bronco93 wrote:Just bought myself a Rossi 92 in 357/38. Has octagonal 24 inch barrel. Does anybody have some experience with a good load for plinking. Cheers
bigrich wrote:If anyone has good hunting loads for a 20” barrel i’m Interested. I was thinking about using 158gn Hornady projectiles
bronco93 wrote:Just bought myself a Rossi 92 in 357/38. Has octagonal 24 inch barrel. Does anybody have some experience with a good load for plinking. Cheers
in2anity wrote:bronco93 wrote:Just bought myself a Rossi 92 in 357/38. Has octagonal 24 inch barrel. Does anybody have some experience with a good load for plinking. Cheers
Will you shoot lead?
in2anity wrote:bigrich wrote:If anyone has good hunting loads for a 20” barrel i’m Interested. I was thinking about using 158gn Hornady projectiles
I haven't personally loaded for the .357, but if you want something with a bit more punch, hodgdon LilGun springs to mind. A quick search turns out around 16gr-18gr LilGun under the Hornady XTP 158gr - actually this is a listed load on the hodgdon website and it's listed as 1577fps out of a pistol, so it'd be trucking along with that extra barrel. LilGun is not so appropriate for lead in my experience however.
bigrich wrote:not that much of a fan of lil' gun anymore. it worked well in my old 22 hornet , but man it dirtied up the bore quick
bigrich wrote:i have ar 2205 and ar2207 i might start with these
bladeracer wrote:I like Berry's copper-plated hard-cast 125gn. Cast bullets are cheaper, and great for plinking, but don't have the accuracy of the copper-plated - for me
in2anity wrote:That's also my (recent) finding Blade - the plated bullets are as-accurate as their jacketed big brothers - and they aren't that much dearer than lead. Considering price, they give stunning performance for money. As an experiment I tried some of the 30cal Berrys through a known-to-be-accurate bolt gun and over a full case of TB they 10-shot grouped into 1/2 moa (and would have kept going!). Considering heat, possibly the most accurate plinking load I've ever seen Just a pity they are US-made...
bronco93 wrote:I ended up buying ar2205 and some hornady 158 gn. So gonna load some rounds this arvo using adi data. Not exactly a plinking round but oh well haha
bronco93 wrote:I ended up buying ar2205 and some hornady 158 gn. So gonna load some rounds this arvo using adi data. Not exactly a plinking round but oh well haha
in2anity wrote:bronco93 wrote:I ended up buying ar2205 and some hornady 158 gn. So gonna load some rounds this arvo using adi data. Not exactly a plinking round but oh well haha
You should be able to get some fine accuracy with that combo - and FWIW IMO the 357 is one of the best all-round pistol cartridges in a rifle - for the handloader a good trade off between versatility / power / recoil.
bronco93 wrote:in2anity wrote:bronco93 wrote:I ended up buying ar2205 and some hornady 158 gn. So gonna load some rounds this arvo using adi data. Not exactly a plinking round but oh well haha
You should be able to get some fine accuracy with that combo - and FWIW IMO the 357 is one of the best all-round pistol cartridges in a rifle - for the handloader a good trade off between versatility / power / recoil.
Good to hear. Hopefully I get some good results with my new rifle. Should get out to the range on Tuesday or Wednesday assuming rifle turns up monday or Tuesday
in2anity wrote:Good shooting mate, all considered I’d be extremely happy with that - your 100m group is tight for a pistol cartridge. A good example of Rossi accuracy potential.
bladeracer wrote:Agreed, I'd be happy seeing that group at 50m, at 100m it's awesome!
in2anity wrote:bladeracer wrote:Agreed, I'd be happy seeing that group at 50m, at 100m it's awesome!
Makes you think twice about having a play with a Rossi’s doesn’t it.
bronco93 wrote:Well finally finished 60 rounds. Bloody hell that took for ever. Using the lee classic loader. Averaged about 20 rounds an hour Beer time now