357 mag powder

It should work fine. I use three powders for .357. Unique for mild to mid range with lead, 2400 for close to full loads with lead g.c., and H110 for full house jacketed loads (with mag primers). Guns range from a 2 3/4" Security Six on up to a 24" Winchester 92 rifle I had converted back in the sixties.

I am a fan of Unique, Power Pistol, and BE86 for .357 and have loaded thousands with each.

I use the same load you mentioned for my Ruger Blackhawk .357, my Taurus M66, and my Henry .357 BBS. I use the Hornady 158 grain XTP JHP bullets. It is a fine load in all 3 of these firearms and see no need to change. There was a time when I could not get 2400, so I used 14.2 grains of Accurate #9 (AA#9) from Western Powders. It also worked very well in these firearms but I prefer 2400.

in the henry i have found the 158 hp zero bullet company bullet and 6.5 grs of titegroup makes a real good load. i don't have the chronograph data handy, but the same load in my marlin 1894 cb runs 1,296 fps. this load is my pistol cartridge lever action match load for nra silhouette lever action matches. one hole groups at 40, 50, 75, and 100 meters.

For my short barreled 357 Mag revolver 2.75" I have been using Accurate #9 and 2400 with very good results. For my Rossi lever action with a 18 barrel I'm still working on that, but H-110, 300 MP and Lil-gun are in the mix. So far H-110 has show the most favor for me in accuracy and versatility.

For my Henry I use H110 and IMR4227. Both work great for my purposes. 2400 is fairly close to 4227 and H110, but there are differences. I’d shoot whichever gives the most accurate and consistent loads for your guns.

I've had good luck with H110. It likes near max loads from what I've seen. However I'd really like to try AA#9, since I use a lot of that loading 10mm auto.

I shoot several .357 revolvers and carbines. I use the same ammo for all of them. While 2400 is a good powder, I prefer H110/W296 for legitimate Magnums loads(velocity and accuracy). But....I use those platforms for hunting deer. For punching paper, 2400 may give you all you will ever want. So goes for other powders that will be more pleasant to shoot all day at the range than H110/W296. For plinking with both, I really like Unique.

Pistol is a 6.5" Ruger BH, Carbine is an 18.5" Ruger 77/357.

158 or 180 gr. Jacketed full house loads - H110/W296.




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H110/W296

If you want maximum velocity, look to H110, W296 and Lil Gun. I have a load using W296 under a Remington 125 grain JHP that exits the 6" bbl of my Ruger Security Six at over 1650 fps. Otherwise I'd say 2400 is a good choice for general purpose hole punching.

I’m not an expert at all. But so far I’ve liked 2400 mostly because it seems to work fine and I don’t have to use magnum primers.

FWIW, washed out the forcing cone on a SBH years ago with cast bullets and H110. Maybe 2000 rds. Traded it to LGS. They didn't know what to look for.

Rod47 said:

FWIW, washed out the forcing cone on a SBH years ago with cast bullets and H110. Maybe 2000 rds. Traded it to LGS. They didn't know what to look for.

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Kind of a jerk move IMO.

Nothing wrong with 2400. I've shot a lot of it. Personally I prefer H110 because I get a little higher velocity and better accuracy out of my 8 3/8" Model 686 with 180gr Coated Lead Bullets. I stay away from Lil Gun. It gets a barrel so hot it scares me. I had a buddy that was shooting max loads of Lil Gun with lead bullets into water jugs to test expansion and says it was melting the base of the bullets! I like to shoot mid range loads at 50-75 yards and for mid range I have switched to Universal after years of using Unique. Mainly because it meters better in my Dillon press and shoots a little cleaner. Data is interchangeable. If you start shooting long range, I suggest you try a couple of different powder and bullet combination. One of the things I like about Missouri Bullet is you can buy 100 packs of their bullets to try and don't wind up with a lot of bullets sitting around that didn't shoot well. I would almost bet money that you will find that what shoots best in your revolver at 100 yards will be different that what shoots best in your rifle. I've never been that lucky. That to me is the real joy of reloading. Testing different combination and finding what combination works the best in a gun.