Just this morning I was shooting some .357 handloads through a M28 4" Highway Patrolman. I use the original .357 Magnum bullet, the H&G #51 developed by Phil Sharpe. It's a 160 grain cast plainbase SWC loaded with 12 grs. #2400. Muzzle velocity is probably 1100 fps in the 4" gun. It's accurate, recoil is very tolerable (more so than the hotter factory stuff), and it will likely do anything hotter .357 loads will do, but I don't have much need for shooting through bullet proof vests or cars like some.

The #51 is more useful than the #358429 or #358439 because you don't have to crimp it using a make-do method because of bullet length. Accuracy of the #51 will equal either of the Lyman designs.

I seldom shoot factory ammo, but if any company produced a factory .357 load like mine, I think it would be a great and useful .357 load. I realize Buffalo Bore and maybe others make .38 Special loads to approximately those specs, but I don't know if anyone downloads .357.