Home Forums Reloading Big Game Rifles .357 Mag. carbine load for big game

This could go in the handgun section, but as it's a load for rifles and big game, I decided to post it here.

My brother got a Henry .357 for his birthday. Being the family hand loader, I researched options and loaded him hunting loads for his rifle. The load consisted of Starline brass, Hornady 158gr. XTP-FP, WSPM primers and 15.0gr. H110.

A couple of weeks ago he took a nice deer and forwarded me pictures of the recovered bullet. The deer was hit in the left flank, exited the right shoulder and re-entered the right front leg where it stopped. He told me he was amazed at the exit wound. Shot distance was about 75 yards and the deer dropped less than 20 yards from where it was hit.