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Alternate ( NOT H110) powder for 357 Rem Maximum
Have been playing with two new barrels for my TC Contender (in carbine configuration).
Hand Loading for:
357 Rem Maximum (180 and 158 grain Jacketed)
and
45 Winchester Magnum (230 grain Jacketed)
Working with the 45 Win Magnum........
The usual powder recommended was H110 and it called for >20 grains.
Found this to be a "punishing" load recoil wise
Then I found a published load using HP-38 (10 grains).
Found this to be much more plesant, and gave me all the accuracy I wanted.
( I am shooting targets at 25 yards - not trying to "kill")
Now working with the 357 Rem Maximum, again I find published loads using ( almost exclusively) H110.
Can anyone recommened a load using something like HP-38.
If the 45 Win Mag can be tamed with a faster powder resulting in less recoil and still yeilding safe accurate rounds - seems there must be a way to do the same with the 357 Rem Maximum.
I would like to stick to some of the more common (easier to find) powders like the common Hodgdon line or ????????
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Have been playing with two new barrels for my TC Contender (in carbine configuration).
Hand Loading for:
357 Rem Maximum (180 and 158 grain Jacketed)
and
45 Winchester Magnum (230 grain Jacketed)
Working with the 45 Win Magnum........
The usual powder recommended was H110 and it called for >20 grains.
Found this to be a "punishing" load recoil wise
Then I found a published load using HP-38 (10 grains).
Found this to be much more plesant, and gave me all the accuracy I wanted.
( I am shooting targets at 25 yards - not trying to "kill")
Now working with the 357 Rem Maximum, again I find published loads using ( almost exclusively) H110.
Can anyone recommened a load using something like HP-38.
If the 45 Win Mag can be tamed with a faster powder resulting in less recoil and still yeilding safe accurate rounds - seems there must be a way to do the same with the 357 Rem Maximum.
I would like to stick to some of the more common (easier to find) powders like the common Hodgdon line or ????????
__________________
An Armed Society,
Is a Polite Society.