Whats everyones favorite .357 recipe for the 94?

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180 Grain Hornady HP #35771 over 12 grains of Alliant #2400, taper crimped. Very accurate and not too hot to fire in my Ruger GP100 either.

 

158 gr bullet with L’il Gun powder makes a good round. I load just below the max load listed.

 

A 125 gr XTP, with H 110 it'll shoot at 2100 fps. Nice flat shooting, like a mini 30 30.
Also, Zero Brand or XTP 158 gr jacketed again with H 110, very accurate. 1750-1800 fps.

Both loads are listed on the Hodgdon loading web site, rifle data.

 

14.8 grains of Hodgdon Lil'gun.....180 Gr Hornady XTP in Winchester nickel cases. A deadly bullet.

 

No Pressure signs on this load ? 357 Magnum SAMMI is 35000PSI , CIP is 43511PSI , Your load is showing 49324 PSI just seems a bit dangerous. Where did you get this load ?

 

The same one I shoot in my revolvers. 13.5 grs of #2400 behind my cast 168 gr SWC.

 

180 grain cast 180 grain RNFP over Lil'gun. 1,750 fps (chronographed) from a 24" barrel and good performance out to 200 yards with 2 to 2 1/2 MOA accuracy using a Lyman 66 aperture sight with a blade front sight.

 

Whats everyones favorite .357 recipe for the 94?

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It really depends. Tell us a little more about your options. Jacketed bullets, retail cast bullets, your cast bullets, velocity you want....?

The 357 in a rifle has a very wide range of options.

Examples: 217gr cast bullet with 5.0 gr of Herco leaving the barrel at 1,030 for subsonic low recoil use that will knock over a 55 pound steel silhouette ram at 200 meters to a 125 gr jacketed at over 2,000 fps.

 

I would love to hear some 158gr Truncated cone FMJ loads or 158gr plated HP or any hard cast lead of any weight.

The only issue i have is that the powder has to be REACH compliant or i cant get hold of it.

Powder i have atm
Clays
Bullseye
Vit N320
Unique

All my loads are for target but that doesn't mean i dont want to work up some full power loads. I like to have many options and working on new recipes is half the fun for me!

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I would love to hear some 158gr Truncated cone FMJ loads or 158gr plated HP or any hard cast lead of any weight.

The only issue i have is that the powder has to be REACH compliant or i cant get hold of it.

Powder i have atm
Clays
Bullseye
Vit N320
Unique

All my loads are for target but that doesn't mean i dont want to work up some full power loads. I like to have many options and working on new recipes is half the fun for me!

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Matt,

2400 is a great powder for the 357 cartridge. 2400 is easier to ignite than ball powders and good in both pistol and rifle length barrels. 2400 does not require a magnum primer. Here is a link to a sticky post in the Ammunition Forum (Reloading Section) I started a few years back. It looks like almost all of the Alliant powders are compliant. There are several links to reloading data for Alliant powders in the attached post. A good one to start with is the Alliant Pistol data link.

All of the powders you have on hand should be good for target and milder loads. If you want to load the 357 cartridge to it's full potential in a rifle, a slower powder is needed. For cast bullet load data look in the Ideal #38 and Lyman #44 manuals.

LOAD DATA AND REFERENCES

 

I was going to ask this very question awhile back, but then the whole powder/component thing happened. I don't think I have the right powder on hand, because all I have is H110 and Tite-Group.

 

H110 IS the right powder

 

Navajo - I use H110 or Win 296, which is the same powder distributed by Hodgdons, with 180gr .357 bullets. Do not reduce the "starting loads" listed with this powder! (Sorry, I have no experience with Tite-Group.)

 

My next powder purchase was going to be some 2400 so thats good.

Still need some good plated TCHP 158 loads with the powders i have if anyone can point me to a recipe? Ive got 500 to get through!

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In a rifle, plated bullets should work up to the 1,500-1,600 fps range. With your current selection of powders, Unique would be the best choice. You can use cast bullet data for plated bullets. The Lyman #44 manual on page 117 has load data for Bullseye and Unique. Out of a rifle length barrel expect a couple hundred fps more than the listed performance for pistols.

 

I load the RMR 158 plated bullet with 7 grains of Power Pistol for 1330 fps.
Nice load for ringing steel plates or plinking.

REK

 

Woop's, just reread that you wanted a load with the powders you have.
I would try Unique, I thought I had a load worked using that with the 158 RMR but can't find my notes on that one.

REK

 

I use a relatively light load of 5.5-6 grs. of Unique behind a 158 cast or plated bullet in my .357 Marlin.
It is a +P to low .357 load according to Alliant. It is in the 1,100-1,200 fps area & is accurate and pleasant shooting.

 

I use a relatively light load of 5.5-6 grs. of Unique behind a 158 cast or plated bullet in my .357 Marlin.
It is a +P to low .357 load according to Alliant. It is in the 1,100-1,200 fps area & is accurate and pleasant shooting.

I was going to say, relatively light compared to what, my friend uses that load, and it is gross overkill for pistol cartridge silhouette. Sometimes we have to walk to the pig line to find a chicken!

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11.3 gr of Accurate #9 under a 180 gr cast RNFP, standard primers.
GH1 😀

 

11.5gr of ADI AR2205 under a Lee TL158 cast bullet (1350fps). Accurate and fun plinker.

 

I haven’t reloaded .357 in a while. So, I shoot factory. Seems 180grn is the most accurate for me

 

My favorite load for my .357 rifle? 158-grain Hornady XTP Flatpoint pushed by 16.4 grains of H110 (1,785 fps from my 18.5” barrel).

 

In my 1894c 357Mag/38Spl
I load 158gn TC FCP Campro plated bullets with 16gn H110, gives me around 1750fps. Campro Data using H110, 15gn Min - 16.7Max.
Makes a great free hand gong ringer load out to 100yds.

 

I am new to 357mag for rifle loads but back when I still owned a S&W 686 ( sold it like an idiot ) my favorite powder was and still is VIHT N110, it is really hard to find but is worth it, gives good velocity extremely good performance and best of all super clean. I still have 5 boxes of speer 158 deepcurl.

 

I have two loads for my 1894. 3.5 grains of W231/HP38 under a 158 LSWC for 900 FPS and 18.3 (.3 grains under max) grains of 300MP under a Remington 158 JSP for 1890 FPS.

 

matthollis83,

I am not sure if you saw the link. I do not have a PDF document. Once the link is open, select file and download as pdf to your device.

LOAD DATA AND REFERENCES

 

158 SWCG and 15.9 grains of H100 and 158 grain XTP with the amount of H110 listed in the "Leverguns" article. Both shoot to the same POI. The XTP load works great on whitetails.

 

Like others here, 16gr of H110 under a 158gr in the 1894c. Gives me decent groups out to 100yds. I have tried other powders and had very inconsistant and dissapointing results.

 

Lately I sure shoot a lot of 2.8 grains bullseye and lee’s 125 RF in my 18.5” 1894C for cowboy action. The bore is squeaky clean and it’s a micro groove. A true “pop” gun load at maybe 900 FPS. It likes lees 158 TL SWC with a plus P 38 special load for a bit more punch, maybe 1100 FPS. The RF bullets feed a bit better.