357 maximum loads

[tomfish1]

anyone got and 357 maximum loads. I only have Alliant 2400 and will be using hornady 180gr xtp jhp and sierra 170gr jhp with small rifle primers.

[jimkim]

This is from Hornady Handbook of Cartridge Reloading 7th Edition.

357 Maximum
handgun: Ruger Super Blackhawk; barrel: 10 1/2", 1 in 14" Twist; case: Remington; primer: Remington 7 1/2; bullet diameter: 0.357"; maximum C.O.L.: 1.990"; max. case length: 1.605"; case trim length: 1.595"

180gr Hornady HP-XTP or CL-SIL
Alliant 2400
Start 15.0gr@1250fps
Max 17.0gr@1400fps

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handgun: T/C Contender; barrel: 10", 1 in 14" Twist; case: Remington; primer: Remington 7 1/2; bullet diameter: 0.357", 0.358"; maximum C.O.L.: 1.990"; max. case length: 1.605"; case trim length: 1.595"

180gr Hornady HP-XTP, SP, SSP or CL-SIL
Alliant 2400
Start 17.1gr@1450fps
Max 19.3@1600fps

[tomfish1]

cool thx, I have lyman 49th and Sierra handbook and neither had anything that close.

[margiesex]

From my 50th Anniversary Sierra Edition - on a 180 grain load, you start out at 10.1 and max out at 11.5.

With the loads mentioned from the Hornady manual - all I can say is "OUCH!"

My standard .357 load that has shot consistantly well in all the mags I've owned is 15 grains of 2400 pushing a 158 grain (or in the old days 160 grain) JSP's. That's enough to flatten the primers a bit - throw enough fire to scare off the blackbirds and beat up my old shoulders enough!

And in my daughter's 2" Taurus - that's almost more than I can handle well.

I can't imagine ramping it up.

And, I use magnum pistol primers to better burn all of that 2400.

God bless!

Margiesex

And remember: Hug your God and your guns - 'cause he's coming for them both and sooner than we think!

[jimkim]

Ouch!
From my 50th Anniversary Sierra Edition - on a 180 grain load, you start out at 10.1 and max out at 11.5.

That looks like 357 Magnum data, not 357 Maximum data.