Just have that one bullet and powder right now, will add another powder soon.
Just have that one bullet and powder right now, will add another powder soon.
My Lyman manual doesn't have any data for a cast bullet that heavy. My old Speer #11 has data for jacketed with 296....180 gr TMJ 20.6 - 22.6, 200 gr TMJ 18.6 - 20.6.......start on the low side.
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What gun will these loads be shot in ?
If it's an H & R SB2, you might not even closely approach the rifling w/ 158s; and powder charges might run a tad higher than what is listed @ reloading sites.
With regards,
357Mag
I use between 20 to 21 gr with 296/H110 with 180 gr jacketed in my 10'' contender. Have taken deer with this load with no problems.
Look here in the pistol section. Hodgdon has H110/W296 data for 170, 180 and 200 grain bullets. You can substitute cast, but do not reduce loads with these powders.
http://www.hodgdonreloading.com/
I was loading 19 grains of H110 with a 210 SWCGC. I shot this in my Dan Wesson, Contender, and H&R. It shoots okay but when you buy powder, IMR-4227 is the way you want to go.
4227 is the perfect powder for the .357 Max. ww296/H110 will work, but I haven't had great success with it. I shoot the Ranch Dog 190 gr. RNFPGC in my 17" barreled TC Encore pistol.
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selmerfan is spot on. 4227 is the best powder I've found also. I too haven't had great luck with 296/110. It's "ok", just far from the best. Rel 7 is also a very, very good powder with this cartridge.
Shoot in the Max in a 10" TC I used to have, I used 20.1 with Lars45's old 185 grain GC boolit, but ONLY in cool weather.
Shooting in March 1 got 1618 fps and shooting from the same batch in August I got 1812 fps and sticky extraction.
It was accurate however.
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BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |