Accuraccy being the key but in general take what you consider the effective range powerwise of your. Ive killed several deer all inside 50 yards with the. On the other hand i have a win in 3220 and a sass tuned rossi in 44 mag that i put marble tang sights on. With a 357 rifle your velocity will increase about to 1800fps. While we have went to great lengths to make sure that its as accurate as possible this rendering should not be used to generate specs for casings. Rossi usa 923572093 r92 lever action carbine 357 magnum38 spec. Winchester usa ammo 357 mag 110 grain jacketed hollow point. Im posting this inquiry in the ammunition section because it pertains to specs for factory ammunition. File photo check out our website and use our facebook link to like our page. Most loads tested surprised me and i fired several groups of five rounds that came close to an inch at 25 yards. Winchester guns 5342747 1873 deluxe sporter lever 357 magnum rossi usa r92. Our new series testing various firearm and ammunition combinations against a vehicle, specifically a 1980s van. Sightingin a hunting rifle to hit a certain number of inches high at 100 yards or 100 meters maximizes the point blank range of the rifle and cartridge and is superior to. Please check out our patreon page if you enjoy our program, and.
The longer barrel boosts the bullets velocity by a substantial amount over the shorter barrels found on handguns. Use guide outdoors ballistics charts to find the specifics on your ammo. Maybe in the near future hornady will make an sst bullet for the 357 mag. Further, if you want to see what winchesters 357mag does in a rifle, go to their sight here, hit the red launch ballistic calculator button, select centerfire rifle, then select 357 mag under show cartridge, jhp under bullet type, and 158grn under bullet weight, and then press the shoot button. At impact velocities below 1400fps, dead runs may be longer and the speed of killing is directly related to shot placement. Thats pretty good performance considering that, due to the seating depth of the allcopper bullet, this is actually a hot. The reasons for this of course have been explained before. Compare all 357 magnum ammunition manufacturers on one easy to read chart. Shot from the longer barrel of a rifle, though, the. Id appreciate any advice as to which caliber to buy. At the time, it was the most powerful handgun round in existence. If i were specifically wanting something just to deer hunt, id look in the 158gr hp category.
So i wanted to have a marlin 336 built into something with a flatter trajectory and still be within the parameters of the indiana law. Rifle trajectory table by chuck hawks in order to hit a distant target a rifle must be correctly sightedin, and to accomplish that the shooter must have some working knowledge of the bullets trajectory. Featuring high quality winchester components, this ammunition delivers outstanding reliability. The mag spring experiment list of all handgun calibers guns and. Ive got a henry big boy steel with a 14x20 leupold i am considering using this fall.
It shoots a 142 grain fmjtc bullet at a muzzle velocity of 1420 fps. Winchester usa ammunition was developed to provide excellent performance at an affordable price for the high volume shooter. Our calculator creates a proper ballistics trajectory chart that details range, drop, velocity, energy fps, wind drift, and time. Now before you start thinking im ignorant,and i know a lot of people on the internet are,ive just never shot it at 50 yds. Suffice it to say that the first magnum impressed people from the beginning and that it still has a place in ones battery today.
Out of a 444 marlin carbine it is a 200 yard gun with. All magnums are tamed considerably out of a rifle or carbine compared to a handgun, but the. So, rather than fps from a handgun, you may get 1200 fps from the rifle. Its very flat shooting with similar ballistics to the classic 3030. Advertised as the worlds most powerful handgun cartridge, the. Devising a simple computer program, he found that instead of the knob rotating 12 m. Also stock up on ammo and gun accessories for your 357 remington mag rifle. Reasons i got this gun i hate recoil and this gun is relatively light compared to my old slug gun. I thought that higher velocity was everything i wanted when i started handloading a variety of powders and bullets for a. Of course, you can also get the original winchester carbine, the winchester 1873. This feature alone makes the caliber available to more shooters, some who. Dexadine ballistics software ballistic data for shooting and reloading.
Read chuck hawks or brian peace he did a story years ago in the hand loader mag. The federal ballistics calculator lets you quickly determine the trajectory for any rifle or handgun load, and save data for an unlimited number of loads. I tested 3 shots of each of these 6 different types of rounds through my chronograph. Out of a revolver a 44 mag is a 75 yard deer and elk round with 300 gr bullets. Handgun hunters use the cartridge to take game up to the size of small deer. They seem to kill way out of proportion to there data. I like to do a lot of shooting with my levers and that means a lot of plinking and practice on small targets and rocks from slingshot range to 250yds. Handloading notes this reloading article shows the information from a page of my handloading logbook. A 357 mag with 180 gr bullet doesnt even scratch the surface of a 44 mag with 300 gr. The velocity and energy figures in this table are taken from various sources including the federal, remington, weatherby and winchester ammunition guides and the 9th edition of the book cartridges of the world by frank c.
