357 Mag. Corbon Ammo

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I just fired some Corbon 125gr. JHP round from my 357 mag and the flash from the discharge was incredible! A ball of flame just shot out the barrel. Is this normal??? It's very distracting to say the least. It makes follow up shots much harder. My golden saber ammo doesn't do this, plus it has less recoil.
 
A friend and my self were shooting corbons out of my revolver and while shooting them my friend got hit in the face with a piece of metal and cut him. I started to shoot them and I also got hit in the face so I don't shoot corbons anymore.
 
I ended up with 4 boxes of Corbon 357 once. I got a 6" 686 and they left my hand stinging. I dont need to go that hot ever with the 357. I dont know of anything personally that you'd have to go that hot with a 357 for cept maybe if you insist on hunting deer, and then 125 probly isnt what you want anyway. I got a 41 mag instead now :D Way less kick than those Corbons.

Randy
 


A carbine, like a Lone Wolf or a Brazilian lever action, could make good use of that extra powder....

Personally, I like the heavier bullets out of revolvers. 180 grains at about 1200 FPS from a 4 or 6 inch is pretty useful.



-tINY

 
My golden saber ammo doesn't do this, plus it has less recoil.
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Golden Sabers are pretty much .38 spl +P+ level - .357 Magnum loads.(1220 fps) They chrono just slightly faster than Cor Bon's 125 gr .38spl +p.(1125 fps).

Cor Bon is interesting stuff. They make some of the finest loads on the planet,,, as well as some of the worst junk. If you do some homework and avoid falling for the velocity hype Mr. Pi is fond of pushing you can find some very, very, very good selections (the above mentioned 125 gr .38 Spl +p).
 
Golden sabers have a flash-retardant powder, it's one of thier selling points.

I've used cor-bon, and still do. But thier approach is "velocity is king" which may not appeal to everyone.
 
Most of the "premium" defense cartridges (like the Golden Sabre) use flash retardants in the powder, and that greatly enhances their usefullness in the defense role.

Cor-Bons are HOT rounds. In general, the 125-grain loads in anything will have more flash than the heavier loadings. I wouldn't use them for defense, but Cor-Bon's 180-grain loads are good hunting loads.
 
Have you tried a heavier bullet load? The 158 is the standard around which the .357 was designed, and has a much more pleasant balance of flash/bang and 'flip'. With the hyper-velocity Corbon, you're pretty much emphasizing the worst characteristics (for the shooter) of the 125 gr. mag load--its noxious flash and painful noise.
 
I have shot the corbon 125's through my gp100 6" and honestly could not tell a difference between them and the 158 PMC .357 ammo. I did not notice an increase flash with them over the other stuff I was shooting. I use them for personal defense too. It seems I can only tell if there is a big diff in recoil. I can tell the diff between a 9mm (92FS) and a .45 (Sig P220ST) but I can't tell a diff between the .45 and the .40S&W(P99). They all pretty much recoil the same to me with the .357 having a little more than the .45...at least IMO.
 
Last week i fired up a box of 140gr
357 cor-bons,i noticed about half
had a large flash.They were quite
accurate but i'll stick with PMC
150gr starfires in my 3" 65-3.
 
I went to the range today and shot my last corbon 38spl+p125gns. My gun is a taurus 357 snub, and I thought they were going to rip my hand off. Gave me a nice bruise on my thumb. I think they're way too hot, even hotter than the 357 stuff I've shot. I'm done with them. :mad:
 
sorry this isnt about the .357 mag but I have a .454 Casull and was wondering if they are hotter too than standard loads. I was thinking of trying a few boxes of the 285gr bullets or if I got really crazy maybe the 335gr bullets :D
 
454:
Cor-bon loads are right to the ragged edge of SAMMI specs. The only commercial stuff that is equal/better would be the garrett or buffalo bore stuff.
 
Corbon's high numbers are no replacement for poor shooting skills. Also you would put innocent bystanders at risk. Remember- Innocent until Bankrupt.
 
I was thinking of trying a few boxes of the 285gr bullets or if I got really crazy maybe the 335gr bullets
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For what a few boxes of Corbon will cost you, you could get set up to reload high quality ammo of every conceivable range for your Casull for years to come.
 
actually I'm just starting to reload. What makes the Corbon ammo so expensive? Is it the extra powder from the hotter loads they make? Or might it just be the name? I dont know if I need to get anything heavier than a 300gr bullet for this thing. Heck I really dont need a .454 Casull but I do love the thing :D I cant wait until deer season :)
 
Corbon ammo is overpriced possibly dangerously overpressure crap. I would never buy it again or shoot it out of any of my guns. I bought two boxes of their 110 gr .38spl+p stuff for my 642. while I was testing it at the range, I noticed that the bullets were severly backing out of the cases as I fired it and checked the remaining rounds in the cylinder. I called corbon and asked and was told that was normal even though the ammo was supposedly designed for the light weight snubby revolver. Just what I need ammo that could malfunction and tie up my revolver in a self defense situation.

Federal PD 110 does not do that, and when I tested the federal 110 gr NON +P against the corbon I got the same penetration with less flash , recoil was similar, and guess what? the federals did not back out of the cases, properly crimped apparently.
 
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