.357 Mag

[Hooker53]

Hello all. What's a good ol Boolit Mould for a heavy rifle hunting Boolit? I thinking at least 200 + grns. What are you all using for 357 Mag lever guns? Let's hear it!!! Thanks

Roy
Hooker53

[altheating]

NOE 360-180 never tried it in a lever but great in any 357 mag we have tried it in. Can't imagine you would need anything heavier.

[cbrick]

RCBS 35 200.

Rick

[white eagle]

RCBS 35 200.

Rick

thats a good one for sure

[Tatume]

RCBS 35 200.

Rick

Ditto. RCBS 35-200-FN works like a charm, accurate, hard hitting, leaves little to be desired. I like it so much I bought the more expensive but otherwise almost identical RCBS 348-200-FN for my new CPA 44-1/2 348 Winchester barrel.

[cbrick]

Must be a difference in Marlins, mine ate the RCBS 35 200 like it was it's favorite candy. Cycled and chambered fine, no deep seating, crimped in the groove.

Rick

[Hooker53]

Hey thanks guys. I will check out that 35-200. Good info.

Hooker53

[bobthenailer]

Although the RCBS 35-200 is a excellent boolet ! it will not function through the action my Marlin 357 mag rifle thats about 12 years old, loaded in 357 mag cases, they must be single loaded! Never tried the 35-200 in 38 special cases . i use a 180 gr cast bullet fn boolet
The correct max COL for the marlin rifle is{ 1.605 !} unless modfied by removing metal on the action parts , to accept a slightly longer COL.

[Lonegun1894]

What rifle are we talking about feeding? Different ones have different twists and that can make a huge difference in what will or won't work. Or did I miss it above someplace? Just don't want you spending hard earned cash on a mold that may be useless to you due to twist issues.

[Blammer]

I prefer the NOE 360 180, the 180gr lighter wt, compared to the 200gr shoots better for me at distance. (100yds or so) The bigger meplat does the job and feeds well in my Win 94, 357 mag rifle. I have modified it to shoot 360 DW cases.

I have killed a deer with the 360180 and it did a superb job. Plenty of accuracy and penetration. The deer I shot was running away and I center hit the left ham bone, punched a perfect hole, through all the meat and the center of the bone all the way through. The deer then stopped and turned a circle, that's when I finished him with one last shot.

[Orchard6]

Heck I just use a lee 158 rfp or lee 158 swc out of my 92 Rossi for whitetail. Seemed to kill the deer just as dead as anything else.