The Federal 220 gr. load… WHY? Begs the question what the minimum impact velocity is for any expansion….. at all? 220 gr. & more recoil….. for what purpose? 400 pound hogs inside 150 yards as a guesstimate? Besides, the majority of deer kill reports with .357 Maximum have been pass throughs, even on both shoulders, with 180 gr. bullets.
220 gr., guaranteed pass throughs of bad shots for tracking deer? Hopefully Federal did not make this bullet as hard-nosed as most .35 cal. rifle bullets.
I am certainly not against .360 BHMR in any way, shape or form, if for no other reason than the commonality of available brass, vs. the periodic drought of .357 Maximum brass.
The trend is more toward factory ammo, another plus for the BHMR, though .357 Maximum shooters loading the Max to the maximum, to at least the original 48K c.u.p. maximum pressures, pretty much equal BHMR factory ballistics. There has been no rush of .357 Maximum shooters to re-chamber to the BHMR. I might have done a couple, but don’t recall specifically.
The only thing I’ve noticed with .360 BMMR is more of a tendency for the neck to not expand quickly enough to create a seal, as evidenced by powder blow-by down the sides of fired cases, in spite of a good neck annealing. Factory ammo with a solid roll crimp, and possibly faster/easier to ignite powders, no doubt helps a lot to create that initial seal.
Mr. .357 Remington Maximum is still scratching his head, though the worst .360 BHMR factory load makes more sense than Winchester's .400 Legend which will essentially be dead on arrival.
Cast lead much cheaper! Leading? There are always the Berry’s plated bullets.
I’ve worked out a way to chamber the CVA Scout rifles that have the welded on forend hanger that otherwise requires the H&R set up. “The industry” keeps me supplied with challenges to work around.
Mike
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