Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunting Rifles You're experience with premium .357 bullets in .358 cartridges.?

I'm toying with reduced loads in my 35 Whelen AI. (For Whitetails).
While doing so, some have offered me data for running .357 bullets.

A thought occured to me in this vein, that I could step on the juice, and if accuracy and performance was there, run these bullets faster, flatter, and with less or similar recoil than the typical 180 grain and 200 grain .358's with "reduced load" charges.

Specifically, what's the scoop with the .357" 140 XPB or 158 A-Frame out of your 35 whelen or 358 Winchester.?

I really liked loading 158 gr. JHP’s in my .350 Rem Mag and 125 JHP’s in my .35 Remington. In the .35 Rem they were absolutely devastating on bunnies.

Accuracy in both cases was around 1.25” at 100 yards. They both worked great for me.

I never used them on bigger game but I’d be happy to roll a 158gr. A-Frame at 1850-2000 fps on deer. The A-Frame should hold up just fine.