Which NOE mold for Rossi 92 .357Mag?

[sawzall]

So I'm having a hard time deciding which boolit mold to order for my new 16" Rossi 92 .357 Mag. I'm stuck between the 360-180-WF

And the SC359-175-RF which is a Ranch Dog design with standard lube grooves instead of tumble lube.

Now, I figure either of these will probably make a good plinking boolit for my 35 Remington as well. Anyone have experience with either design? They're both pretty similar, but I like the larger meplat on the 360-180 but the 359-175 won't intrude on the powder capacity as much as the body below the crimp groove is shorter.

 

[just having some fun]

You are looking for a plinking bullet and you pick 2 GC boolits

not sure what mould you should get

do some reading on castboolits site to find what feeds and shoots the best

 

[sawzall]

You are looking for a plinking bullet and you pick 2 GC boolits

not sure what mould you should get

do some reading on castboolits site to find what feeds and shoots the best

They will be for plinking in my 35 Remington. Hunting loads at full power in the 357 magnum. I have 158gr swc plain base for plinking in the 357.

 

[hickstick_10]

I never was a big fan of the heavy 180 grn SWCs (the 358429) RFs and blunt RNs for a 357 hunting round, what little I gained in bullet weight I lost way more in velocity in an already velocity impaired cartridge. 150-160 grains has always been the sweet spot for me in cast bullet weight for this case.

Any chance of going with a 158 grn GC SWC? You can push the 158 grain Ray Thompson bullet (or the Lee GC SWC, and you have an extra lube groove instead of the extra crimp groove) 100-200 fps faster and nothing you shoot is going to be able to tell it weighs 20 grains less. Id rather more powder as opposed to 180 grains bullet weight when it comes to a 357 rifle load for hunting. If you had one cavity hollowpointed, you'd have everything covered from medium game to gophers in one mold.

For that reason if I had no other choice of a better bullet to use in a 357, I'd pick the 175 grain RF.

In using pistol bullets to plink in a rifle round, I never really cared what I use as the beer can is equally ventilated, so its more of a novelty and an afterthought.