The lapped mould is dropping 166-167 grain full size bullets. Sized from .3604 to .360 with a custom Lee sizer, and lubed with 3/1 JPW/LLA (Lee Liquid Alox) or pure JPW (Johnson's Paste Wax) (the best lubes for this type of load). Loaded over 3.5 grains of 700X, and a long OAL of 1.610. They are shooting great in the rifle, and the revolver. These light loads, are low recoil. Yet in the revolver they can knock down a 100yard Ram at IHMSA Silhouette events.
To give you an idea of this from the Rossi at 25 yards, off-a-rest, 5 shot group, here is the dime-on picture:
Follow by the dime-off picture. The 5 rounds measure 0.28 inches center to center:
That was a fun day at the range! The approach to casting and handloading in the other posts produce this kind of a result. Hopefully the test results, forced ranking approach to accuracy, and the information in general helps your groups.
More about shooting the 357 Magnum Revolver with iron-sights, standing & off-hand. That is standing, with 2 hands and no supports. Once you have the most accurate load, this is one of the fun ways to enjoy yourself. I love red dots and scopes, but iron sights are simple and, like I said, FUN!
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