I finally picked up a Marlin 357 carbine (been searching for a long time Now that they are closing I get one)
Anyway, I have several boxes of MO bullets 158 gr LSW which I use in my revolvers but this carbine will not feed them. I also have the 125 gr RNFP but they are Cowboy loads and are only 12 hardness.
I am using HP 38 and if I load them at max 5.5 grs do you think i will have a leading problem?
I did the Cups calculation of 18,800 cups/1279.8=BHN of 14.
This is from the Lee tables and shows 1185 fps(Also the Hodgdon online data) 10" barrel
The only harder bullets I see online for MO bullets is the 180 gr Striker but i really do not need or want that heavy of a bullet in .357.
Anyway, I have several boxes of MO bullets 158 gr LSW which I use in my revolvers but this carbine will not feed them. I also have the 125 gr RNFP but they are Cowboy loads and are only 12 hardness.
I am using HP 38 and if I load them at max 5.5 grs do you think i will have a leading problem?
I did the Cups calculation of 18,800 cups/1279.8=BHN of 14.
This is from the Lee tables and shows 1185 fps(Also the Hodgdon online data) 10" barrel
The only harder bullets I see online for MO bullets is the 180 gr Striker but i really do not need or want that heavy of a bullet in .357.
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