I'm not allowed to shoot .357 magnum at my local club. I can shoot .45 long colt though. We all know you can load that well past .357 magnum levels.
So I have a S&W 686 that I would like to shoot more. And I would like the loads to be close to real .357 loads for practice reasons. Maybe even stout enough to do for feral hog as a backup gun. One thing though, I need to be able to use small pistol magnum primers.
So if you were only going to use these hand loads in a S&W 686 with new starline 38 +P brass how far would you be willing to push it? Give me X FPS with this many grain bullet. Or so many grains of this powder behind this bullet.
I'm torn between a 158 grain SWC or heavier "Keith" style vs 140/158 grain XTP. Leaning towards the 158 grain XTP. Maybe 2400 powder....maybe 900+ FPS. Sound reasonable or suicidal?
So I have a S&W 686 that I would like to shoot more. And I would like the loads to be close to real .357 loads for practice reasons. Maybe even stout enough to do for feral hog as a backup gun. One thing though, I need to be able to use small pistol magnum primers.
So if you were only going to use these hand loads in a S&W 686 with new starline 38 +P brass how far would you be willing to push it? Give me X FPS with this many grain bullet. Or so many grains of this powder behind this bullet.
I'm torn between a 158 grain SWC or heavier "Keith" style vs 140/158 grain XTP. Leaning towards the 158 grain XTP. Maybe 2400 powder....maybe 900+ FPS. Sound reasonable or suicidal?