230 grain .357 Thunderhead

[Dan-O]

Placed an order for some .313 bullets. Saw these and figured, why not.....send me 25. Anyone ever loaded any of these up?

 

[suemarkp]

Is there any gun that will stabilize a bullet that long? Maybe a top end 357 load, and in the faster of the available rifling twists if they tend to vary in 357.

 

[gotboostvr]

Welp, you've got my attention.

Know if they'll fit in a N frame in 357Mag brass? 38 special brass?
Where are you looking for load data?

I've been thinking about a 357MAX contender rifle and these might be perfect for that!

 

[Barry the Bear]

Never seen any .357 bullets in that weight, maybe load in .38 SPL cases?

 

[Dan-O]

I think you have to load in .38 spec cases. If you google penn bullets .38 thunderhead theres some loading data from them. I have AA9 on hand....so I'll probably go with that. Might call Alliant too to see if they have any recommendations. Apparently the 230 Thunderhead was popular in bowling pin shoots.

 

[BobWright]

Gotboostvr:

Know if they'll fit in a N frame in 357Mag brass? 38 special brass?
Where are you looking for load data?

I have seroius doubt that those will fit an N-Framed Smith & Wesson.

For very long heavy bullets you have to go with a K-Frame, or preferably an L-Frame. Cylinders of N-Frame .357s are too short.

Bob Wright

 

[rcmodel]

I'm thinking stabilization will be a problem with normal rifling twist.

It probably wouldn't matter if a long 230 hit a bowling pin sideways at 8 yards though.
Might even work even better!!

rc

 

[Dan-O]

It probably wouldn't matter if a long 230 hit a bowling pin sideways though.
Might even work even better!!

That's exactly what I was thinking.

 

[Barry the Bear]

Go old school and load .38 LC cases that'd be a hoot!

 

[the Black Spot]

Be great for 35 rem or 358 winchester.

 

[rcmodel]

Except they wouldn't feed in anything ever chambered for either one.

rc

 

[Deaf Smith]

Bet if loaded on something like a Ruger SP-101 you could get them to just be stable enough to be accurate yet tumble on impact.

Serious bellygun ammo.
Deaf

 

[Bula]

What does the mfg recommend as for loads? Curios how fast these could get pushed from say a 4" GP100...Inquiring minds want to know...

 

[Panzerschwein]

Aren't these meant for bowling pin shooting?

I never really understood that.

I'm pretty sure the local bowling alley would not take kindly to taking a box of these and a GP100 on one of the lanes and going to town!!

 

[the Black Spot]

Except they wouldn't feed in anything ever chambered for either one.

rc

Can you enlighten me please?

 

[gotboostvr]

Bob Wright, I never realized the N frame had a shorter cylinder.
I have some M19's but have no real intrest in shooting these boolits in those guns.