My 'bells recently got jingled', and it appears I will soon be in possession of a shiny new 6" stainless GP-100 in .357,,, =)
I've reloaded for rifle and S/A pistols for a ~couple years~ now, but never for a revolver.
Where to start,,,,
I kinda felt this 'revolver thing' coming on for a while, and I've scavenged about (150) 38 Special cases (of dubious distinction) from the local range thus far,,, (I think I'm up to 5, maybe 6 .357 cases!! LOL!!).
While 150 cases may seen like 'plenty enough for now' to some folks, current 'cases on hand' for my other calibers are sitting right around 3k-6k per caliber. (And growing!)
After a brief amount of exposure to a ~similar~ 357 recently, "full-house" 357 loads do not have a strong attraction. "Something resembling 38 Special loads' would be more to my liking, as I'm just punching paper for fun.
With all that being said,,,,, I'm contemplating getting more brass for the GP, so:
Buy 500 - 1000 'factory loaded, but not uber expensive' 357 rounds, fire away, reuse the brass,,, (Perhaps Priv Partisan, or ????)
Buy 500 - 1000 '357 range brass',,,
Buy 500 - 1000 new Starline in 357,
or, perhaps one of the above, but in 38 Special.
Not really sure there is any 'universally accepted', or even a 'wrong' answer to the above, and the budget is pretty much 'able to accommodate', but, I still gotta start somewhere I reckon,,,.
(I have some powders that could work / get me going. Plenty of SP standard primers. NO BULLETS or dies yet.)
Thoughts???
I've reloaded for rifle and S/A pistols for a ~couple years~ now, but never for a revolver.
Where to start,,,,
I kinda felt this 'revolver thing' coming on for a while, and I've scavenged about (150) 38 Special cases (of dubious distinction) from the local range thus far,,, (I think I'm up to 5, maybe 6 .357 cases!! LOL!!).
While 150 cases may seen like 'plenty enough for now' to some folks, current 'cases on hand' for my other calibers are sitting right around 3k-6k per caliber. (And growing!)
After a brief amount of exposure to a ~similar~ 357 recently, "full-house" 357 loads do not have a strong attraction. "Something resembling 38 Special loads' would be more to my liking, as I'm just punching paper for fun.
With all that being said,,,,, I'm contemplating getting more brass for the GP, so:
Buy 500 - 1000 'factory loaded, but not uber expensive' 357 rounds, fire away, reuse the brass,,, (Perhaps Priv Partisan, or ????)
Buy 500 - 1000 '357 range brass',,,
Buy 500 - 1000 new Starline in 357,
or, perhaps one of the above, but in 38 Special.
Not really sure there is any 'universally accepted', or even a 'wrong' answer to the above, and the budget is pretty much 'able to accommodate', but, I still gotta start somewhere I reckon,,,.
(I have some powders that could work / get me going. Plenty of SP standard primers. NO BULLETS or dies yet.)
Thoughts???