my wife was that performance is a lot more than halfway up to a 4 inch tube when compared to a 2 inch, yet it fits in the pocket almost as snugly. By performance I mean power, pointability, and accuracy with the sights at fairly long ranges.
