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Old 09-19-2020, 03:45 PM
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A shooting buddy recently bought a 60-15 which is a 3" J frame 357. He has been shooting 38 spl in it but a friend gave him a couple of boxes of 357 110 grain to try. As I recall the standard 357 load for S&W revolvers was the 158 grain. The 125 was hotter and not reccommended for a steady diet. Does that mean the 110 is hotte yet and maybe shouldn't be run through a J frame? What are your opinions of 357 ammo for a current production J frame 357?
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Old 09-19-2020, 03:57 PM
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Well, I await more expert opinions, but I think any factory 357 magnum ammo will be ok in a 60-15.

It's a very strong gun.

Most likely your hand will give out before your gun.
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The 5 shot J frames don't have the flat spot on the bottom of the forcing cone of the 6 shot K frame magnums. That is the point of failure of the Model 19/66 shooting the light bullet magnums. They should be fine to shoot through the Model 60.
I think 110 magnums are kind of a crapy load in general though. But fun to shoot around dusk......
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Most of the 110gr .357 Magnum loads I've seen are not full-power loads. I used to shoot WWB 110gr SJHP .357 Magnum loads when I had a 3" 65. No issues. That particular load is rated for about 1,295fps, so ballistically it's similar to 9mm 115gr +P/+P+. Light recoil in a steel K-frame, makes an impressive fireball at the range. Not the best defensive load, but I wouldn't call it the worst, either. Don't have any experience with other loads with that bullet weight.
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The Winchester version of the 110 grain does not have the velocity of some of the full bore 125 grain loads. It’s kind of like a 38 Special +p+.


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You can shoot .357s all day long in a "modern" model 60-15. It's made for a steady diet of them.
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The weight of the bullet has nothing to do with how hot the load is.
It is the type and amount of powder that determines that.

Having said that I have never liked any factory loaded 110 grain ammo.
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I've got a 60-15 and I shoot the WWB 110 grain.357's through it every time I go to the range without a problem. As a disclaimer, I don't shoot many, just enough to clean the chambers out after shooting my .38 special handloads. They do light up a room though!
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The weight of the bullet has nothing to do with how hot the load is.
It is the type and amount of powder that determines that.

Having said that I have never liked any factory loaded 110 grain ammo.
The weight of the bullet is also the length of the bullet, and as far as strap cutting goes it has a lot to do with it.


Contrary to a lot of the posts here, if you shoot a bunch of 357 through a J frame, it will loosen up the gun faster than if you were shooting the same through a k or l frame or any Ruger. I think of J frames as being chambered for 357, but not really being guns made for 357.

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I think that the 110 grain .357 might be a good SD defense load for a short barrel.
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