Pointed bullets in the 357max

[handi243]

Has anyone tried any pointed bullets in the 357 max? i read that some have used the Remington corelokts any experience?

[wtroger]

Hornady 180 gr ssp shoot very well

[kingj]

I have tried the 180 Speers and the Hornady SSP 180 Prefer the Hornady.

Does anyone know of a 150 grain jacketed bullet?

[darat100]

Another vote for the Hornady 180

[quickdtoo]

This Hobie article has some good info on the 180gr SSP. Loading spitzer style bullets will require you to change the seating stem on your die set since typically it would be used to load blunt bullets. In addition to flatting the point, the seater stem doesn't fit the ogive of the bullet and bullet runout will be an issue.

Tim

http://specialtypistols.ottllc.com/sp10.html

There is a die "problem" some people experience when loading the Max. I made the mistake of loading my very first 180 gr. SSP in a .357 Max case using the seating stem that came with the die. The result was a flat point (FP). I had thought that I could get away with using the "issue" stem but it had flattened the point so much it was clear that would be unacceptable. So, I pulled the bullet (I like all mine to at least start out the same) and got the seating stem from my .35 Rem die, screwed it into the .357 Max die and seated a Hornady 180 gr. SSP just as pretty as pie. Too cheap to buy another seating stem, I just swap it back and forth.