Hello all GBO enthusiasts.
I have a Uberti Baby RB in .357 mag that I`m about to re-chamber to .357 Rem Max. Wondering, have any of you done this? I have researched this topic on other sites, and even asked Uberti USA, and I have yet to find anyone who has done this conversion.
Is the Uberti up to the pressure increase?? Well, my chief rationale for choosing to go ahead with the conversion, is the fact that Uberti offered the exact same carbine as mine in 5.6 x 50 R mag., which has a higher pressure rating than does the .357 mag cartidge.
http://www.ubertireplicas.com/lever-babyrollingcar.phphttp://kwk.us/pressures.htmlFurther, the case diameters are almost the same dimensions.
http://stevespages.com/page8d.htmI shoot 180gr Cast Performance bullets and will be staying with these pills for the .357 Rem Max loading. My goal is to target 2000 fps, and then work on accuracy from that approximate velocity.
I realize many others loading the same weight boolits for single shot .357 Rem Max achieve more veloctiy than 2000fps, but because this is STILL a .357 mag rifle, I wish to remain on the side of caution. Not looking for an early dirt nap, lol.
I ve been trying to wade through the PSI, CIP, CUP pressure differences and theories of why-fors, converting PSI pressures to CUP, etc, etc, on the .357 Rem max and the .357 mag loadings, and the info has me going around in circles. This combined with fact that published reloading info from the powder manufactures and bullet manuals do not include pressure ratings for the Rem Max loads??
The 180 gr load I shoot now in .357 mag Uberti , 14.9 gr H110 is not too far off my target of 2000fps, but I would still like to see some published info on the pressures that others like Cor bon and Buffalo Bore 180gr loads are reaching, but they don`t list the pressures.
One more question...... what is the CIP rating for .357 mag cartidge? For Italian guns specifically? I read that Pedersoli proof tests their guns at 30 percent greater than PMax pressures
http://www.bpcr.net/index-a.htm but, Pedersoli is not Uberti.......will Uberti use the same PMax pressures that Pedersoili uses? I see that it is 46411 CUP-PSI for the .357 mag.
Thanks for your thoughts!