Mack,
I hate to belabor a point but; the data I posted IS FOR 357Mag from the Hodgdon data website!

Your post says "you had a chance to chronograph" some loads, I just naturally assumed that you had loaded them. If you did, they were over their suggested maximum load by almost 2gr!

The point I was speaking to was the great inconsistency in your opposition to the heavy 38spl loads of the #8 only to use them for the 357Mag, and they are WAY over their suggested load for that cartridge.

I, on the other hand, am quite consistent. I use the Speer #8, and I don't care that they used crusher data, for loading my 160gr LSWC, whether it is in long or short cases!

Minimum load in the 38spl with SR4756 and minimum load in the 357Mag with the same powder and bullet!

FWIW