110 grain .357 (Corbon, Remington, and Winchester)

[CCantu357]

I noticed that after qutie some time of unavailbilty, Corbon 110 grain .357 appears to be available again. I have never used it, but I have always wanted to try it. I know some people do not care for the 110 grain .357 load, but I have always found them be a good mild Magnum load for K-frame Magnums. However, all three of these loads appear to be different from one another.

Corbon reports 1500fps from a 4" barrel, while both Remington and Winchester report 1295fps from a 4" - this is the mild loading I like. Does anybody know if the Corbon is really that much hotter, or is it just marketing hype?

Also, I notice the Remington 110 has a nickel case whereas the Winchester is a white box Q load with brass cases and no waterproofing. I often wonder if the nickel cases and waterproofing are really necesassry for defenisve, or just more markiting hype as well.

 

[Nevada Ed]

I don't have to worry about buying 110gr 357 ammo.......

since my revolver does not do well with it with factory or slow reloads.

Good luck.

 

[kci-mia]

I used to carry Winchester 357 magnum Whitebox 110gr JHP in my Ruger SP101 with 2 1/4" barrel. It was touted for a while as mid-power magnum load for use in short barrels. It was plenty accurate inside 10 yards without any signs of key-holes or anything. I once used for coup-de-grace shot on a downed hog and I was not impressed. The wound was shallow and I found small pieces of jacket around the wound. The wound channel was not deep and did not exit of off side. After that I switched to Federal 125gr JHP.

 

[Rock185]

I suspect the CorBon is that much hotter. I haven't used CorBon .357 110 grain, but have used, and chronographed, other CorBon ammo. It produced at least the velocities advertised, with only one exception that I can recall. Long time ago, I bought some CorBon .380 that was way short of the advertised velocity. When I contacted CorBon about it, I only had 5 rounds left. They asked me to send it to them for testing. They tested it, promptly called me back, and said I was right. Velocities were not up to spec, and this resulted from their using some new powder that did not produce the velocities intended. They didn't try to sugar coat it, or weasel out of it. They were very up front, and sent me two new boxes of their .380 ammo, that did perform as advertised. I understand CorBon is now under new ownership, but if their standards are up to what they were in past, I'd be confident their published specs are accurate.

BTW, I don't consider sealed bullet and primer to be marketing hype. Wish all my factory ammo was sealed in this fashion, like 9MM NATO, some Duty/SD type factory ammo for instance. Also, with .357 ammunition, I have found the nickel cases to be less likely to stick in a chamber that may not be glass smooth, like some Rugers I've owned for instance. This, due to nickel's lower coefficient of friction. Again, not hype...........ymmv