Shooting dad's old 357 duty ammo...

[Silvercreek Farmer]

My dad carried a 4" 686 as a sheriff's deputy in the '80's. The revolver was his, but sadly, he sold it to another deputy when he left the department. The other day he brings over a small assorted bag of ammo and speed loaders and gives them to me since he no longer had the 357. We took them out to the berm and started shooting them out of a 4" Rossi. The 38's, 38+p, and PMC 357s where pretty sedate, but when we dropped in the Remington 357's they unleashed the biggest fireballs I have ever seen. Haven't pulled one yet, but my guess is a 125 grain over a healthy dose of 110/296. I want to run one over the chrono as well. Thank The Lord he never had to discharge one in low light, it would have been like a flash bang grenade!

[Thumbcocker]

Those "rose petal" hollow points had a following back in the day.

[firefly1957]

I used to shoot AL-8 under a 110 grain bullet in my Model 28 had a huge yellow flash from the cylinder gap same power does the same in my Model 29 . That is AL-8 under a Speer 200 grain H.P. in my Avatar H-110 has no flash out the cylinder gap but a huge fireball out the muzzle .

[runfiverun]

those Remington 125's suck at putting cow's down.

[Silvercreek Farmer]

those Remington 125's suck at putting cow's down.

Let's hear the story...

[KCSO]

Don't know where you shot the cow but they work real good on people!

[Rick Hodges]

I used to carry them in the mid to late 70's...but they were 158 HP's and yes they got your attention when they went off. I think the factories backed down the loadings of .357mags. Rated velocities are down and apparent recoil is too. I never chrono'ed the old loads.

[Hardcast416taylor]

those Remington 125's suck at putting cow's down.


I would have thought we could be talking about `vermin` and not a hereford. Behind and slightly under the ear will sedate a hereford very rapidly as it will most critters.Robert

[Walkingwolf]

I would have thought we could be talking about `vermin` and not a hereford. Behind and slightly under the ear will sedate a hereford very rapidly as it will most critters.Robert

We always shot them right between the eyes with a 22LR. They dropped like a sack of potatoes, and the brains were not mangled for the USDA inspector. Now the pigs were sometimes stubborn.

Not sure but I believe they must be stunned now instead shooting, or the sledge hammer.

[skeettx]

Boom goes the 357, down goes the critter,
Nuf Said :)
Mike

[paul h]

I've never failed to be impressed by the bark of a 357 mag launching 125 gr bullets. I've shot such loads out of a few different snubbies and they are right up there as one of the most offensive loads in a handgun in terms of muzzle blast and recoil.

If you want a truly painful experience, shoot a cylinder full out of an S&W 340. Without peer the most punishing handgun I've ever shot. Fortunately it was a friends so I didn't have to buy one to learn the lesson. Unfortunately I was stupid enough to shoot the full cylinder of ammo.

[BigboreShooter]

A few years ago I received a partial box of the Rem. 125 HP from my uncle. They chronagraphed + 1400fps
out of a 4" Ruger101 and +1600 from 6.5" Ruger Blackhawk!!!

[beagle]

Shot some of dad's .357 duty ammo back in the 60s when I was younger. 4" Model 28 Smith. It was summer and I was playing Elmer Keith by shooting down a power line cut at some distant targets. I was using the sitting position with thy hands braced on my knees. Yeh, you know it. Got burned powder particles from that ball powder embedded on the inside of both knees and legs. About one cylinder of that was all I wanted./beagle

[Recluse]

they unleashed the biggest fireballs I have ever seen.

USMS went to the Winchester .357 Magnum in 110 grain in the late 80's so that the girls could handle the K-frame issue magnums without too much recoil. The result was a huge flash-bang round that sounded and looked impressive, but came up short when compared to 125 grain and 158 grain magnum rounds.

Here is a short video of my oldest daughter firing six of those rounds through my hogleg 686. Doesn't do justice to the percussion and flash, but gives you an idea nonetheless.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ozt-V_q1JLk

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