Quoheleth
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Have an opportunity to go hog hunting in the next couple weeks. Friend's deer lease is torn to heck and while he repairs his stuff he said I could go along. Hogs are all over the place - most in the <200 lb range.
I have a 6" Ruger GP100 that I plan to use.
Questions about ammo choices:
I'm thinking that since I don't do much hunting, just buy a box of commercial ammo for this. I'm thinking Buffalo Bore's 180grain LFNGC (http://www.buffalobore.com/ammunition/default.htm#357). It's about $25 or so for 20 rounds. Anyone know if this is available in Houston without having to order it?
Because, if not, by the time I pay S&H and all that jazz, I could almost go down to Carters and pay for a jar of 2400 powder, a box of Hornady 180gr CL-SIL (their heavy, silhouette bullet) or their XTP bullet and a pkg of magnum primers and make my own (total, about $50). Per round this is a more economical prospect, but that's also a $50 outlay for stuff I might not use again for a long time.
In my reloading gear at home, I have Missouri Bullet's 158 grain .357 LSWC bullet, but I only seem to be able to drive it to about 1100 fps without leading after a couple rounds. I don't cast, so that's not an option.
True "hunting" ammo is hard to find in the .357. Lots of personal defense. Fellow at Carters suggested a particular Remington round (I think its a 180gr soft point), but of course he was out. Academy only has their Monarch 158gr HP (they also have Blazer aluminum 158hp, but I think the Monarch is a little hotter).
Thoughts or recommendations for which direction - commercial or home-made???
Have an opportunity to go hog hunting in the next couple weeks. Friend's deer lease is torn to heck and while he repairs his stuff he said I could go along. Hogs are all over the place - most in the <200 lb range.
I have a 6" Ruger GP100 that I plan to use.
Questions about ammo choices:
I'm thinking that since I don't do much hunting, just buy a box of commercial ammo for this. I'm thinking Buffalo Bore's 180grain LFNGC (http://www.buffalobore.com/ammunition/default.htm#357). It's about $25 or so for 20 rounds. Anyone know if this is available in Houston without having to order it?
Because, if not, by the time I pay S&H and all that jazz, I could almost go down to Carters and pay for a jar of 2400 powder, a box of Hornady 180gr CL-SIL (their heavy, silhouette bullet) or their XTP bullet and a pkg of magnum primers and make my own (total, about $50). Per round this is a more economical prospect, but that's also a $50 outlay for stuff I might not use again for a long time.
In my reloading gear at home, I have Missouri Bullet's 158 grain .357 LSWC bullet, but I only seem to be able to drive it to about 1100 fps without leading after a couple rounds. I don't cast, so that's not an option.
True "hunting" ammo is hard to find in the .357. Lots of personal defense. Fellow at Carters suggested a particular Remington round (I think its a 180gr soft point), but of course he was out. Academy only has their Monarch 158gr HP (they also have Blazer aluminum 158hp, but I think the Monarch is a little hotter).
Thoughts or recommendations for which direction - commercial or home-made???