Riddle of the day for reloaders

They are not super long range and the critter must be pretty tough. Nilgai or Hog tough. Gary set a benchmark at HHC a while back displaying the limits of the .357 and that particular bullet, to me anyway. It's not a cannon! But a hard cast bullet of good design can do some pretty serious damage.

I made a batch a few years ago for a friend using a 4" S&W 686. Running LilGun the 180 gr. FNGC ran 1350 fps! Shot completely though some nice 200-250# hogs. He was following up some wounded in a bowhunter's camp. Their 9mm and .40 tool box guns with JHPs were completely ineffective unless stuck right in the ear point blank. Sobering to a man thinking they have his butt covered. (BTW he said the 9 had a slight notable edge over the .40 in penetration on them) I like the idea of a FP-FMJ IF the gun feeds it, many just won't. No matter how hard you want them to, if it don't work, it won't.

If those are .357 punch bullets work fine for close in work on medium game. I prefer more barrel and bigger bullet. Those look smallish.

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357 Max brass
I run them thru a 30 Herrett die and load with 115 gr of #8
And bullseye powder and seal with a little swap of micro lube on top.
Shoots 1200 FPS, need a little refinement but a good start

Sean

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