Down South
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Hi Folks, I was wondering if any of you have tried WSF in your 357 mags. Neither Hodgdon nor anyone else publishes data for the .357 cartridge using WSF. I have some Speer data for the 38 special using WSF and that’s it. I have been slowly working up a load in the 357 with WSF using a 158 Grain RF cast boolit. WSF appears to be a good powder for up to full house loads.
Currently I’m loading the 158 gr on top of 7.9-8.0 gr of WSF with an average muzzle velocity of 1325 fps. WSF is a fairly new powder. Have any of you reloaders experimented with this powder in the 357 magnum?
My 357 mag is a Ruger GP 100 6" Stainless.
Another question and I’m sure that that there will be a lot of different answers. What powders are working best for you in the 357 magnum using cast boolits?
I’ve gotten away from jacketed bullets due to their cost and started casting my own. I’m using WW with about 2% tin added. I’m water dropping my boolits and my alloy is running about 22 BHN.
Currently I’m loading the 158 gr on top of 7.9-8.0 gr of WSF with an average muzzle velocity of 1325 fps. WSF is a fairly new powder. Have any of you reloaders experimented with this powder in the 357 magnum?
My 357 mag is a Ruger GP 100 6" Stainless.
Another question and I’m sure that that there will be a lot of different answers. What powders are working best for you in the 357 magnum using cast boolits?
I’ve gotten away from jacketed bullets due to their cost and started casting my own. I’m using WW with about 2% tin added. I’m water dropping my boolits and my alloy is running about 22 BHN.