357 rifle ammo vs 357 pistol ammo

its henry big boy, and a smith or taurus 357.

i would like to knwo also what ya think of shooting the hornady lerevolution in the pistols.

not knowing the dynamics its kinda hard to find this kinda info.

do i call the manuf of the gun or the rounds.
 
While generally speaking faster burning powders are used in pistol ammunition, it is may actually be possible to achieve a higher velocity, if that's important, with a slower burning powder. It is true, though, that the powder may not burn completely or may increase blast or flash because of powder burning after the bullet has left the barrel and in a sense, it is inefficient. But that's measuring efficiency the wrong way if higher bullet velocity is what you're after. Faster burning powders may produce excess pressure in achieving the same bullet velocity, which is the critical difference.
 
As Lee Jurras said about "submachine gun only" 9mm, it does not make sense to SLIGHTLY improve the ammunition for one gun and make it poor or unwise in another with the same chamber.

I do not know of any "rifle only" or "pistol only" .357 magnum ammunition or "recipe" and would not buy or load it if I saw any. Interchangeability is the whole point of a rifle in pistol caliber.

I think the Hornady rubbernose will do fine in lever action and revolver both and if they didn't think so, they would have labeled it.
 
I use the same ammo in my revolvers and carbines in both .357 and .44 calibers. Only concern is the use of handgun powder puff loads that produce less than 900 FPS and that's because of the possibility of a stuck bullet in the longer rifle barrel.
 
Excellent thread! Several points mentioned which I had not considered, using only factory .357 ammo in my Ruger SP101 and Marlin 1894C.

I think I may pick up some of that Hornady Leverevolution to have something that was specifically designed for rifle use.
 
i emailed hornady and they said the leverevolution would shoot fine in any good working handgun...so thats the route ill go
lotta good discussion here tho..mostly i buy off the hslef so alot of its over my head but good stuff
 
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