What Are Your Favorite Loads for Your .357 Levergun?

[wavetrain75]

For those who home brew your .38/.357s for your leverguns, what do you like?

For paper punching

For hunting

For cowboy action

For discouraging the boyz from the hood

[Hobie]

For all...

15 gr. Lil'Gun under the Remington 180 gr. SJHP or Hornady 180 gr. XTP
18 gr. Lil'Gun under the Hornady 158 gr. XTP-FP

For small game only (single loaded!)
any .38 Special wadcutter load

[Chuck 100 yd]

I can not load my favorite .357 load any longer because Alcan #7 is no longer made.

158gr. Speer soft point over 10.5 gr. AL #7

I shot the last of an old batch a couple years ago and they still were more accurate in my Marlin 1894 24" cowboy than any other load to date.

Hobie`s loads are the same as I have been loading for several years now and do very well.

[TedH]

I only shoot one load in mine. 180 gr. cast bullet with 16.0 gr. of LilGun.

[Rifleman336]

More notes for the load book.

Thanks,

Rifleman 336

[flounderjig]

13 grs. IMR 4227 with a 160 Lyman SWC 358156 gas checked. 13 gr. 2400 with a 158 gr. XTP HP. Either one for hunting or defensive. Hitting orange clays at 100 yards with either. Took my first deer with the XTP HP at 40 yards in Nov. Lung shot, one lung punctured thru, the other pulverized, exited and not recovered. Deer dropped right where I shot it. Going to try the Lyman next week on either hogs or deer. The accuracy is what sold me on both. Shooting a Marlin 1894C.

[dave in maine]

mine is 9.2 grains of blue dot with a 180 grain gas checked ww from a lee six hole mold that i got over at cast boolits,it tore the shoulder and lungs of a nice seven pointer.

[Jacko]

Using a Rossi M92 24"octagonal barrel

14 gr 2400 under a 158gr Remington semi JHP, CCI 550 sp primers - my most accurate Jacketed bullet load

12.2 grs 2400 under a 180gr Westcast fp, CCI550 SP primers - mild and accurate

13.5 grs AR2205[ Hodgdon H4227], 180 gr Westcast FP CCI550 SP primers - only punched paper with this but I'm sure it will be very effective on game

15 gr W296 158gr Westcast rnfp CCI 550 SP primers and load a 158 gr Hornady XTP JHP over the same charge - my favourite hunting load, bang flop kills

regards Jacko

[wavetrain75]

Thanks, I'll have to try some.