Thanks. I appreciate the answer. All my equipment is on the way. I am just anxious to get started.
Good luck finding primers. If you know a place please pass it on. I cant find any anywhere.
What powders can you use the standard primers in 357 mag? Are they the slower loads?
What powders can you use the standard primers in 357 mag? Are they the slower loads?
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Warthog I have been considering getting a 357mag. Before making purchases like to do some research.
The reason I asked is it's something that I guess just got it stuck in my head from 10 to 15 years back. That magnums used mag primers.
By slower loads just thought you was referring to the slower velocites not those crazy high 357 mag velocities.
In the Fort Wayne area, your best bet is probably checking at either Tomlinson's in 'Busco, Hillside in Roanoke, or checking at the local shows...
Warthog I have been considering getting a 357mag. Before making purchases like to do some research.
The reason I asked is it's something that I guess just got it stuck in my head from 10 to 15 years back. That magnums used mag primers.
By slower loads just thought you was referring to the slower velocites not those crazy high 357 mag velocities.
As I am sure these others have gotten to, a magnum caliber doesn't always mean super velocity and power. They can be loaded down and even with a magnum primer, they can still be loaded light if you back the charge off to take the primer into account. A magnum primer makes a rather larger & hotter flash that makes a larger powder charge easier to light off completely for an even burn. Otherwise the powder may not all get burned up fast enough within the length of the barrel. That's what happens with those big muzzle flashes, that's wasted powder burning up all at once as it hit the air and has a lot of room for the gasses to expand all at once.
You use a slower powder and more of it with a Magnum primer. You use a regular primer with faster powders. This is of course, a very general statement. You, as a hand loader, are able to load your rounds to whatever feel you like. I certainly don't fire my .357 mags at teeth breaking recoil velocities with my hand loads. I tend to download a lot of magnum rounds for practice and use the same weight bullet/boolit as my SD rounds. I have found over time that you can learn to shoot your gun with low recoil rounds that have the same weight far better. Then, God forbid, you do need to fire in self defense, you will still hit as well as you did with the low recoil stuff.
does that answer or am I still off?