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Offline woodsrunner

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.357 MAX
« on: October 08, 2007, 02:58:23 AM »
Question--I have a factory .357 Max barrel that has been fired 1 time( looong story) and a NIB .357 Mag rifle. I want to make general purpose/ walking around/ utility/ fun gun. Now, with long chambers and some other factory issues, should I sell the Max and ream the Mag or sell the Mag and work with the Max? Or, maybe take up horse-shoes?

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Re: .357 MAX
« Reply #1 on: October 08, 2007, 03:17:00 AM »
If it was me I would see if I could get the MAX to shoot. If I can get it to shoot then I would leave the 357 alone. If the MAX could not shoot well then I would think about reaming the 357 to a MAX, 35 Remington or some other suitable cartridge. I would then sell the MAX. If you can get the MAX to shoot, I would still hang on to the 357 for a later project. That is my 2 cents. :)
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Re: .357 MAX
« Reply #2 on: October 08, 2007, 03:20:16 AM »
You could send them over to my house and then I could save you all of the hassle of sorting it out. ;D ;D ;D
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Re: .357 MAX
« Reply #3 on: October 08, 2007, 05:20:29 AM »
I really liked my original .357 Mag H&R/NEF barrel and could shoot .360 Dan Wessons out of it. It finally did become a .357 Max and another .357 barrel I acquired became a .35 Remington. I also have an original 26" .35 Whelen RMEF barrel and am quite happy with my .35 calber H&R/NEF barrels right now. Of course if another .357 Mag barrel became avaiilable I would want it too!!!....<><....:)
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Re: .357 MAX
« Reply #4 on: October 08, 2007, 06:28:19 AM »
  My vote is:
 1) keep em' BOTH and have the 357mag barrel re-chambered to 357/44 Bain & Davis.
 Or:
 2) just leave it as is, stop thinking of the .357 as a handgun round and start thinkin' about all that free MV you get from that barrel length that mag should fit the bill precisely for a woods bummin' gun from squirrels up to Whitetails!
 But:
 DO NOT Under any circumstances take up horse shoes!! Those things are Dangerous!! But if you must, please have a trained professional take them off the horse first!!
 (don't ask! its a painful memory ....)
JMH2¢
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Re: .357 MAX
« Reply #5 on: October 09, 2007, 01:48:49 AM »
Well, keep us up to date one way or the other. Be interesting to see what kind of loads you end up with; and what kind of results you get.

I been fiddling around with a 357 mag,( converted to Max.) Handi for a while now. Be curious to compare observations.
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Re: .357 MAX
« Reply #6 on: October 09, 2007, 11:28:23 AM »
I shot mine about 10 times before making it a max best thing i did I LOVE IT it is the best shooting handi i have i went to the range this past Sat. it shot about an inch at 100 yrds. i am shooting 180 xtp with 21grs of win 296 brass looked fine thinking about stepping it up alittle. I did try some 357 mag 158 gr it shoots them about 6" high.
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