357 mag

[arthury]

I have been reading and enjoying all the stickies written by the Doc.
I tried searching but did not get much luck about the best terminal ballistics for 357 mag ammo.

Has any FBI protocol tests been done for the 357 mag cartridge?

[tpd223]

Lots of them, I don't know if any are here, but I know Firearms Tactical has some testing posted.

[DocGKR]

Yes, but since very few agency use .357 Mag anymore, most of the tests are from the 15-20 years ago...

[Eagle00]

Having read Dr. Roberts' info regarding the .357 Mag (and greatly appreciated!), if I am intent on using .357 Mag for CCW, would you find acceptable the use of the 180gr Winchester Partition Gold in either a GP-100 (4") or an SP-101 (3")? Thank you.

[DocGKR]

The Win 180 gr Partition Gold will work; so will the Speer 158 gr Gold Dot, and loads using the Barnes all copper bullets...

[tpd223]

I posted some info on another .357 thread on this forum. The 145gr Silvertips did well also, would be a good choice for carry ammo.

[LOBO]

I'm using the Winchester 145 gr ST, and/or the Corbon 125 gr Barnes XPB load in my .357 magnums.

[LOBO]

http://www.firearmstactical.com/ammo_data/357magnum.htm

[arthury]

Thanks for the info.

[davidz71]

I've always had a few boxes of Winchester 145 gr. Silvertip around and it shot great in my 4" model 66 and 686. I shopped around the other day for an extra box or two and finally ordered from Midway at $50 per box. The price on that stuff is rediculous now.