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braindead0 · November 18, 2002, 07:19 PM

Somewhere, sometime ago.. all the reloading manuals started basing their loads on well below SAAMI max pressure levels for .357. Form what I've heard, the current Accurate Arms manual is the only powder manufacturer to have full power .357 loads (47,000CUP I believe).

Much of this is 'what i've heard', but I have verified with my hornady and speer manuals, compared to the current AA manual... which lists much hotter loads.

I have a feeling (and I could be wrong of course) that somewhere along the line a bunch of really cheap junky .357's were being produced and the powder manufacturers got paranoid.

November 18, 2002, 07:19 PM	#10
braindead0 Senior Member Join Date: February 28, 2002 Location: Canton, Oh Posts: 896	Somewhere, sometime ago.. all the reloading manuals started basing their loads on well below SAAMI max pressure levels for .357. Form what I've heard, the current Accurate Arms manual is the only powder manufacturer to have full power .357 loads (47,000CUP I believe). Much of this is 'what i've heard', but I have verified with my hornady and speer manuals, compared to the current AA manual... which lists much hotter loads. I have a feeling (and I could be wrong of course) that somewhere along the line a bunch of really cheap junky .357's were being produced and the powder manufacturers got paranoid. __________________ DoD# 2223 Meum scapha volitare plenum anguillae