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Not to dispute what the gentleman said regarding longshot in the .357 mag but that powder is only a little slower than Unique and PowerPistol and cannot POSSIBLY give the same velocities at the standard working pressures of the .357 Mag as 296/H110...I use longshot as my go-to powder for heavy bullet .45 super loads but I for one would not use it in the .357 Mag for max performance loads..
He was referring to Lil'gun, corrected in a later post (which I refuse to use based on the name alone).
Have done some more playing with the rifle. 158JHP Nosler over Hodge max HS-6 was lights out accurate and fun to shoot. +P .38 158 Penn hardcast TC over HP38 was also quite good and SUPER clean with a mild report and almost nonexistent recoil. I think I have 2 strong candidates for practice loads here. I now have some .357 brass again to try out the bang flash stuff going forward. Also read an article on .357 mag rifle performance on game (linked on a post in the rifle section) which has me leaning towards the 180 Hornady as another I should definately try.