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Loading 357 for plinking...hammering or stopping...

Posted: Sun Feb 11, 2024 12:03 pm
by fortyshooter
Loading up what I have shot over last year in 357. The Stoppers are 158 gr. XTP with 14 gr. of 2400 and Hammers which would be a pass thru stopper are the 180 Pugs with 11.6 of 2400 and of course my favorite all day plinker the 158 RNFP with 6.0 Power Pistol.

Revolver in picture my S&W 686 Plus 7 shooter 3 inch a fine one to shoot!

Re: Loading 357 for plinking...hammering or stopping...

Posted: Sun Feb 11, 2024 12:09 pm
by BigAl52
Those 180gr pills make steel swing. When I shoot them outa the single shot they are thumpers for sure. Try some RMR 147 grain smiley bullets they shoot wonderful

Re: Loading 357 for plinking...hammering or stopping...

Posted: Sun Feb 11, 2024 12:34 pm
by fortyshooter
BigAl52 wrote:
Sun Feb 11, 2024 12:09 pm
Those 180gr pills make steel swing. When I shoot them outa the single shot they are thumpers for sure. Try some RMR 147 grain smiley bullets they shoot wonderful
Yep...those 180's are little destroyers on targets sometimes! :D

Re: Loading 357 for plinking...hammering or stopping...

Posted: Sun Feb 11, 2024 3:25 pm
by Rifletom
fortyshooter wrote:
Sun Feb 11, 2024 12:34 pm
BigAl52 wrote:
Sun Feb 11, 2024 12:09 pm
Those 180gr pills make steel swing. When I shoot them outa the single shot they are thumpers for sure. Try some RMR 147 grain smiley bullets they shoot wonderful
Yep...those 180's are little destroyers on targets sometimes! :D
Yes they are! :)

Re: Loading 357 for plinking...hammering or stopping...

Posted: Sun Feb 11, 2024 6:16 pm
by 5shot
fortyshooter wrote:
Sun Feb 11, 2024 12:03 pm
Loading up what I have shot over last year in 357. The Stoppers are 158 gr. XTP with 14 gr. of 2400 and Hammers which would be a pass thru stopper are the 180 Pugs with 11.6 of 2400 and of course my favorite all day plinker the 158 RNFP with 6.0 Power Pistol.
The 158 RNFP is my favorite plinker also. Loaded over 5.4 gr of PP it works well in both of my Henry single shots, the X-Model, H012 carbine and a mess of revolvers. The same bullet over a little stiffer charge of HS6 and a magnum primer is the go-to plinker in a couple of guns that occasionally pierce standard primers. That load shoots well in everything also.

Re: Loading 357 for plinking...hammering or stopping...

Posted: Sun Feb 11, 2024 11:29 pm
by fortyshooter
Yep I am almost out of the 158 MB bullets....order time again!

Re: Loading 357 for plinking...hammering or stopping...

Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2024 12:20 am
by Rifletom
fortyshooter wrote:
Sun Feb 11, 2024 11:29 pm
Yep I am almost out of the 158 MB bullets....order time again!
Yep. Just got another box[500] of the MBC 180's coated rnfp. Load time!