NEF SB-1 in 357 Mag

[cdet69]

Anyone ever use one of these in 357 Mag? I am thinking of getting one rebarreled in this caliber.

[bruce drake]

I posted last night my same thoughts on this. I'll probably send the frame in for the rebarrel shortly myself.

Bruce

[cdet69]

I think it would make a good coyote gun at 100 yards.

[725]

I had one and it was great. Very accurate. I went and reamed it out to a .357 max and I'm still tinkering around to find "the load". Need to do a lot more work with it to make comments about the wisdom of what I've done. So far it's very promising and I have great expectations. Would like to have another .357 mag as they are so good.

Mine is a nail driver with 180 "J"bullets, but I'm in search for a cast boolit for the long run.

[Blammer]

yep, reaming it out to 357max is a good thing! My friend has one, it's a shooter for sure! I keep threatening to get one and do it, but haven't yet.

[uscra112]

I've "Maxed" my Contender, but with the dearth of Max brass, it might be wise to keep it in .357 Mag. for a while. In a rifle-length barrel on a strong action, the Mag can reach the magic 1000 foot-lbs. pretty easily using modern powders. You are not so limited in OAL in a single-shot, so there's more powder space to be had than if one were loading for a revolver.