Xtreme bullets and 357mag ??

[357shooter]

I have some 158gr Xtreme bullets I'm going to load with hp38 how much crimp can I put on these bullets never used plated bullets for 357. Thanks for any help.

[Na-vah-duh]

The sure fire way is to crimp, then pull to and check to make sure you are not deforming the plated bullet.

[Bill Steele]

If your sizing die is giving you decent neck tension, you only need to take he belling out. Wih W231 you aren't going to be producing nuclear recoil which might cause a bullet to walk back out enough to jam he action.

[ExtremeX]

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[Dark Mod]

If your sizing die is giving you decent neck tension, you only need to take he belling out. Wih W231 you aren't going to be producing nuclear recoil which might cause a bullet to walk back out enough to jam he action.

Yeah, those things will be traveling at glorified 38 spl speeds. Even with hot h110 loads i use a light crimp.

On a plated bullet note: ive been working up loads using plated bullets in .357 with H110 and think Xtreme is underestimating max fps. Of course i dont have a chrono, but ive hit max load with no problems.

[357shooter]

Thanks guys all good info appreciate your input.

[Fishslayer]

Yeah, those things will be traveling at glorified 38 spl speeds. Even with hot h110 loads i use a light crimp.

On a plated bullet note: ive been working up loads using plated bullets in .357 with H110 and think Xtreme is underestimating max fps. Of course i dont have a chrono, but ive hit max load with no problems.

I use the X-treme 158gr plated SWC over 14gr of 2400 for my "fun at the range" loads. No problems so far. I don't have a chrono but the data sez around 1100-ish, 1200-ish fps. I use a fairly stout crimp with standard primers.