New 357/38 Bullet to Try

[edgehit]

Rose distributing is now offering a 125 gr copy of Hornady’s HAP target bullet. $0.15/ea for 1000. The 125 and 158 jacketed shoot just fine for $0.14/ea

Their swaged price includes shipping and they don’t collect sales tax.

Their swaged lead bullets are even cheaper and being swaged, won’t have any air voids like a cast bullet may have.

http://www.rozedist.com/mm5/merchant.mv ... de=ZBJ-38S

[frankmako]

been using the Zero (Rose) 158 hp bullet for years. still the best value around. i have never had any problems with Rose. my rifles like the 158 gr bullet over the 125 gr bullet.

[chickenhater]

The Hornady xtp's are pretty hard to beat where accuracy is concerned.

[375Short]

Not new but also worth a try as a Ram load.

Montana bullets offers a 230g FN from a NOE mold. I recently gave this a try in our 73’s. On a calm day they produced just under 5” groups at 200 and showed signs of destabilization. The best powder seemed to be 7.2g LilGun for 1043fps. I had no pressure signs. The Ubert’s have a listed twist of 18.75 so I believe if one had a faster twist or stronger action to push them a little faster this bullet could be a mild recoil, exceptional Ram killer loaded in .357mag

https://www.montanabulletworks.com/wp-c ... -FN-PB.jpg

[edgehit]

And there’s your reason to buy a ‘92

[edgehit]

Here’s a 230g NOE bullet on my wishlist. I dig the tiny flat nose, tumble lube groves, and BC1 0.32. Regrettably, they’re sold out.
https://noebulletmolds.com/site/product ... 30-fn-au1/

[375Short]

Find me a 92 with a 24” or longer barrel, weighing 8lbs or more, chambered in 357 with a 1-16 twist or faster and I’m in. Henry (not a 92) has the twist rate, the weight, just not a long enough barrel. A new factory 92 with a 28” , 1-15 twist, Octagon barrel would be real nice. May as well include a drilled and tapped receiver and tang, short magazine, slightly higher than normal comb and hard rubber shotgun style butt. oh and a nice 2.5lb trigger.

[PAndy]

Several cast bullet companies make truncated cone polymer coated bullets for 357. I have used them for years, mostly 125 gr and 180 gr. Cheap and available, good function in lever guns. Missouri bullets, T&B Bullets, Brazos, Acme, etc . Mild loads with the 180 gr will take 100m pigs and 150m turkeys also. Usually $110 to $130 per thousand.

It's great to have lots of options to try.