Originally Posted by moosemike
I just got a stainless Rossi 92 in 357 magnum that I really like and I'm eager to take it deer hunting. But with our Bear season overlapping with Deer I'm normally hunting both so I'm asking a two part question. First, is it enough out to 125 yards and second, what bullet and what grain?

A stout load of H-110, behind a HDY .357"/180 gr. XTP, will give you ~ 1800 fps/MV from a Carbine.

Aperture sighted, zeroed at 100 yards (+0.5" @ 25), the drop at 125 yards is 2", w/ ~ 835 ft-lbs of energy (better than .357 Mag. pistol at point-blank).

Call it a 200 yd cartridge if you can hit.




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