jonsidneyb
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- Mar 1, 2006
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I remember when I first started seeing the mountain guns come out.
I pictured a mountain gun as being one carried alot but shot little or less than a standard gun.
I thought of it as carrying the most in the least I suppose.
I understood the 629 mountain gun is .44 magnum.
I kind of understood the .41 magnum but thought this should be a 5 shot in an L-frame without the full lug.
The .357 magnum on the L-frame on a mountain gun confused me, the Model 19 I thought was already more of a mountain gun than this.
After seeing the J-frame in 5 inches, I thought, there is the .357 mountain gun. Small in bulk but with eough barrel to get some good velocity. The truth is if it was a 4 inch I wouldn't be able to resist but I might have to break down and get one of the 5 inch J's.
In another post, I saw the ballistics on some of the heavy loads for .357 I can shoot 125 grain stuff at 1450 all day but the loads I see below would scare me to death to try and shoot out of a small frame gun. I don't know how bad the recoil of this would beat on me but it is probably more than I want to try and take on.
Buffalo Bore ammunition
-125 grain JHC @ 1,700 fps
-158 grain JHC @ 1,475 fps
-170 grain JHC @ 1,400 fps
-180 grain LFN-GC @ 1,400 fps
I will not try these loads in a J-Frame, to much for me I am afraid, but I am curious.
I am guessing these loads were created with the L and N frame in mind. Would these loads even be safe in a 5inch J-Frame???
I pictured a mountain gun as being one carried alot but shot little or less than a standard gun.
I thought of it as carrying the most in the least I suppose.
I understood the 629 mountain gun is .44 magnum.
I kind of understood the .41 magnum but thought this should be a 5 shot in an L-frame without the full lug.
The .357 magnum on the L-frame on a mountain gun confused me, the Model 19 I thought was already more of a mountain gun than this.
After seeing the J-frame in 5 inches, I thought, there is the .357 mountain gun. Small in bulk but with eough barrel to get some good velocity. The truth is if it was a 4 inch I wouldn't be able to resist but I might have to break down and get one of the 5 inch J's.
In another post, I saw the ballistics on some of the heavy loads for .357 I can shoot 125 grain stuff at 1450 all day but the loads I see below would scare me to death to try and shoot out of a small frame gun. I don't know how bad the recoil of this would beat on me but it is probably more than I want to try and take on.
Buffalo Bore ammunition
-125 grain JHC @ 1,700 fps
-158 grain JHC @ 1,475 fps
-170 grain JHC @ 1,400 fps
-180 grain LFN-GC @ 1,400 fps
I will not try these loads in a J-Frame, to much for me I am afraid, but I am curious.
I am guessing these loads were created with the L and N frame in mind. Would these loads even be safe in a 5inch J-Frame???