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Just got the barrel last week. ![[Linked Image]](https://i.postimg.cc/fTkZxnMf/DSC09506.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](https://i.postimg.cc/kMTq6XP5/DSC09505.jpg)
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357 Carbine oughta be a cracker jack shooter.
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This is the very first carbine I have ever seen with this chambering. But my hunting buddy in Michigan hunts with a TC Contender pistol in 357 Herrett. He usually loads the Speer 180 grain bullet for best accuracy and lethal performance on those big Michigan bucks. 357 Herrett is a keeper!
I admire your carbine very much but truthfully I'm a bit envious, too.
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The Speer 180 is exactly what I intend to use in it.
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Gunnut: When making cases for a 357 Herrett (a laborious chore). I use a Mini Chop Saw from Harbor Freight to cut the 30/30 cases close to the required length and then finish up in a case trimmer. Be sure and headspace the Herrett cases properly for forming loads or you will thin the webs on the cases. Bellm covers this extensively on his website.
Please do not take this the wrong way but why did you choose the 357 Herrett instead of the 35 Remington for your carbine? The 30 and 357 Herrett were designed for a more optimum case capacity for the 10" Contender barrels. The case capacities for the 357 Herrett is 41 grains water and the 35 Remington is 51 grains water. While the lower capacity of the Herrett cases in 30 and 357 minimized unburned powder in the short 10" barrels, this is not a factor in the longer carbine barrel.
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Gunnut: When making cases for a 357 Herrett (a laborious chore). I use a Mini Chop Saw from Harbor Freight to cut the 30/30 cases close to the required length and then finish up in a case trimmer. Be sure and headspace the Herrett cases properly for forming loads or you will thin the webs on the cases. Bellm covers this extensively on his website.
Please do not take this the wrong way but why did you choose the 357 Herrett instead of the 35 Remington for your carbine? The 30 and 357 Herrett were designed for a more optimum case capacity for the 10" Contender barrels. The case capacities for the 357 Herrett is 41 grains water and the 35 Remington is 51 grains water. While the lower capacity of the Herrett cases in 30 and 357 minimized unburned powder in the short 10" barrels, this is not a factor in the longer carbine barrel. I have 100 rounds of new, proper headstamped Quality Cartridge ready formed brass sitting on the bench. As to why the Herrett? No "good" reason really. Bob Milek was probably my favorite old time gun writer and for whatever reason, I became interested in the Herrett cartridges at a young age. The .357 Herrett has always been on my mind, but I'm just not a serious enough handgun hunter. So, that and the fact that it is rarely seen in a rifle prompted me to do it. Sure, a .35 Remington would have been most practical but I have a Remington pump in it. A .357 Max would make more sense, but I have a Savage 24 in that one. Logic rarely plays a role in my gun buying, and I am a ".35" nut in general, so a Herrett just gave me an excuse to add another .35 to the stable.
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Thanks for the explanation
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Nice! I got my first Herrett barrel (a .30) in 1976, the second in 1980. I looked long and hard at the .357 version, but decided instead on a .35 Remington Super 14 in 1981.
Fast forward to 2015, I ordered an 18.5” .35 Remington barrel from SSK for my carbine action. I could not believe the accuracy of this barrel, well under 1moa with its favorite loads. I don’t need that level of accuracy, but the barrel did account for a couple of Texas deer when I lived there. In reality the Herrett would have given similar performance, but I liked the history of the old .35. And, at this stage in life I prefer to use non-wildcat cartridges. Well, mostly non-wildcats.
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