Request for recipe .357 magnum

[Quinc]

Powder and primers from Powdervalley or Wideners, bullets depend on what im getting, usually xtreme or hitech. Dies and other supplies i get almost exclusively from grafs, sometimes cabelas when they have a sale, but never midway.

This^ Brownells is great too if you have your ffl03 (get one if you don't they are 30$) Unlike midway you can still use coupons at brownells, plus there prices are decent to begin with. You also get really good dealer pricing at grafs.

[Timbob55]

Pick up the current version of the Lyman reloading book. It's currently available on amazon for less than $20.

They use various components and powders, no brand loyalties there.

I'd start there if it were I.

[ireload]

Since I load 125 gr. exclusively, I use 9 grains of Unique, Win std small pistol primer topped of with Berry's FP plated. I get 1,200+ fps out of a 4" barrel, 1.575" OAL. When I use to use 158 gr. 2400 was my go to powder.

[Dont_Shoot_im_Chinese]

How many grains are in a 1lbs bottle of Aliant 2400?

[ZakAttackMan]

How many grains are in a 1lbs bottle of Aliant 2400?

All you have to do is Google grain to lb conversion.

[CCrawford]

7000 grains to a pound. Using 15 grains per round is 466 and 2/3 loads per pound.

Criss

[longhairchris]

Favorite load: 125 gr Hornady XTP over 19 gr of Win 296. Past 20 gr I get sticky extraction from my Blackhawk. Hodgdon data goes up to 22 grains, I'd never run that.

There is a lot of talk about not loading Win 296 / H110 at less than 5% of max load. However the data in my Hornady manual violates that supposed rule and I have loaded down with no ill effects. I ran plated 125 gr Rainier bullets with some old data someone posted at 17.6 gr of Win 296 and they worked great.

[russt]

158gr lswc w/ 5.1 gr hodgdon universal clays

[nyc71]

A combo of a chronometer plus a manual would tell you what your gun likes.