357 mag Handi Rifle

[PacMan]

Read wher some of the guys arent geeting good accuracy out of their .357 HR so thought i would post some pictures to show what is possible.Would not want the bad press to ifluence to many.

Here are some photos on rifle and targets.Groups were fired at 50 yards.
Bullet 200gr LBT FN GC seated to 1.790 COAL WDWW sized .358
Power 2400 (heavy dose) on the best group. Avg. 1773 FPS for the eight shot group.
Sight Leuopld Prismatic 1X circle dot

[crazy mark]

I use 360 DW brass in mine for the best accuracy.

[JIMinPHX]

I've had good luck in that gun/caliber combination with Blue Dot, but even better results from H-110. I've been mostly using a custom modified Lyman mold that drops a 182 grain GC-SWC. I had very good results from a few Ranchdog 190 grain FPs that I tried too. I like that little gun.

[turbo1889]

I've got one that I reamed out to 357-max using a couple of machinist straight reamers; one to cut the chamber deeper and the other to cut a new throat.

So far I’m very satisfied with it and have only had a couple of hiccups along the way.

[Larry Gibson]

If you're going to drive cast bullets from handgun cartridges that hard out of a rifle then the key to success is a GC. Most inaccuracy reported is from top end magnum loads with PB'd cast bullets. The 200+ fps gain usually puts them over the top for many PB'd cast bullets.

Larry Gibson

[PacMan]

In my short year or so casting bullets i have become a great fan of GC bullets. Do not like the cost or some of the other problems assoiated with them but i like the increased accuracy and lack of leading that goes with the problems.

Dwight

[frnkeore]

My best fixed 357 loads where, 10.5 gr B'dot @ 1692 fps and 16.0 gr WC820 @ 1866 fps.

The barrel is 28" long Low Wall and the bullet was a H&G 51 B, it's a 150 gr SWC GC cast 50/50 WW/lino.

Frank