Taylor s is pleased to introduce this 1873 carbine, with the comfort and handling designed for smaller shooters, such as women and youths. Experimentation will tell you the correct sight picture. This bullet is easy to control and manage when fired and is an excellent training round. It is at this point, worth comparing the performance of the. Aug 31, 2016 read chuck hawks or brian peace he did a story years ago in the hand loader mag. One of the most popular guns to purchase for self defense these days is a jframe. This allows a shooter or hunter to carry a compact rifle and a handgun. It is a windows xp based program and has not been tested on previous versions of windows. If you want to know the specifics on how your ammo is firing, use guide outdoors ballistics charts and ammo charts to hit any target, anywhere. Tough enough to give good penetration, these bullets are a fitting choice for varmints through mediumsized game in 38 special and 357 magnum guns by matching bullet weight to the quarry.
In 20 barrels, the 3030 is capable of making clean kills on deer to around 200 yards. Several years back i wanted a light weight all weather stainless steel single shot rifle chambered in 357 magnum, and the rossi was the answer. Well withing the normal operating range of the bullet. You will need to know the ballistics coeffiecent of your pellet. It is a simple interface and display see image below.
If so, what factory loads are you using and to what ethical range. However, the table below gives a reasonably accurate comparison of the basic ballistics of most popular rifle cartridges. Developed primarily as a law enforcement pistol cartridge, the. Back in 2002 he had problems matching his new scopes bullet drop compensator to his rifles trajectory.
I save all of my notes when testing different loads even the loads that dont perform well. Ballistics charts ballistic tables for remington, federal. Jason wimbiscus since its invention in the 1930s, the. More than enough to stop any 2 or 4 legged creature in north america. Well i did some research and got the ballistics for commercial. If you had a max load of 2400, getting 1400 fps from handgun, then it may well go up to 1800 fps from the rifle barrel, as that powder is more optimized in longer barrels. This ammunition is loaded with a jacketed hollow point bullet which features a rearward weight design to ensure pinpoint. It features a 1618, round barrel and weighs noticeably less than a standard 1873 model. With a 100 yd zero you are only 1 12 high at mid flight so no guessing needed for most game including varmints out to 125 yds. Henry h015357 singleshot break open 357 magnum38 special 22 1. While looking over the literature on reloading the 357 magnum round for handguns and rifles, i was reminded of the fact that velocities rarely resemble each other for the same loads from book to reloading book. The cannelure is located for proper crimping for most 38 357 revolvers and rifles. An extensive rifle cartridge ballistics table from guns and shooting online.
Plink w 38s get a few more in the gun and the only thing cheaper is 22 a. Ive chronographed winchesters power point and a number of other 150 grain factory loads. In a rifle, its a solid 75100 yard gun, and in a pistol, ive seen some guys print groups at 50 yards so small itd raise your eyebrows. Out of 6pound marlin 1894 or 8pound henry big boy, recoil is a mere suggestion of what it is out of a 6inch barreled revolver. About guide outdoors about us tv commercials affiliate program retail store privacy policy. Since then, quite a few rounds have eclipsed it in power. Casing image above is an artist rendering and not a real photo of. Compare ballistics data on your favorite winchester ammunition rounds. I am a hoosier deer hunter with a fondness for lever action rifles. A powerful and versatile caliber by bob shell, mon, february 06, 2017. The lyman 49th reloading book has rifle loads for pistol calibers like. Sightingin a hunting rifle to hit a certain number of inches high at 100 yards or 100 meters maximizes the point.
Sight in distance is relevant to the terrain you hunt in and the trajectory of the rifle. In order to hit a distant target a rifle must be correctly sightedin, and to accomplish that the shooter must have some working knowledge of the bullets trajectory. Input your hunting conditions to see the drop, drift, bullet trajectory, velocity, and energy. Youll find 300 win mag ballistics, 308 ballistics, 3006 ballistics, 223 ballistics, 243 ballistics, 3030 ballistics and much more. Can some of you give me the trajectory of a 158 grain 357mag with factory. American rifleman ballistic software for longrange shooting. Also, check out our patreon page if you enjoy our program, and consider. Barnes vortx 357 remington magnum mag xpb 140 gr 20 round.
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