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Dino in Reno 2 Junior Member Offline Posts: 56 Joined: Sep 2^nd, 2013	Re: .357 Magnum rifle Reply #15 - Oct 12^th, 2022 at 5:33am	Print Post
	The small Martini action will work with the .357 maximum round, i have one. It will take a few little details to make it "turn the corner" with long flat point bullets, Spire points not as big an issue with that.


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Dino in Reno 2 Junior Member Offline Posts: 56 Joined: Sep 2^nd, 2013	Re: .357 Magnum rifle Reply #16 - Oct 12^th, 2022 at 5:41am	Print Post
	This is my rifle.


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Rebel Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 4292 Location: Rockets and Race Cars Joined: Mar 9^th, 2015	Re: .357 Magnum rifle Reply #17 - Oct 12^th, 2022 at 11:39am	Print Post
	I got 2000FPS in my Rossi 92 with 296 and a 125gr JHP

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gnoahhh Oldtimer Offline Posts: 747 Location: Annapolis, MD Joined: Mar 31^st, 2010	Re: .357 Magnum rifle Reply #18 - Oct 12^th, 2022 at 2:51pm	Print Post
	Update: Did what I should've done in the first place and made a chamber cast. Turns out it's a .357 Maximum. (Barrel simply marked ".357") Could explain the spotty accuracy I was getting. Maximum brass has been laid in, loading a variety of cast bullets from 160 to 200 grain. Now all I need is good range day to wring it out. (Been on a hiatus after cataract surgery.)


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Jeff Michel Newbie Offline Posts: 2 Joined: Feb 12^th, 2023	Re: .357 Magnum rifle Reply #19 - Mar 9^th, 2023 at 6:30am	Print Post
	I use a 180 grain WFN from NOE, 12 grains of 2400, average velocity is just under 1500. I've used it out to 100 yards with very good results.


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RAM Participating Member Offline Posts: 34 Location: Henning, Minnesota Joined: Sep 27^th, 2020	Re: .357 Magnum rifle Reply #20 - Mar 9^th, 2023 at 8:02am	Print Post
	Beautiful rifle. What kind of area do you hunt deer? Thick cover or more open? Would make a fantastic short range gun in thick cover areas.


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curdog Junior Member Offline Posts: 61 Joined: Feb 26^th, 2022	Re: .357 Magnum rifle Reply #21 - Mar 10^th, 2023 at 3:20pm	Print Post
	The best method of making new deer habitat is clear felling.


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westerner Frequent Elocutionist Offline deleted posts and threads record holder. Posts: 11326 Location: Why, out West of course Joined: May 29^th, 2006	Re: .357 Magnum rifle Reply #22 - Mar 10^th, 2023 at 11:44pm	Print Post
	Shooting them little white tail deer you guys get back East browsing off the bushes around outbuildings and shops are fair game for a small foreign rifle using a pistol cartridges I suppose but it would never do on the deer we have here in Idaho. We have big tough manly deer that a pistol bullet would just bounce off of. You'd probly have problems getting a bullet to reach a mule deer here in Idaho.

	A blind squirrel runs into a tree every once in a while.
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Rebel Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 4292 Location: Rockets and Race Cars Joined: Mar 9^th, 2015	Re: .357 Magnum rifle Reply #23 - Mar 11^th, 2023 at 9:55am	Print Post
	I see you shot a jack-a lope. We just get'em by throwing small stones. Same with gators. We also don't like to ruin the bacon that runs wild by using too much gun. (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links)
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1isenough Full Member Offline Posts: 202 Location: Louisville, KY Joined: Dec 28^th, 2017	Re: .357 Magnum rifle Reply #24 - Mar 11^th, 2023 at 2:30pm	Print Post
	I bought a rifle very similar to yours, with a crummy 357 Mag chamber. Cut the chamber to 357 Max and it now shoots well. Here are a bunch of results I have developed, all at 100 yards and under 2" MOA: 125gr,FR-Berry's, 24g IMR4198 140gr, FTX, 16.5g 2400 (best group) 158gr, RN-Berry's, 24.6g IMR4198 158gr, RN-Berry's, 16.2g A2400 158gr, RN-Berry's, 26.9g IMR3031 158gr, XTP, 26.9g CFE BLK 158gr, XTP, 14.5g A2400 (357 Magnum cartridge) 180gr, XTP, 14.3g A2400 180gr, XTP, 17.2g IMR4227 180gr, RN/FP-GC (Quality Bullets), 17.7g A2400 180gr, RN/FP-GC (Quality Bullets), 25.7g IMR4198 180gr, RN/FP-GC (Quality Bullets), 20.7g IMR4227 180gr, RN/FP-GC (Quality Bullets), 16.6g LilGun Check the Shooters Reference site to get comfortable: (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links) Good luck - a great single shot round paired with a great rifle.


