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Old 01-11-2017, 02:59 AM
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Default Gosh I'd hate to have to buy.....

...357 magnum when I can make anything I want at my loading bench in far greater quantities than I could ever buy.

But, since right now you are asking, Hornady makes some standard velocity .357 lead rounds. I like Hornady XPTs too. Speers are great, but expensive and hard to find. If you are just flinging lead down the range you don't need a cartridge that is designed for SD. Fiocchi makes affordable stuff.

I'm not sure why you like the lighter bullets when the .357 is optimized for heavier bullets, but if you like them, what they hey?

As somebody mentioned before, what kind of shooting you do determines the type of bullet and the load. If just punching paper the lead SWC target round is just fine.

People say, train with what you intend to shoot. I can't afford to practice like that, so I approximate SD loads and then fire a few of the real McCoys to know how I'm shooting.
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