Ugly Sauce
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When speaking of the .357, as a "woods gun", I think it's best served with 180 to 200 grain bullets. Leave the 158's and lighter for shooting people. Both my Highway Patrolman and my Rossi carbine shoot well with a 200 grain bullet. Where I live there are grizz, so when hiking, trekking, exploring, I usually carry a .44 mag or my El Patron in .45 Colt, but I'd feel plenty comfortable with the Highway Patrolman and 200 grain bullets, especially if the biggest threat was Cougar or Black Bear. Having said that, a 180 grain is probably the most/best "compromise" between weight and velocity, or perfect weight in the .357 magnum, for shooting critters up to the size of black bear.