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westerner Frequent Elocutionist Offline deleted posts and threads record holder. Posts: 11326 Location: Why, out West of course Joined: May 29^th, 2006	Re: .357 Magnum rifle Reply #25 - Mar 11^th, 2023 at 4:28pm	Print Post
	Dino in Reno 2 wrote on Oct 12^th, 2022 at 5:41am: This is my rifle. That's a good looking rifle. Looks like a serious big game rifle. Looks like something you'd shoot a charging rhinoceros with. Nice looking wood too. (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links)

	A blind squirrel runs into a tree every once in a while.
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Jeff_Schultz ASSRA Board Member Offline Posts: 1560 Location: Ransomville, NY Joined: Apr 25^th, 2004	Re: .357 Magnum rifle Reply #26 - Mar 11^th, 2023 at 7:28pm	Print Post
	westerner wrote on Mar 10^th, 2023 at 11:44pm: Shooting them little white tail deer you guys get back East browsing off the bushes around outbuildings and shops are fair game for a small foreign rifle using a pistol cartridges I suppose but it would never do on the deer we have here in Idaho. We have big tough manly deer that a pistol bullet would just bounce off of. You'd probly have problems getting a bullet to reach a mule deer here in Idaho. Nice mount Joe!

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oneatatime Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 3750 Location: Rocky Mountains Joined: Oct 30^th, 2011	Re: .357 Magnum rifle Reply #27 - Mar 12^th, 2023 at 12:16am	Print Post
	You had me scared for a minute there, Joe. I thought you had done for my buck buddy who eats out of my hand in the backyard but I see now that yours is a bit smaller.


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westerner Frequent Elocutionist Offline deleted posts and threads record holder. Posts: 11326 Location: Why, out West of course Joined: May 29^th, 2006	Re: .357 Magnum rifle Reply #28 - Mar 12^th, 2023 at 3:23am	Print Post
	Yeah, that was a little one that was hanging out by the barn. The big monster trophy bucks get taken by out of staters. It's wild and wooly out here in the West.

	A blind squirrel runs into a tree every once in a while.
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Schuetzendave Frequent Elocutionist Offline Retired Ex-Shooter Posts: 3955 Location: St. Albert, Alberta Joined: Jan 28^th, 2005	Re: .357 Magnum rifle Reply #29 - Mar 15^th, 2023 at 4:51pm	Print Post
	Of course you get considerably more velocity shooting a pistol cartridge down a rifle barrel than through a shorter handgun barrel. No problem shooting deer out to 100 yards. You should still have sufficient foot pounds to make kills at that distance. However your delivered energy decreases as velocity drops over distance. Any further depends on your initial velocity and whether you use the heaviest bullet that your twist of barrel can throw. Of course the longer heavier bullets will have more kinetic energy for further distances. Or get Joe to tell you how to get close to Idaho Mule deer using salt block, bait piles or just sitting in a tree over their game trails. If a bullet bounces off the deer it is too tough to eat anyways. Besides your .357 Magnum has far more foot pounds energy than the .22 single shot that brought down this Grizzly.
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