Could anyone recommend a powder for reloading .357 please
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Best powder for reloading .357
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Re: Best powder for reloading .357
I use 4.5 grains of Trailboss behind a 158 grain cast bullet however I might be in a minority.
Re: Best powder for reloading .357
Bullseye.
Unique
2400
Vitavouri fast pistol powders
I use 3.6 grains of bullseye with a 158 grain semi wad cutter.
Unique
2400
Vitavouri fast pistol powders
I use 3.6 grains of bullseye with a 158 grain semi wad cutter.
Re: Best powder for reloading .357
Thanks bullseye has also been recommended to me at a club
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Re: Best powder for reloading .357
3.2gr fast pistol powder (I use an old batch of Zero powder) and 150gr boolit for a 38 special velocity
For higher velocity 357 loads I'd use Blue dot or Viht 340 behind the same cast boolit
For higher velocity 357 loads I'd use Blue dot or Viht 340 behind the same cast boolit
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Re: Best powder for reloading .357
:) I've just finished up some Zero powder - donkeys years old but still ok. Blue dot was a regular and I'm currently using Unique.
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Re: Best powder for reloading .357
Depends on what you want..??
Gallery rifle loads that fall out the back of the target at 25yds, or full factory magnum loads
I only load light target, so RedDot, Bullseye, Vit 310 or 320, Accurate #2... anything around that speed.
For the full factory magnums, you want something slower, Unique or 2400.
Gallery rifle loads that fall out the back of the target at 25yds, or full factory magnum loads
I only load light target, so RedDot, Bullseye, Vit 310 or 320, Accurate #2... anything around that speed.
For the full factory magnums, you want something slower, Unique or 2400.
Re: Best powder for reloading .357
Gallery loads, Tightgroup. Full house magnum, 2400.
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Re: Best powder for reloading .357
....& for cheap loads that smell like 1982 - Shotgun 80Sim G wrote:Gallery loads, Tightgroup. Full house magnum, 2400.
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Re: Best powder for reloading .357
We call it s*** groupsaddler wrote:....& for cheap loads that smell like 1982 - Shotgun 80Sim G wrote:Gallery loads, Tightgroup. Full house magnum, 2400.
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