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Working up .357 Mag load for Bears
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<blockquote data-quote="RT2506" data-source="post: 550271" data-attributes="member: 10178"><p>H-110/WW296 (They are the same powder) or 2400 are the powders of choice for the 357 Mag. Load max loads. If is self defense against a bear I would use a 180 gr Hornady XTP or a flat nose or swc hard cast bullet. But the 357 is pretty weak at it's best and you better be really close and stick that thing in it's ear or eye or neck where it meets the head to kill it quick or you will be lunch for it before it dies from body hits from a 357 mag. It just does not have enough power to break large bones reliable. Hard cast bullets will actually bounce off or skid on the frontal skull of a black bear. Bob Milek found that out many years ago. He would not use anything less than a 44 mag on black bear.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RT2506, post: 550271, member: 10178"] H-110/WW296 (They are the same powder) or 2400 are the powders of choice for the 357 Mag. Load max loads. If is self defense against a bear I would use a 180 gr Hornady XTP or a flat nose or swc hard cast bullet. But the 357 is pretty weak at it's best and you better be really close and stick that thing in it's ear or eye or neck where it meets the head to kill it quick or you will be lunch for it before it dies from body hits from a 357 mag. It just does not have enough power to break large bones reliable. Hard cast bullets will actually bounce off or skid on the frontal skull of a black bear. Bob Milek found that out many years ago. He would not use anything less than a 44 mag on black bear. [/QUOTE]
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