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kraigwy · February 21, 2012, 11:15 AM

The department I worked for started using winchester 125 grn 357s Silvertip. I tried them but went back to LSWCs.

The thing was we had a lot of moose/vehicle encounters where the moose would have to be put down. I found the 150/158 gn LSWCs (non hp) worked better.

The Winchester LSWCs were swedged not hard cast, I found they worked just as well if not better then my hard cast LSWCs so I gave up worrying about hard cast bullets.

February 21, 2012, 11:15 AM	#7
kraigwy Senior Member Join Date: June 16, 2008 Location: Wyoming Posts: 11,061	The department I worked for started using winchester 125 grn 357s Silvertip. I tried them but went back to LSWCs. The thing was we had a lot of moose/vehicle encounters where the moose would have to be put down. I found the 150/158 gn LSWCs (non hp) worked better. The Winchester LSWCs were swedged not hard cast, I found they worked just as well if not better then my hard cast LSWCs so I gave up worrying about hard cast bullets. __________________ Kraig Stuart CPT USAR Ret USAMU Sniper School Distinguished Rifle Badge 1071