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I took the Big Boy to the range yesterday morning, to check out some new loads. I had no luck with the cast bullet loads, however the S&B 158 grain JSP's over a 9.5 grain charge of HS-6 (taken from the Hodgdon reloading data center website) and CCI550 primers produced very good accuracy. The distance to target was 100 meters (109 yards).

That's great shooting for a 357.

Looks like you found the right recipe for that one. Great shooting!

Very accurate!

Great shooting! Thanks for the report and target photo.

Looks real good, thanks for posting.

Nice job HS-6 also works good in the 45 colt. I like that power and have tried it many times in the colt. I wondered how it would do in 357 now I know. Al

that should be a good hunting round .... do you plan to keep working to develop a lead practice round ??

Nice 357 group for 100 meters. I'd be very happy with it, too. Great shooting.

JEBar wrote:that should be a good hunting round .... do you plan to keep working to develop a lead practice round ??

My hunting round is a 158 grain Hornady XTP bullet with 17 grain W296 and CCI550 primers. Also very accurate. It seems the .357 Big Boy likes quite hot loads, since I have had little success with light loads so far.

And yes, I am trying to develop a good plinking load with lead bullets .