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Colorado Redneck · May 31, 2013, 11:15 AM

Why does the data involve a 10 inch barrel? How many 357 shooters use a 10 inch barrel? I was in disbelief for a long time when looking at their web site for load info, and then someone here told us how to view the information about barrel length (hit the print button) and lo and behold, the extreme velocities for revolvers is obtained by using a barrel length that nobody I know uses. That is slightly misleading, to say the least.

I am aware that some silhouette shooters may use weapons like that, but it still seems intuitive that most---75% or more--hand gunners use barrel lengths 8 inches or less---mostly less.

Any insight or thoughts?

May 31, 2013, 11:15 AM	#1
Colorado Redneck Senior Member Join Date: January 6, 2008 Location: Northeast Colorado Posts: 1,993	IMR and Hodgdon 357 reloading data Why does the data involve a 10 inch barrel? How many 357 shooters use a 10 inch barrel? I was in disbelief for a long time when looking at their web site for load info, and then someone here told us how to view the information about barrel length (hit the print button) and lo and behold, the extreme velocities for revolvers is obtained by using a barrel length that nobody I know uses. That is slightly misleading, to say the least. I am aware that some silhouette shooters may use weapons like that, but it still seems intuitive that most---75% or more--hand gunners use barrel lengths 8 inches or less---mostly less. Any insight or thoughts?