35 Cal Question

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I am relatively new to reloading, though I've been stocking up on supplies for years. I was recently given two boxes of Hornady 35cal .358 180gr SPSSP Interlock bullets. My question is: As long as I maintain proper seating and powder loads, would I be able to fire them from a 357 revolver? Everything is the same as a 357, except the 35 is .269 longer. I will be happy to use these to punch paper at 25-50 yards-I just hate to see them go to "waste"...Thanks
 
I don't think I'd do it. Since they are heavily jacketed rifle bullets and larger than proper, I'd think the risk of cracking the forcing cone would be significant.
Give them away, trade them or sell them.
 
spire point single shot pistol. And im assuming that is for t/c type break opens and the like. Not for revolvers which aren't single shot. I know nothing of the bullets so wont comment on their use further than that
 
OK, The light bulb just went off-after doing some math the rounds would be a bit too long for the cylinder to operate. I guess that it is time for a trade or to pick up a T/C in 35cal
 
what would you want in trade , other bullets or money? I have a T/C 357 mag and an H&R in 357 max.
 
I use the 180gr ssp in my Marlin 336RC .35 Rem as a 2-shot (mag is 'plugged' to accept one round only), and keep the velocities in the 2000fps range due to the thinner jacket of this bullet...

I indeed have 'played' with the thought of .38spcl brass and this bullet seated to max length for a 686 cylinder, with the exposed lead above the jacket clipped off, but have never loaded live rounds...Loading in .357 brass, the case mouth is .10" above the canelure, and thus case capacity is the same for either case (.38spcl/.357)...

Here is a mockup of what I am thinking next to a Penn TCBB 158.gr cast in a .357 case:

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Let us know if you ever come up with a load...
 
Trimming them off would get inaccurate weights and seating them deeper to use in a revolver would raise pressures excessively so these options would not be the best ideas IMHO. Just save them for when you get some more experience and can possibly figure out a safe load or trade them off/sell them to obtain what you want. I have never loaded any of these bullets and would not try to advise you how to load them lacking correct data for use in a revolver without trying it myself first FWIW.
 
Thanks again for all the input. I think that rather than sell/trade the bullets, I will do it bass ackwards and pick up a Thompson Condender in 35cal. I can always pick up alternate caliber barrels for $250 or so to expand my reloading knowledge and experience..
 
I like your thinking. Recently I "had" to buy a 444 Marlin because I had brass and dies sitting around unused.
 
Well last fall I went out and purchased a couple 40 S&W handguns because I already had a couple medium flat rate boxes of fired brass and ran into a good deal on a set of dies here in the reloading for sale section.:D It could be worse-----You could have ended up with a spare barrel for a Sherman tank instead.:p
 
I use the 180gr SSP in my 357 Maximum TC Contender, as they seem to be designed for the velocity range of those types of handgun cartridges.
I think the OP's choice of a TC single shot, in perhaps the 35 Remington, would be a good thing, as I think they can make one a more conscientious shooter and/or hunter.


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Ya, sell 'em off.
They weren't made for a handgun.

MAX length is gonna be just a hair over 1.600.
Sounds like they'd be too long to fit in a revolver.
 
They'd be too long and I doubt if the twist in a revolver would stabilize them.I use them with my Contender barrels(1 is 14",the other 21").Both are 35 Rem,and they are some kind of mean to deer.Better off buying a barrel or trading them.
 
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