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[Well Armed]

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[Univibe]

Buffalo Bore? For defense against bears, sure.

I load a 158 grain SWC to about 1050 fps. Sort of a .38 spl +P+ load. That would go all the way through even a 300 pound thug.

 

[Well Armed]

Buffalo Bore? For defense against bears, sure.

I load a 158 grain SWC to about 1050 fps. Sort of a .38 spl +P+ load. That would go all the way through even a 300 pound thug.

BB 125 for defense of humans. I beleive it 1400ish fps out of the 2.5" 686 I carry. Might not be a bear, but rather a criminal behind cover.

 

[Abbynormal]

For 40 years, I've used Federal 357-B cartridge. 125 gr SJHP. It was the cop standard for .357 until bottom feeders took over.

Mucho power, very accurate and a damn ton of one shot stops.

 

[bigwheelzip]

For 40 years, I've used Federal 357-B cartridge. 125 gr SJHP. It was the cop standard for .357 until bottom feeders took over.

Mucho power, very accurate and a damn ton of one shot stops.

Same Federal ammo for me also. I stocked up before they discontinued it.

 

[The Norseman]

Double Trouble

Hard Lead Double End Wad Cutter or Semi Wad Cutter
reloads. Depends which Revolver is nearest.

 

[hyena]

125gr Golden Saber.

 

[StakeOut]

2.5" 686-4
Speer Gold Dot Short Barrel 135gr JHP

 

[Well Armed]

Same Federal ammo for me also. I stocked up before they discontinued it.

125gr Golden Saber.

Seems like most L.E. used 125 gr but nowadays everyone is recommending 158. I asked this question elsewhere, and 158 gr was by far the most popular.

 

[RGNewell]

Federal 125 JHP OR 3 #1 BUCK in a Speer shot capsule.

 

[eb07]

Speer gold dot 357 135gr

 

[ostlund]

158 gr Speer Gold Dot.

 

[Narragansett]

I had permits to carry for over 45 years, and hardly ever carried, I keep loaded guns around as home defense, and I just use the standard load for the caliber. Hardball in semi autos, and 158 grain hard cast SWC lead in 38/357 guns. Standard loads to standard velocities and pressures.

I cannot see purchasing boutique ammo at exorbitant prices and have plenty of confidence in what I do use

Just me I guess

 

[bigwheelzip]

Seems like most L.E. used 125 gr but nowadays everyone is recommending 158. I asked this question elsewhere, and 158 gr was by far the most popular.

Can't go wrong with either one on two-legged quarry.

One reason the 158 is often recommended over 125 is the popularity of "K" frame revolvers, which until the latest change, were prone to flame-cutting damage when used with the shorter 125gr.

Personally, I selected that ammo because I shoot the best groups with it in my "L" frames.

 

[PR24]

Speer .357 Mag 158 gr. GDHP (dept. issue).
I just changed the new ammo contract to use the 125 gr. GDHP & get the 135 gr .357 Mag GDHP-SB.

Quite a few of our officers have snub .357 magnum’s but shooting the full house stuff (as everybody on this forum is acutely aware) is tantamount to torture. Most of them just carry the 135 grain gold dot short barrel .38 but. Using the .357 GDHP-SB’s is like a +P+ .38. Manageable and more horse power.

 

[PR24]

Can't go wrong with either one on two-legged quarry.

One reason the 158 is often recommended over 125 is the popularity of "K" frame revolvers, which until the latest change, were prone to flame-cutting damage when used with the shorter 125gr.

Personally, I selected that ammo because I shoot the best groups with it in my "L" frames.

The 158 is a hunting round generally in .357 Mag. The 125 gr. has one hell of a street record.

 

[biku324]

Federal 357B, 125 grain JHP. We had 25 years of successful results with this load, the last in 1998.

 

[abigails&w]

135gr Gold Dot Short Barrel for me

135 gr Speer Gold Dot Short Barrel .357 Magnum in my carry snubs. Same snubs get the .38 Special variant of the same for indoor duty. Both variants are soft shooting and easy to place on target. Bonus the bullet opening is so wide that even if they won't expand they can act as wadcutters.

 

[6GUNSONLY]

I split the difference and carry 140 grain XTPs in my .357 truck gun (4" Ruger Security Six). These are handloads. I can't make myself pay the tariff on .357 factory stuff (if you could even find any). My truck gun is much more likely to be used on a deer, a hog, or a cottonmouth than against a human target, but I think what I have loaded will serve for any of those needs. I just got a new bullet mold that casts an updated version of Elmer's 357429 173 grain SWC. My mold has four different sets of pins (2 cavity mold) that can make it throw solids, a dimple point hollow point, a hollow point similar to the old Lyman molds, or option four is a deep cavity that extends down to near the first driving band. It throws a bullet with a gas check heel. When I have some time to get some bullets cast up, loaded, and tested, these will probably be my go-to bullets for all high-performance .357 loads. And I have other molds for "bulk" shooting ammo - plain base, solid nose SWCs from 4-cavity molds.

 

[31FordA]

I’ve been carrying Golden Saber 125gr for over 15 years in my SP-101 and GP-100. When I carried Magnum ammo in my K frames I used the 145gr Silvertips.