Reeder Custom Guns - Favorite 357M loads?

I’m sitting on roughly 500 pcs of new Starline 357 brass. Let hear about your favorite loads … cast … jacketed … whatcha got? These will be used in numerous 357s.

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2 of my favorite loads 158 jp or 165 gcswc with eather 16.5 g of 296or14g of 2400 for a little lighte load.the lead 165gc has shot great in all the 357s ive tried it in even with trailboss for cowboy loads

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the 125 gr. Speer Gold Dot and HotCor bullets work well in the .357 rifle. I push the Gold Dot to 2300 fps from the Rossi Model 92. The same load does 1340 fps from the 1 1/2" S&W Model 340 and over 1600 out of the 7 1/2" single action.
20.0 gr. H-110

With cast bullets I like 14.5 gr. 2400 and a small rifle primer for the Keith 170 gr. SWC.

I use that load for the 160 gr. SAECO SWC also.

But I shoot more 3.0 gr. Bullseye loads than anything else... using .38 Special brass. :-)

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5.5 grs. Unique with lead bullets ranging from 124-180 grs. The heavier bullets just have more power/pressure. The old 158 SWC I used to load in .38 Specials. It was a top load for the .38 in an old Hornady manual. It sure made my little Police Positive bark! I figured 900-1000 fps? The later manuals had that load listed as a .357 level loading?! Oh well.

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Just got one and was loading some 158 grain SPs over 15.5 296 for around 1700 FPS. Thought that the heavier bullets would be better for hogs/deer. After reading Jim's post should I be using the 125s?? Thoughts???

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You want the penetration. The 125 gr. bullets slow down real quickly.

I was with a good friend when he shot a deer with his .357 rifle, a nice Whitetail buck. He used factory 140 gr. JHP. One shot. The deer was down within 30 yards or so.

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weights, like 180+

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STRONG RUGER SINGLE ACTIONS, FA SINGLE ACTIONS, AND MODERN MODEL 92 LEVERACTIONS

15/Rel 7 200 grain Cast RN 1660 fps 20 inch Model 92
15/Rel 7 180 Cast RN 1670 fps 20 inch Model 92

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With a .338 GNR Encore pistol. It was down but thrashing a bit. It fell on the downhill side exposing its underbelly. Doug had a 5” S&W “Victory” pre-K frame .38 Special. It was loaded with LEE tumble lube 124 gr. 9mm projectiles ahead of 5.5 gr. Unique (best I can figure). He shot the beast square between the legs in the chest. The bullet centered the heart, to exit, penetrating the spine on its way out. A .38 Special! I’m almost certain velocity is under 1000 fps. It’s only one real work case but it’s shot through a bunch of stuff before too. Just a clean .35 cal. hole in and out.

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Favorite 357M loads?

357 loads

I like the lighter bullets fora lot of things..

It sounds a little goofy but for years I’ve used

Marlin 357

I would use the heavier bullets for hogs and deer.

I’m going to find some data for heavy

From Paco .. I have never tried these.

Something interesting… at HHC Doug shot a Nilgai