Is there a 357-32 or 357-25 wildcat cartridge? I know of the 357 Sig and the 44-357 cartridges. Just wondering what people came up with for purpose driven 200 yard handgun shooting.
The 25/357 is called 256win. There’s also a 22/357 called 22 Jet (and a couple others). I know there is a 32-357, but I forget it’s name. Gary Reeder (say what you will about him) as a handful of bottleneck revolver rounds as well, I’d have to get my book out to recall what’s what for their parent cases - wanna say he does a 357/41… Gary told me a few years ago he wouldn’t do a 357/44 B&D because he can’t get them to run… when I’d had mine running for a few years at the time, with no issues.
Bottlenecks don't work too well in revolvers.
They take a little doing, but they work fine once you figure out how. Primary ignition is critical, as is keeping lube out of the chambers, so we get shoulder expansion to grip the chamber walls early before the case head thrust moves the case back too far. I also have flex honed 400grit on the front half of my 357/44 B&D chambers, 800grit as standard behind that, also to give a little more grip.
But I have and have had revolvers in 17 HMR, 22 Jet, a 218 Bee wildcat shortened to fit a Single Six cylinder, 256 wm, 22 Hornet, 30-30, and 357/44 B&D and 357/44 Bobcat (same deal, just using polycarb collars in a 44mag cylinder instead of a shouldered chamber)… just a little common sense and they all work out.
As a calibration, I’ve had less issues with case thrust in bottleneck cartridges than with crimp jump in 454 Casull and 475 Linebaugh, but nobody really recommends against buying those because of bullet jam issues…