How fast to push a 110 grain 38 cal XTP

[buck460XVR]

I was given a bunch of 110 grain 38 cal XTP bullets.
I will be shooting these from a Ruger 77/357 with 1:16 rifling. I'll be using H110. Seems like I should be able to push these to 2400 fps fairly easily.
Will this bullet hold up to that speed? How about shooting a hog with this bullet?

Might make for a good coyote load from the little carbine, but for hogs I think you'd be wasting your time and making the majority of them shot suffer more that what is ethical. Just too many better options out there just to use 'em, just cause they were free. Even hogs deserve to be killed quickly and humanely. It would also probably be a great range bullet and when driven to more modest speeds(1800-2000 fps), probably very little recoil with good accuracy. I'm thinking for the most part, this is a SD type bullet and like most SD type bullets not the best for hunting anything larger than small to medium sized varmints. Still, if they were free, I'd find a good accurate, pleasant shooting load to shoot paper or reactive targets with it.

[briandg]

I also think that it might be better loaded down a bit to 2,000 or so,and loaded with a 2400/4227 or similar powder.

If peak velocity is what you want, 110May be the best choice, but you may still be better off with less than peak velocity.

[jmorris]

The thing is, Hornady only rates the 110gr .357" XTP to 1400 fps.

In their 4th edition volume 1 they show loads with the #35700 HP/XTP at 2400fps on page 580 (357/44 B&D). Not sure why they would publish load data that exceeds their rating by 1000 fps.

Their minimum load for the 110 XTP is 1550fps out of a S&W model 27 revolver (p566), no way they would have starting loads above rated maximum speeds, what is your source?



That said that bullet would be one of the last on my list for hog hunting with that caliber.