recipe needed for 158g .357

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  • lazarus

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    Jun 23, 2015
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    @ Mag, I've heard that before also, in a dicussion on the Castboolits place.

    @ NeutronBlu...just by looking at the bullets the powder coating doesn't
    look uniform, voids and things, just throwing things out there. weigh em..
    just curious. You said you have tried loads with that weight bullet, gonna
    agree and say bullet

    -Rock

    Yeah they look…not very good. If the casting is also not great, accuracy is for sure going to be a serious problem. Sometimes guns just don’t like a certain component. But that looks more like the case of a bad component. Not a picky gun.

    It doesn’t take much weight distribution problem to badly throw off accuracy. Especially if the bullet was already marginally stable.
     

    Neutron

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    MDS Supporter
    Nov 20, 2014
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    severna park
    I weighed a dozen of them and they fluctuate between 157 and 159g. I also weighed a dozen Xtream bullets and they were within .3g so much better. Then I weighed a dozen Hornady bullets and they were almost all exactly 158g. I'm thinking between the differences in weight, the rough coating, and the shape of the bullet, that they are going to be relegated to the pistol at 7 yds.

    Made it to the range this afternoon and shot three groups each of the ones loaded with Tite Group. 4.5, 4.8, and 5.0g of T.G. All groups sucked. 6-8" or more at 50 yds. I'm done with these out of a rifle.

    Thanks for all of your suggestions with this issue.
     

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