Originally Posted by william_iorg


Hunt up a copy of the September 1968 issue of Guns and Ammo for a picture of a Model 71 in .450 Alaska which suffered a magazine tube detonation and injured the shooter.
The load was 60.0 grains of IMR 3031 behind a 500-grain cast bullet. Three cartridges went off in the magazine.


I would speculate that the danger of shooting any 357 ammo which would even come close to that in recoil would be magnitudes of probability greater that the barrel would be blown up from excess pressure. IOW, a moot point as relates to this thread query. smile


Sometimes, the air you 'let in'matters less than the air you 'let out'.