“Alaska Backpacker” 357 using a 200 grain hard-cast, gas-checked LBT 1.620” OAL
https://www.thesixgunjournal.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/20221106_191339.jpg These produced 970 fps and worked fine in a 2 ¼” SP101 with noticeable, but not unbearable recoil- way nicer than hot 300’s from a 4” S&W Model 29. It grouped about 2 ¼ “ at 25 yards, and the point-of-impact with the little Ruger was only 3” high at that distance.
The load's velocity didn't impress me much- until I started shooting things with it. It easily bored through a 3 inch seasoned oak limb, digging an inch groove in the trunk behind. It shot through an old mower deck- that .45 hardball only dents. I do believe Alaska Backpacker's 200 grain .357 would shoot through a bear's noggin' and that's about all you can ask of a pocket gun.
