Dan Wesson 357 Super Mag Maximum

[Dave James]

Getting ready to pick one of these beast up DW model 40 with the 8" barrel and heavy sleve, any one have favorite loads? Or links to where any ammo may be hiding??? AM ordering brass and dies as we speak, but Remington stopped production a few years ago.

[harry]

Getting ready to pick one of these beast up DW model 40 with the 8" barrel and heavy sleve, any one have favorite loads? Or links to where any ammo may be hiding??? AM ordering brass and dies as we speak, but Remington stopped production a few years ago.

I thought the DW was called the 360 DW, and the other was the 357 Maximum?

Yep the DW is the 360 unless it has been bored or such.
http://www.lasc.us/RangingShotDanWesson360Revolver.htm

[Thunder50]

Plain old 357 mag dies work fine with the Max. Heavier bullets, 180 and up worked better with the one I had years ago (wish I had kept it). I used 5744 in mine, but had shot 4227 and others liked 680

[3leggedturtle]

Correct me if my memory is off. The 357 Super Mag was Developed by Elgin Gates for silhouette, Dan Wesson chambered for the sillywet shooters. It was/is same as 357 Max. Ruger and Remington renamed it to 357 MAX for the "new" lengthened Blackhawk frame. Don't know hen the 360DW came out, but was made split difference between the 357 Max and the 357 Mag.

[Hobie]

Correct me if my memory is off. The 357 Super Mag was Developed by Elgin Gates for silhouette, Dan Wesson chambered for the sillywet shooters. It was/is same as 357 Max. Ruger and Remington renamed it to 357 MAX for the "new" lengthened Blackhawk frame. Don't know hen the 360DW came out, but was made split difference between the 357 Max and the 357 Mag.

I think you're correct!

FWIW I have a Max (Contender, 21") and it is a great cartridge, in a rifle.

[missionary5155]

Greetings
Have a DW 357 SM sitting in my storage. Mine is the 8" slotted model. The barrels and "Shrouds" are interchangable. Barrels with in the same caliber. Shrouds are somewhat interchangable between the large frame revolvers. Such as my 41 Mag has
worn a 44 mag shroud with a scope attachment from time to time. The 44 mag has had a 41 mag 8" shroud on it. My 375 Supermag has had several 41 or 44 mag shrouds attached. Sometimes there is a roll pin (guide alignment ) that must be shifted about on the revolver face below the barrel.
I have found modt powders from 2400 to 1680 work well with haevy bullets. Below 170 grains does not work well for me. For great load info head over to the Dan Wesson site. Good people with alot of DW savy.
Mike in ILL.

[Dave James]

Thanks for the replies,, will look at the DW forum

[6pt-sika]

I had one of the DW stainless 8" slotted shroud 357 MAX revolvers a few years back . And I must say it IS one of those I regret selling over the years !

I used to load the Hornady 180 XTP in mine .

Wish I had killed a deer with it before I sent it down the road .

[Peter M. Eick]

Mine is an 8" non-slotted. Excellent shooter.

I use exclusively 4227 in mine and lately it has been with 180 and 200 grn lead bulles. Check your manual but somewhere in the range of 20 grns is a good start.

[Thunder50]

IIRC, Gates would take two 357 mag cases, cut the base end of one of them and weld it to the other case to make a 357 super mag case, for his experiments