.357 Magnum Brass

AveragEd said:
Remember that the ONLY reason for .357 Magnum cases being longer is so that ammo cannot be fired in a firearm chambered for .38 Special as those guns may not be safe to shoot with such hot loads. Any load that you would put in .357 brass would also work in the .010" shorter .38 Special brass.

Ed
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I'm totally new to reloading and this forum, so this is not the voice of experience. I'm getting my guidance from Lyman's 49th edition and on p. 356, it says "Never use 357 Magnum Loads in 38 Special cases as very dangerous pressure will result."

They might be wrong, but there's a data point.
 
The stuff is scarce.....

I finally found some at 'The Brass Man' for a little too high of a price but I thought it was a better deal than $15/100 on a site with 'out of stock, no backorder'.


I've been REALLY antsy about getting .357 brass, because it was one that I wasn't stocked up on, being relatively new to the .357. I'm trying to get enough supplies to last me a LONG time as a hedge against more shortages.
 
John, I think that warning has more to do with the gun's ability to handle the pressure than the shell casing's. And for the record, I have never loaded magnum-level recipes in .38 Special cases - I just have read about it being done. Look at some of the fodder Elmer Keith used to feed his .44 Specials! They withstood the punishment but I wouldn't do it to mine.

Ed
 
Interesting. I've never even looked for new brass. There's such an abundance of once fired brass on the floor my local indoor range I've never felt compelled to even buy any.
 
If you shoot .38 out of a .357

I you shoot .38 out of a .357 and then try to shoot .357 cartridges, you will have to brush out the chamber because crud forms in that little gap caused by the extra length of the .357 case. If you don't the .357s will be hard to chamber.

Also, don't put magnum loads in .38 cases because someone may not know and put them in a .38 pistol.

One reason I wanted more .357 brass was a make a target .38 load using a .357 case.
 
I've stocked up on 357 Magnum brass by signing up with Starline to be notified when I could place a backorder for the brass. Ordered 1500 cases and only had to wait about 2 weeks before it was shipped. The key with Starline is to wait for the "Not taking Backorders" status to change. What it means is they put that item on the schedule and by doing a backorder you get put in line for cases from that scheduled run. BTW, Starline does NOT bill your CC until your item ships, in fact in my cases they didn't bill my card until a day after the order was shipped.
 
dwpmusic said:
What has made it almost IMPOSSIBLE to find .357 Mag brass? I know the shortages of everything we've faced due to all the idiotic shootings and having to live with Obama et al but really I cannot put my hands on any .357 brass. I'm just starting to attempt to reload .357 and nada, nothing can be found. I don't have but a few hundred pieces of .357 brass and I hate to keep loading and reloading and reloading the same brass. Have been tempted to buy some factory ammo just to get the brass but guess what? You can't hardly find any of that either. It must be a more popular caliber than I thought. OK, rant over. Just shoot me a message if you know who has any.
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As far as I know me and one other member at the range shoot .the Sigs I reload he doesn't he keeps all his brass for me. I am glad I don't load 10 mm rounds they are harder to find than the Sigs
 
Keep searching the web, once fired stuff is available. If I was really hurting, then buying 100 factory rds would suck, but I would have brass for 2000 reloads.
 
i fired off a box on thursday at the range. Didnt even occur to me to save it. Im sure theres a million posts on the topic, but how much roughly for the tools needed to reload? Was watching a couple videos on the youtubes and seemed pretty cool. Especially after blowing through 80 bucks worth of ammo in like an hour at the range. I dont think right now I will be able to afford to shoot as much as I would like to. thanks
 
Go and purchase a few hundred rounds and then just use the brass from that over and over again for a very long time.
 
Charlton Heston said:
i fired off a box on thursday at the range. Didnt even occur to me to save it. Im sure theres a million posts on the topic, but how much roughly for the tools needed to reload? Was watching a couple videos on the youtubes and seemed pretty cool. Especially after blowing through 80 bucks worth of ammo in like an hour at the range. I dont think right now I will be able to afford to shoot as much as I would like to. thanks
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This is a very good press and kit. Will last lifetimes and guaranteed for life. No junk here. You can find it a few bucks less elsewhere. You can buy a less expensive press/kit but this is top quality.

So calculate how much those factory 357 mag ammo cost you. All you need to add to this is powder and primers, dies and box of bullets. Yes it is a bunch $$ up front but then you are not buying ammo again!

357 Mag is one of the most cost efficient caliber to load. That stuff is expensive to buy and it's not going to get any cheaper!

RCBS Rock Chucker Supreme Master Single Stage Press Kit
 
I used to think brass was made of copper & zinc. Now, according to the price of it, I'm tending to believe it's made of recycled Krugerrands.
 
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