357 mag carbine load?

joneb said:

So now I have almost a pound of IMR 4759 that needs a place to burn. I may try it in the 357 lever action with the 185gr bullet with some different primers.

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Well, with your 11 gr powder charge, you should run out of your 4759 about the same time as you run our of your 500, 180 gr Pugnose. Do you not like the pugnose bullets and need to "burn" them up too? How about the primers and your time? While I reload to save money, I do not reload to waste it. Altho I reload for a hobby and enjoy it, I don't use it as an excuse to waste time. Over the years I have purchased components that do not work for the purpose I intended. I, like you used to try and use them up somehow as to not "waste" my money. What I discovered tho, was that in a vain attempt to use that $10 worth of inappropriate powder, I was wasting more in projectiles, primers, case life and my time and effort, than $10. While I love to shoot, I don't shoot anymore just to make noise and send projectiles randomly downrange. Many times, this is what I found I was doing by trying to "burn" up random inappropriate components. I also discovered, spending time working up loads for inappropriate and discontinued components, was better spent on working up loads for appropriate components that would be available to me again in the future.

While I applaud your effort to use what you have, and am not attempting to tell you how to spend your time and your monies, I personally would use that remaining 4759 for fertilizing my wife's flower bed.