Need a critique on a proposed load.

[Follow Me]

Greetings to all,
As a relative new reloader, I would appreciate your thoughts on this load. I've put this together by consulting the Alliant Powder Book. The proposed is a .360RNFP 158 grain boolit from Moyers Cast Bullets in Pa. on top of 4.0 gr of Bullseye in a 357 mag case.
This is to be fired in a Marlin 1894C micro groove bbl (pre safety button). The completed boolit measures 1.5760 inches and fits with a definite "plunk" in the Marlin chamber. I've set the die to put a "light" crimp on the boolit. BTW, I have Unique and H110 powders also available.
As an aside, I want to use this load in a S&W Model 65. I have no desire to do anything more than shoot "minute of beer can" and maybe shoot at a steel plate. As another aside, my young Granddaughter want to go shooting with Granddad so "Mild" recoil is desireable.
Anyone detect any problem with this load or have a better load idea?
I thank you for taking the time to read and to consider my proposal.

Col C (aka) Follow Me

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[aspangler]

That should be about a mid rangeload. No trouble. Take that girl shootin' Grandpa.

[TCFAN]

I use about the same load in my Marlin 1894C.Only difference is I use 38 special case with a Lee 358158 round flat boolit using 3.5grs. of Bullseye powder.Very lite in the recoil department and accurate enough at 100 yards to keep a steel plate swinging almost every shot.
I think your load in a magnum case with 4. grs of bullseye would be about the same........Terry

[rintinglen]

That load should be a virtual identical replacement for the venerable 3.5 grain Bullseye 38 special load that has launched millions of 358-311 boolits downrange over the last hundred and twelve or so years. If your 358 diameter is large enough to suit your Marlin things should go wonderfully well.

[Yodogsandman]

Be sure to get some real load manuals, preferably just for cast boolits. Always cross reference your loads with other sources. You'll feel a lot more confident in your load choices. The more books to cross reference, the better. I suggest the Lyman Cast Bullet Handbook #4 and if you can find a #3, get that also. The regular Lyman #49 is worth it too, it also has some cast boolit loads.

I almost found out about cross referencing loads the hard way when I started reloading. Luckily, I worked up the load slowly and stopped when primers flattened and the firing pin dent started to look like a volcano. Later, cross checking the load, my load books MAX load was 3 grains over what other manuals suggested as the MAX load.