180 XTP

[Mad Charlie]

I have just bought a .357 BBS for a friend of mine's 10 year old son (big kid)
to use when he joins the hunting party this year.

My question is will the 180's feed through the BBS?

I have to be careful about COAL in my .45 Colt BBB, and I want to use as heavy a bullet
as I can in the .357

[BigAl52]

I went to my basement to look for some but the only 180s I have are the Remington 180 SJHP. When they are loaded the OAL exceed factory specs. If I remember right the xtp has 2 crimp grooves but I would only be guessing to say if they would load up at proper length. Al

[clovishound]

Looking at the data on Hogdgons website, I see that them 180 grain Nosler Partition has a slightly shorter COL than the 158 grain XTPs. The 180s are also about 350 fps slower than the 158s.

When I used my .357 BBS to hunt with, I used off the shelf factory 158 grain SPs. They chronographed at 1800 fps from my 20" BBS. That was better than anything I could get from home rolled.

[Mad Charlie]

I sort of posted in a hurry when I first posted the question, The question should have been "does anyone know the max c.o,a.l for the .357 BBS?

The 180 Hornady cycles slick as ice crimped in the top groove@1.550.

Anyway, thanks for the replies guys.