Load for 77/357

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telesquirt

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Am loading for my Ruger 77/357 and found a load that is giving me good accuracy, 15.8 grains of 296 under a 158 grain Berry's JHP.
My question is, would these Berry's bullets have suitable expansion on deer at 100 yards?
I was thinking of trying some tests on wet phone books at 100 yards to see how they expand.
Anyone have experience with these bullets in .357 Magnum?
 
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Hard to beat the knockdown power of the Speer DCSP 170 gr over 17.5 gr of Litt'legun, check over the Oehler out of my Marlin Trapper they run a tad under 1775 fps, those up to a 100 metres are devastator, got 2 big bucks with that combo... JP.
 
That Speer 170 along with the Sierra 170 JHC are two of the better jacketed options for the .357 out of rifles in my experience.

WRT the Berry's plated bullets, you may be driving them fast enough to strip the plating - can you fire some into sand or something to get a look at them after firing???
 
This one works good in both my Marlin 1894c & Ruger 77/357 rifles....
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Now I want to try some Speer 158 gr JSP bullets over the same powder & some A-2400. Should work good on deer.....
 
Snapshot said:
Maybe fix the title, I'm not sure if Ruger makes a 77/375 but it is not the same as a 77/357.

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Thanks for the heads up Snapshot! the old Dyslexia must have icked kin ! :D

Those look like a great load ruffbird, where would a guy be looking online for cast gas checked bullets like those?----I pretty much have to drive for 5 hours to get near anyplace that would sell something like that.

Thanks for the reply guys.
 
Being plated bullets, you could get too much expansion from an HP cause the jackets might not hold up as well when they hit the deer. I would imagine a plated HP is a lot more frangible then a jacketed HP.

Something to consider, is if it's a load you've worked up, you know is good in your rifle, and you've had a lot of trigger time practicing with, then it's 100x better for deer, for you, then any other load.

That's the wonderful thing about CMJ bullets, cheap to shoot means more trigger time.
More trigger time means more likely to get a deer even if it's not the absolute best option.
 
mudgunner49 said:
WRT the Berry's plated bullets, you may be driving them fast enough to strip the plating - can you fire some into sand or something to get a look at them after firing???
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I know for a FACT, that if you used Cam-Pro CMJ bullets, the plating will not strip off.
I can push Cam-Pro 240g out of my Marlin 1894 44mag at 1600fps all day long and not even get so much as a strip of copper fouling and they give me jacketed accuracy out of that old microgroove barrel. If Berrys are worth their salt, they should hold up too.

I've even pushed Frontier CMJ bullets, 110g 30cal, out of a chrome lined m14 at 2600fps without stripping issues. Mind you, a CMJ at that speed, they vaporize on impact and shoot "minute of garage door'.
 
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