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johnbt · January 10, 2012, 06:47 PM

See, the thing about pressure is that it can occur very briefly as just a momentary spike, or over a longer period of time. It's a balancing act to get the highest speeds out a certain barrel length with a certain weight of bullet and not exceed the published pressure standard.

Last week I bought a box of Black Hills 125 gr. .357 Mag at the gun shop for the heck of it. It's supposed to be 1500 fps. Okay, okay that's only 50 fps faster then the high-dollar Remington hollow points, but I had the money burning a hole in my pocket. We'll shoot them Friday.

http://www.midwayusa.com/product/444...oint-box-of-50

•Muzzle Velocity: 1500 fps
•Muzzle Energy: 625 ft. lbs.

edited to add: The six comments are all highly positive. I guess if it's good for a 350# hog, etc.

January 10, 2012, 06:47 PM	#10
johnbt Senior Member Join Date: December 6, 1999 Location: Richmond, Virginia USA Posts: 6,004	See, the thing about pressure is that it can occur very briefly as just a momentary spike, or over a longer period of time. It's a balancing act to get the highest speeds out a certain barrel length with a certain weight of bullet and not exceed the published pressure standard. Last week I bought a box of Black Hills 125 gr. .357 Mag at the gun shop for the heck of it. It's supposed to be 1500 fps. Okay, okay that's only 50 fps faster then the high-dollar Remington hollow points, but I had the money burning a hole in my pocket. We'll shoot them Friday. http://www.midwayusa.com/product/444...oint-box-of-50 •Muzzle Velocity: 1500 fps •Muzzle Energy: 625 ft. lbs. edited to add: The six comments are all highly positive. I guess if it's good for a 350# hog, etc. Last edited by johnbt; January 11, 2012 at 06:43 PM.