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Offline rdh

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Finally got my 357max !!
« on: February 18, 2008, 03:43:28 PM »
 :)Picked up my barely used 14" 357max barrel at the gun show last weekend. It shoots very accurate what I have shot it so far I am in need of a good scope had an old tc 1.5 power wanting something in the 2x6. The recoil is not bad but I think it has more than a 30/30. I loaded 20 rounds of 180gr xtps behind 19.6 gr of lil gun. I realy like the lil gun powder in pistol cartrigdes it flows well and take a look at the pressures over H110 or win 296. Thank you all for the help
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Offline skarke

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Re: Finally got my 357max !!
« Reply #1 on: February 18, 2008, 04:17:13 PM »
I love that cartridge.  Don't have one, but I have had the pleasure of shooting a buddy's a few times.  Great cartridge out of a 10 inch barrel.  Nice to carry in the woods with a little sand bag.
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Re: Finally got my 357max !!
« Reply #2 on: February 19, 2008, 12:05:54 PM »
   I`ve taken several deer with a .357 max. in the last few years. I lost 1 because of bullet failure with a 170 gn. Sierra. I hit the Ball joint in the front leg. The bullets I`m using now are still more frangible than I like and I my go to hard cast gas checked so I don`t have to wait on the perfect shot. I`ve never put one down right there, but they don`t go far with a double lung shot. Nice deer round.
   Hint, put a high by pod on it. Mine wears a 2 1/2 x 8 Leupold on it and a 27 in. by pod. When your sitting on the ground you can put the butt of the gun on your knee, about like the bench. A 2X scope is all you really need for deer, but the 8X is really nice from the bench.
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