Favorite .357 cast bullet load
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Misfit
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Yup mag brass and primers. Just looking for middle of the road speed and pressure with good accuracy
Misfit
Member
Thanks for the info
I have a bottle of Unique on the bench and will try it out and report back. I've heard some say H110 is good too. Any experiencewith it?
Misfit
Member
I had a blackhawk but traded it...
missed it ever sense. But just get an old Ruger Service Six and am champin at the bit to try it out
waco
Springfield, Oregon
Just make sure the base of the bullet touches the powder. H110/296 does not like any air space.
RicinYakima
High Steppes of Eastern Washington
H110 is a poor cast bullet powder, as it required lots of powder and pressure, squeezed tight bullets and hard crimping. None is good for accuracy. My favorite is the 148 grain wad cutter with 5.0 grains of Bullseye with bullet only seated 1/2 in the case. Accurate at 900 f/s to 50 yards, hits hard and is clean burning (if you only lube one grease groove). FWIW
Wow . . . I mean just wow. That's quite the blanket statement. I guess I should return all my state and national revolver championship trophies because they were ALL won with cast bullets and H-110. I couldn't possibly remember how many 8 pounders of H-110 my 357's have burned up shooting 200 meter silhouette and now after 35 years I learn it is not good for accuracy and is a poor cast bullet powder. Wow.
The OP of this thread asked for a medium weight bullet mid range load and in that H-110 wouldn't be a good choice but to make a blanket statement that H-110 is a poor cast bullet powder and is not good for accuracy is just plain . . . Well, silly not to mention very wrong.
RicinYakima
High Steppes of Eastern Washington
Sorry Rick, but I never saw anyone do well with 145 grain plain based 357 bullets at mid-range loads. I love it for 200 grain gas checked in 357 loaded to the max. Different life experiences, different loads.
"The OP of this thread asked for a medium weight bullet mid range load and in that H-110 wouldn't be a good choice but to make a blanket statement that H-110 is a poor cast bullet powder and is not good for accuracy is just plain . . . Well, silly not to mention very wrong."
Somehow, I don't think you were using that type of load for your match shooting.
"The OP of this thread asked for a medium weight bullet mid range load and in that H-110 wouldn't be a good choice but to make a blanket statement that H-110 is a poor cast bullet powder and is not good for accuracy is just plain . . . Well, silly not to mention very wrong."
Somehow, I don't think you were using that type of load for your match shooting.
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RicinYakima
High Steppes of Eastern Washington
Didn't mean to offend you, Rick, but rereading the OP question, I still think it is a very poor choice for what he asked information about.
I wasn't offended but rather surprised at the blanket statement that H-110 is a poor cast bullet powder and not good for accuracy and that it came from you. I included in my post that the OP was looking for a mid weight mid range load and H-110 wouldn't be a good choice. It was the blanket statement that was so surprising, you usually word your posts much better, more carefully than that. Lot's of folks look up to you, me included and I didn't want it stuck in a newbies head that H-110 is a bad cast bullet powder. H-110 is a poor choice for any mid range or low pressure loading, cast or jacketed.
H110 is a great powder in 357, for the right loads. It is not a light bullet, mid range load powder. It is strictly for balls to the walls loads.
I still say Unique is as good as anything for a mid range load. Want 1000 fps, use Unique. Want 1400 fps, use H110.
Each powder has appropriate uses.
I still say Unique is as good as anything for a mid range load. Want 1000 fps, use Unique. Want 1400 fps, use H110.
Each powder has appropriate uses.
RicinYakima
High Steppes of Eastern Washington
Rick, you are right! I did word that poorly! I did not define "cast bullet powder" specifically for the OP's request. And I don't have an issue with Unique either, except that I only found one pound of it for sale from 2010 through 2017 and used up all I had. The primer and powder drought was very bad here in the rural West.
fiver
Well-Known Member
being 'stuck' with 16 lbs of herco..
worst day eevar handing over that 90$.
if you got unique and mag primers 6grs is good and actually pretty clean shooting for a middle of the road type load.
so is 6grs. of bulls-eye under a 148gr wad cutter.
I generally do use 7grs of Herco in the lever gun it is more loud than necessary in a revolver though.
replacing it with BE-86 or power pistol or true blue wouldn't break my heart none.
worst day eevar handing over that 90$.
if you got unique and mag primers 6grs is good and actually pretty clean shooting for a middle of the road type load.
so is 6grs. of bulls-eye under a 148gr wad cutter.
I generally do use 7grs of Herco in the lever gun it is more loud than necessary in a revolver though.
replacing it with BE-86 or power pistol or true blue wouldn't break my heart none.
145 is a touch lite,for me if looking for mid level loads.Not sayin it can't be a good weight.....probably use it as either a target load with fast powders or try,if the shape agreed,as a smokin varmint load?The latter may require some work.
For mid level,and this is out of laziness..... a good 160 Keith "style" and Unique to around 1000fps.Enough "poop" to know you're shooting a 357,but pleasant enough to shoot a cpl bxs full. Good luck with your project.
For mid level,and this is out of laziness..... a good 160 Keith "style" and Unique to around 1000fps.Enough "poop" to know you're shooting a 357,but pleasant enough to shoot a cpl bxs full. Good luck with your project.