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Bruce very good point usually when you shoot 38 out of 357 its a two to four inch barrel your not shooting the distance

38 Sp in 357 Mag chamber = about 1/10 inch jump.

357 Mag in 357 Max chamber = about 3/10 inch jump.

Bruce

works fine.

I have a pair of carbines...one is a 18" lightweight with ghost ring sights, my "walking around" gun & the other a 24" barrel topped with a 2x7 nikon.

when i sight my carbines to shoot an inch high at 50yards with the usual hunting loads (20gr 4227 with Rem 180JHP) they will also shoot the cheapy .38spl 130gr fMJ factory loads to hit point on at around 25yards.

i killed a pair of deer in 1 morning with the max a few years back, those remmy 180jhp's really do a good job at .357max speeds. a few months before that a buddy of mine launched one of those through a feral hog's head that made the mistake of looking straight at us at a distance of 50feet, went clean through the skull and down the neck, lodged in the top of the shoulder. picture-perfect mushroom.

my shorty carbine weighs just a tad under 5#, very handy. stuck a fiber-op front on there with the ghost ring rear.



pig vs long barreled ruger .357max:

Get the max and reload for it. It is hell on wheels in the right application, especially out of a closed breech design like the Contender, H&R, Rossi, or Encore. Let me know if/when you do, I can get you connected with some excellent cast boolits for it that are heavy enough to take advantage of the case capacity. 215 gr. at 1900 fps is certainly doable, and that's a thumper!

Accuracy is fine out of my Encore barrel at 50 yds with .357 Mag and .38 spec loads for plinking. Quart oil bottles every time with the shorter versions in the chamber. 8" gong at 200 yds with the .357 Max loads and 215 gr. or 190 gr. cast boolits and the appropriate charge of 4227 or RL7.

Morning picturerock, Haven't worked out how to post pictures on this forum yet but if you send me an email address I'll send you the article I wrote about it for the "Sporting Shooters - Victoria" magazine. Sorry for the slow reply, work has piled up on me.

Regards

Bravo 27
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P.S I did the same thing on a big Martini in 6mm/303 Improved & I'm currently working on the 7mm/303 Improved version.

Picturerock,
Sent the email last night
Hope you got it OK

Regards

Bravo 27
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Yep. Read it on the email this morning. Thanks, it was great!