I have some of the Buffalo Bore 180 gn "Outdoorsman" ammo that I shot out of a Taurus 605 (Steel J-frame clone). I need to chronograph it, but it's rowdy for sure.

I read that a bow guide and his daughter guide both pack J-frames in .357 mag for bear country. The reasoning is that to stop a bear, you need a CNS hit in a gun that you can control, and it can penetrate. Heavy, hard cast .357 traveling at 1200-1400 fps aught to do that.

I think that's the right idea.



One thing I'll give you a heads up on is that N-frame .357s like the 28, have a shorter chamber length and may not chamber the long nosed heavies. Those guns were developed before the heavy for caliber rounds were.

K & L frames, plus Ruger GP and SPs have a longer chamber.

Well, we don't rent pigs, and it's better to say it right up front because a man who does like to rent pigs is — well, he's hard to stop.