Maximum loads for Windicator

I have a fairly new 4" Windicator in 357. First, I realize it's not a S&W or Ruger...but for a semi budget revolver I think it's pretty well made. I have mostly shot only 38+Ps through it, but no issues whatsoever. Most others seem to report the same.

Recently I came.across two deals on 357 SJHP's. One claims 1450fps with 584fpe. The other is jacked up a bit higher at 1554 and 671. I'm assuming those figures are for a 6" barrel. Which one would you get for your Windicator, provided it seemed to be a good specimen with no flaws? I have the Hogue style grip, btw. I don't plan on shooting 357 alot by any means. Aside from the sound I'm really not intimidated by shooting it. My first time shooting 357 Magnum I was shooting one handed in just a few minutes. I know people sometimes use language like "steady diet" when describing what a gun can handle or not handle. Just curious what people think about this particular match-up between gun and ammo.

Thanks!

Thanks! That was kind of what my intuition was telling me already. I guess the latter load kind of qualifies as stout without being punishing. That's ok. My first 357 was a light Charter Arms bulldog. I was already shooting loads with 1350 - 1450 velocities with that, and they were 158's. It's just that you hear people saying really bad things about the metallurgy of some guns, and the windicator is one of them. However overall I haven't seen much to statistically support that other than a few naysayers.

Oh you also asked intended use...
Mostly SD for outside of the house, I suppose, and especially on vacation since I like a revolver for vacations. Simple. Versatile. No mags to keep track of among my baggage, and less eyebrow raising traveling through places far from home if I'm seen with it. We drive and hike frequently through bear country when we go on vacation.

Once my 9mm Shield jumped it's holster and fell into the surf at Lake Erie. I found it, but it was probably totally useless after that until I got all the way home and cleaned it thoroughly. I doubt I would have got off more than one shot. I couldnt even rack the slide with all the sand, and I was not about to mess around with that back in our motel room with one in the chamber. Even though I know revolvers aren't immune to sand, I would not have worried so much about cleaning it up in the motel room.

I just order three boxes of the Ammo Inc. 125's 1554fps. I know 125 is light for bear, but it certainly beats a 9mm....at like almost double the energy!

That's a heavy load alright. 357.pushed to it's limit, roughly. Any idea what kind of velocity it was getting?

Windicator is not as heavy as a GP100. I've held GPs but never fired one. However Windicator IS heavier than the my 6" Charter Bulldog. I was shooting 158's with velocities around 1400. As I said earlier, after a little while I was shooting handed and enjoying it in spite of it being pretty stout. I imagine with velocities higher than that, a 200 grain load would be a handful.