[NoSecondBest]

Any jacketed .357 bullet you put through a rifle will hold together at the velocities you can get out of a .357mag rifle. I shoot a ton of .357max and I’ve shot a LOT of deer with rifles in the .357max using pistol bullets. In the max you have to get them over 2300fps to come apart. I’ve shot a good amount of deer with .357mag in both handgun and rifle and it’s very effective out to around 125 yards. After that distance the bullets don’t expand as well….although they still expand some. Why not send your rifle out and get it reamed to the .357max cartridge. It’s fairly cheap to do and people like Mike Bellm have made a good living doing it. Last year I shot two deer at a measured 190 yards and both dropped in sight.