Load for .357 carbine 16" barrel

[shootist]

Hello shooters.

I'm an Ohioan and indulging in the straight walled cartridge hunt for ohio deer gun season. I used a ruger 77/.357 as my deer blaster last year and got an 8pt. This year in extending my reach with it.

Load: 140gr Hornady FTX, H110 18gr, and a small rifle primer.
Mean from 7rds is 1783 FPS

My question is can I run hotter?

Not a lot of .357 carbin load data

 

[dedogs]

Cody, Where did you find the load you are using now? Hornady does not show a load with that bullet using H110 in their 8th Edition manual. Also I hope you took note of the fact that you must trim your brass .030 shorter than normal when using those 140g FTX bullets. dedogs

 

[madderg]

you should be getting more velocity than that. Nosler lists and 8.3" barrel 150 gr. H11016.0 gr.max. at 1620 fps.
125 gr. bullet with 19.6 grs. H 110 at 1840 fps. You could also look at 2400 powder. Good shooting, Gary.

 

[MrMajestic]

I run lil'gun with the Remington 180 gr. SJHP in my 24" Martini Cadet. I get 1750 fps and 1 1/2" 5 round groups at 100 yards . Not what you asked but just some FYI. Gonna try to kill a deer with that little "wand" someday!

 

[Terry]

The Lee reloading manual has good loads you can use.

 

[johnfred1965]

The hodgdon online manual shows 19gr of H110 with a 140 XTP as max. 1997 fps from an 18 1/2 in barrel. Different bullets, but that would give you something to work up to, checking for pressure signs as you go. they use a small pistol magnum primer, that may give you better pressure indications than a rifle primer. Just my thoughts.

Also, H110 was the fastest powder listed for the 357 rifle loads