Was in a LGS last year for $850, but was sold before I got there. Yesterday the guy who bought it sold it to me for $100 less. This thing is a beast. Now I can work up some loads in the 353 Casull or 360 Dan Wesson range.












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The Redhawk in 357 Magnum is truly a beast of a revolver. Very strong, very heavy, and rather rare. Be very careful with hotrodded ammo, you surely would not want to put such ammo in something like a model 19 or 640.

Hmmmm....got me thinking now. Might need to ream my 357 redhawk cylinders a little deeper. 360 dan Wesson; coulda had one, but it woulda cost me. For those that don't know, it’s the 44 mag frame gun chambered in .357 with a marginally longer case. Not the off the shelf smaller frame .357 gun with hot loads. Is brass still available?

Cylinder walls look thick enough to withstand a case full of bullseye.

Starline has 360DW brass.

I purchased some to work up loads in a H&R 357 Carbine.

I am considering this too. Am I correct in assuming that .357 reamers would work? Maybe it would just be best to have a GS do it, since I don't want to buy the tooling for a one time use.

Fortunately, or unfortunately, depending on how you look at it, the only other 357 I have right now is a Python.

What is the difference between the 360DW and the 357 maximum? Those who do not know history are doomed to repeat it

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i have a 5 1/2" bl. 357 redhawk,made in 1984 still new.

Found this little tidbit of information posted by DWFan on TheHighRoad.org

[QUOTE=44wheelman Cylinder walls look thick enough to withstand a case full of bullseye.[/QUOTE]

I hope nobody will be tempted to try it!

360 DW falls between the 357 Mag, and the 357 Max in length.

I have the same revolver and went to the same wood Hogues to help keep the muzzle from drooping. For better or worse I have not loaded mine to be more powerful than a .357 Mag. If I were going to devalue it as a collector by reaming the chambers I'd consider the old wild cat that used a .44 Magnum case necked down. That wild cat was common enough for reamers to be available and it is in reloading manuals. The cylinder is big enough to neck down .454 Casual cases but, as far as I know, you'd have to have the reamer custom made and develop your own loads. The only thing I might do is seat 200 grain cast bullets out for more powder capacity.

I bought mine for what was the used price for the same revolver in .44 Magnum. The distributor sold it to the local gun store as a .44 Magnum but had the serial number correct. I like odd balls so I snapped it up. If was going to seek out another I'd buy a 5 1/2" to make it less muzzle heavy. On the other hand the only .357 pistol that might recoil less is a Desert Eagle gas operated automatic.

I had considered reaming it to fit the 360DW until I found the load information in post #9 above. I have a couple hundred brand new Starline 357 cases to use to sneak up on a good load that approximates the 360DW without modifying the cylinder. Hope the barrel twist is up to it.