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jim8115 · October 30, 2012, 10:16 PM

Been playing around with power pistol in 357 Magnum. I am finding that it really shines if you are loading for a short barrel.

158 cast 8.0 PP
1103 FPS from a 2 1/2" 686 , 1226 from a ruger 6"GP100 a loss of about 10%

158 Nosler JHP 8.0 PP
1030 from 2 1/2 , 1160 from 6" -11%

For comparison
13.5 #9
1024 from the 2 1/2" , 1296 from the 6 " -23%

Especially interesting, 8.0 PP actually outperforms the #9 load in the 2 1/2"

JIM

October 30, 2012, 10:16 PM	#1
jim8115 Senior Member Join Date: July 23, 2011 Location: Arkansas Posts: 229	power pistol 357 snubby Been playing around with power pistol in 357 Magnum. I am finding that it really shines if you are loading for a short barrel. 158 cast 8.0 PP 1103 FPS from a 2 1/2" 686 , 1226 from a ruger 6"GP100 a loss of about 10% 158 Nosler JHP 8.0 PP 1030 from 2 1/2 , 1160 from 6" -11% For comparison 13.5 #9 1024 from the 2 1/2" , 1296 from the 6 " -23% Especially interesting, 8.0 PP actually outperforms the #9 load in the 2 1/2" JIM