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.357 Magnum Rifle Load for Hog?
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You shooting an H&R? I've got one and it is a shooter out at 100 yards with 357 mag 158 gr XTP Flat Point loads. It also kills deer very well.
Have a Ruger M77-357 and cherish that thing. It has shot 1 hog and 4 deer so far. No complaints from me. My wife's last deer with it was a 6 pt and had 18-20+ inches of penetration at 75 yards. Quartering towards, in just in front of the rt shoulder, bullet under hide 6 inches in front of the left hindquarter. He crumpled and didn't twitch. My XTP handloads have been impressive to me.
Considering getting some 180 A-Frames to load up and see how they do. I like the 158 XTP FPs but feel I may want something a little heavier to hopefully get full penetration on a deer at 100 yards. The XTP will be found sitting under the skin on the far side at that distance.
ANYWAY...
Did you go shoot some pigs yet? How did the bullets work? I can't see that load (and brand - love federal ammo) not working well, especially at the ranges specified.
Have a Ruger M77-357 and cherish that thing. It has shot 1 hog and 4 deer so far. No complaints from me. My wife's last deer with it was a 6 pt and had 18-20+ inches of penetration at 75 yards. Quartering towards, in just in front of the rt shoulder, bullet under hide 6 inches in front of the left hindquarter. He crumpled and didn't twitch. My XTP handloads have been impressive to me.
Considering getting some 180 A-Frames to load up and see how they do. I like the 158 XTP FPs but feel I may want something a little heavier to hopefully get full penetration on a deer at 100 yards. The XTP will be found sitting under the skin on the far side at that distance.
ANYWAY...
Did you go shoot some pigs yet? How did the bullets work? I can't see that load (and brand - love federal ammo) not working well, especially at the ranges specified.
Things change over the years, but, in the 80s when I was still working, I had more customers bring average guns (Winchester 94s, Marlin .22s, etc.) for me to "fix." This was in the days when Woolco (Woolworth's discount chain) sold guns.
Invariably, I would disassemble the guns, find nothing wrong, test fire them with store ammo, and have perfect results, only to find out they had been using Federal ammo which was the bottom of the barrel on those days.
I advised against the use of Federal, and they never had trouble after that.
It was my policy to remind people that Federal was supplying to the U.S. govt. and the govt. always buys from the lowest bidder.
Fast forward to the mid 90s, when my adopted son, who is a sheriff, acquired a .44 Mag Desert Eagle. As we were test firing it about 15% of the loads would fail to fire, due to the trigger not functioning. As it turned out, these were Federals, and while I was looking at the non-fired rounds, I saw that the rim thickness was grossly oversized, which I confirmed by measuring with a dial caliper. The incorrect rim thickness was actually causing the disconnector to not allow the pistol to fire. I don't remember the exact figures, but it was considerable.
OK, this was between 20 to 30+ years ago, and I do admit things can change, but this was my experience with Federal ammo, and I have never had any faith in it.
Invariably, I would disassemble the guns, find nothing wrong, test fire them with store ammo, and have perfect results, only to find out they had been using Federal ammo which was the bottom of the barrel on those days.
I advised against the use of Federal, and they never had trouble after that.
It was my policy to remind people that Federal was supplying to the U.S. govt. and the govt. always buys from the lowest bidder.
Fast forward to the mid 90s, when my adopted son, who is a sheriff, acquired a .44 Mag Desert Eagle. As we were test firing it about 15% of the loads would fail to fire, due to the trigger not functioning. As it turned out, these were Federals, and while I was looking at the non-fired rounds, I saw that the rim thickness was grossly oversized, which I confirmed by measuring with a dial caliper. The incorrect rim thickness was actually causing the disconnector to not allow the pistol to fire. I don't remember the exact figures, but it was considerable.
OK, this was between 20 to 30+ years ago, and I do admit things can change, but this was my experience with Federal ammo, and I have never had any faith in it.