Your Favorite 357 Mag Load

[No_1]

What is your favorite 357 Mag load? It can be BP or smokeless and of course the projectile must be lead.

Robert

[Bullshop Junior]

9gr steel.
158gr yankee HP GC

[imashooter2]

SAECO #353 in front of 10.5 grains of 2400.

[Blammer]

15 gr of Lilgun and 175gr NOE boolit. I call it the "dish" HP.

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[Lonestar22]

Lyman 358156 over 14.0grs 2400, 1200+fps, warm & accurate

[That'll Do]

For target: 158gr SWC over 5.0gr Hodgdon Universal.

For business: 358429 over 13.5gr Alliant 2400

[Papa smurf]

173 gr Keith--14 gr 2400---------Caution its over Lyman's listed max.load however it has never
been a problem in my new model Blackhawk. Good Shooting------Papa Smurf

[swheeler]

195 gr Rd+14 gr LilGun

[missionary5155]

Good evening
6 grains Unique & 170 gswc (358429) . If this was all I ever had I would not feel badly. BUT I would hunt with 8 grains Unique & same boolit in my Dan Wesson (8").

[454PB]

Any 160 gr. SWC over 10 grs. Bluedot.

[hoosierlogger]

I am working on finding it. I am starting with a 124 grain TC boolit with 6.5 grain bullseye and working my way up to 8.3 grains in 2/10th increments. Gonna shoot 5 each and compare the group sizes.

[dougader]

168 grain keith swc over 10 grains Blue Dot.

[GP100man]

357 mag

1-357477 over 4.4gr. reddot@
2-barebottomed 358156hp over 13.5gr 2400*
3-358091 over 3.1gr reddot
4- 358429 over 13gr 2400
5-lee 158gr rnfp over 4gr "CLAYS"*
6-lee 158gr rnfp over 13.5gr 2400@


*most accurate in my #1 6" GP100
@ most accurate in my #1 4" GP100


Maybe St. Nick will see fit to bring me a chronograph for Christmas!!! But all loads are under SAAMI MAX

[357Mag]

No. 1 -

Howdy !

I recommend any Lyman .357caibre cast PB SWC of 158-172gr, over
14.5gr WW296; and a Magnum SP primer ( I used WW and CCI ).
I never needed GCs.

The 296 load is accurate in 4", 5" and 6" "N" frames, burns clean; and has
" Major Calibre" power..... for shoots where they care about such things.


As an economical load: I like 7br I4756 and regular SP primer; with same bullet wts as above. This load is a bit sooty, though.

Best of luck in your endeavors.

Regards,
.357Mag

[Texasflyboy]

Lyman 358156 over 14.0grs 2400, 1200+fps, warm & accurate


Second that. That's my Skeeter load. Shoots darn well.

[sheepdog]

158 grains LSWC over 3.5 red dot