357 barrels

[plumberroy]

I spent several hours reading old post and found no references How do these barrels do with 38 wadcutters ? roy

[Cat Whisperer]

Roy -

Take this with a grain of salt - just got my .357 bbl and have taken it to the range ONCE.

4 bullets loaded last year.

148gr wc was the worst
160gr wc was ok
170gr RN was ok
200gr Flat RN was best

Mine has a LOOOOOOONG throat.  An RCBS 35-200gc will engrave into the rifling and leave 1/16" CLEARANCE between it and the empty case.

I haven't tried small light bullets, nor anything jacketed yet, nor different loads with wc's.
Still room for lots of testing.