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Big Dog · 08-11-2005, 07:20 AM

My current favorite .357 Magnum handload, right out of the Hodgdon manual, is 18 grains of Lil' Gun powder under a 158 grain soft-hollow point.
It clocks 2000FPS in my buddy's EMF 18" barreled lever-carbine. Pressure is significantly lower than loads using other powders doing similar velocities.
It clocks 1500FPS from my 4" barreled Ruger Security Six!
This would be a decent deer load down here, as our deer don't run too large.
Hunting distances rarely extend past one hundred yards.

08-11-2005, 07:20 AM	#16
Big Dog Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Tallahassee, Florida Posts: 9,844	My current favorite .357 Magnum handload, right out of the Hodgdon manual, is 18 grains of Lil' Gun powder under a 158 grain soft-hollow point. It clocks 2000FPS in my buddy's EMF 18" barreled lever-carbine. Pressure is significantly lower than loads using other powders doing similar velocities. It clocks 1500FPS from my 4" barreled Ruger Security Six! This would be a decent deer load down here, as our deer don't run too large. Hunting distances rarely extend past one hundred yards. __________________ Moderator of: AR15/M16, M14/M1A, New/Beginning Shooters and Militaria/Collectables.