hey guys, just thought I would share a load I was working on today. trying to get to a nice hunting load, hopefully for hog if I can find any. I bought a box of 158gr Sportsmaster semi-jacket HP's from Sierra and got out the old H110, which I have been avoiding for over a year since the recoil from revolvers feels like a baseball bat to the palm. No matter how high of a load in 357mag, they are all pretty comfortable from the 20" rossi. anyways, I had access to a chrony today and got some impressive numbers while staying a good bit away from max loadings. Let me preface with, I don't have the desire, or the property to shoot a hog over 100yards, maybe I would stretch out to 125yard, but I am not very accurate at those distances yet with my stock irons on the 92. I did a work up from 15gr to 16.5gr of H110 with 158gr bullet, CCI mag and a pretty strong roll crimp. found good accuracy from 16.2 and was still yielding an impressive 1580FPS-1620FPS. I was expecting to be in the low 15's, but I guess that extra 10" of barrel means something.
75 yards. bags in the back and 2x4's up front. good shooting for me.
I didn't just come here to hear myself talk, I promise. I have never hunted ANYTHING outside of popping a couple possums with a .22. Do these loads seem sufficient for hog? I assume they are fine for deer. Or should I just stick with the soft-point flat nose? should I just stick with my .300black supers and forget about the 357? I wasn't sure if to do handloading section, but I think this is where I would get first hand experience. and if you could share your .357 pet loads for hog, I am all ears.
thanks
skizz
75 yards. bags in the back and 2x4's up front. good shooting for me.
I didn't just come here to hear myself talk, I promise. I have never hunted ANYTHING outside of popping a couple possums with a .22. Do these loads seem sufficient for hog? I assume they are fine for deer. Or should I just stick with the soft-point flat nose? should I just stick with my .300black supers and forget about the 357? I wasn't sure if to do handloading section, but I think this is where I would get first hand experience. and if you could share your .357 pet loads for hog, I am all ears.
thanks
skizz