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Buckeye! · January 2, 2012, 01:14 PM

I carry my 357 Puma Levergun quite often deer hunting ...with a 16in barrel very comfortable to carry...I use 158gr. JSP... penetrate well through and through on both deer I 've taken with the 357 ...big wound channels....But you have to actually hunt ..no 200 yd. shots with this set up...for sure...

Out of my 16in barrel I get over 1825 FPs with 158 gr. factory JSP,which makes it a dandy Deer short range carbine...

A good 30-30 is hard to beat....

January 2, 2012, 01:14 PM	#25
Buckeye! Senior Member Join Date: September 1, 2008 Posts: 849	I carry my 357 Puma Levergun quite often deer hunting ...with a 16in barrel very comfortable to carry...I use 158gr. JSP... penetrate well through and through on both deer I 've taken with the 357 ...big wound channels....But you have to actually hunt ..no 200 yd. shots with this set up...for sure... Out of my 16in barrel I get over 1825 FPs with 158 gr. factory JSP,which makes it a dandy Deer short range carbine... A good 30-30 is hard to beat....