Doe down with 357 Max (Warning Graphic)

[captpaul]

My wife shot a doe with her 357 Max Encore. I was really happy with the performance of the Hornady 180 SSP. Double lung shot doe ran about 40 yards. This firearm has been a blast to shoot and very accurate.

Wife with doe

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[Hookeye]

Good job!

 

[A-savvy]

Nice doe, congrats to your wife.

 

[Mike H]

Congrats to her, great pic's.

 

[draftyranger]

Nice doe! Congrats!

 

[ISP 5353]

Congrats on the deer! Great shooting too!

 

[srad]

Great job on the doe! If you don't mind me asking...

- what was the approx yardage on the shot?
- where do you get your brass or ammo?

I have a H&R 258 Handy Rifle in .357mag, thinking about reaming it to max.

Thanks.

 

[captpaul]

Great job on the doe! If you don't mind me asking...

- what was the approx yardage on the shot?
- where do you get your brass or ammo?

I have a H&R 258 Handy Rifle in .357mag, thinking about reaming it to max.

Thanks.

The shot was estimated at 60 yards, a chip shot for this gun. I reload using AA1680, Hornady 180 SSP, and Remington brass from Plainfield Shooting Supply.

 

[cedarthicket]

Captpaul, glad to see your wife got a deer. She seems mighty pleased, and rightly so.

Also, that is a winning combination of powder, bullet, and brass. The Remington brass that I use is very uniform. I once tried some Jamison brass when Remington was not available. Jamison's quality control was terrible! I use small rifle primers in my reloads due to probably somewhat higher pressures than factory .357 Magnum loads.

 

[captpaul]

I use small rifle primers in my reloads due to probably somewhat higher pressures than factory .357 Magnum loads.

Good point, I use CCI 400 Small rifle primers. The pressure is too high for small pistol primers.

 

[HICKMAN]

grats!

 

[jeeper038]

Congrats to the wife. Nice shooting.

 

[Jacobm]

Congrats. Great looking deer.

 

[Silver-z28]

Nice i just bought a 44 mag barrel gonna build the wife a pink tc to hunt with next year got sick of fighting with the handirifle. Im a believer in the tc abd there barrels. My pro hunter has been a dream

 

[bucmaster]

hello nice doe . how accurate is the 357 at 100 yds.

 

[trophy hunter]

congrats. your wife looks pretty happy!!
i plan on building a 357 max setup for my wife next yr. looks like it gets the job done.

 

[captpaul]

hello nice doe . how accurate is the 357 at 100 yds.

Under an inch from the bench.

 

[DukeTheDog]

Nice. My wife doesn't want me to kill Bambi. Whatev!

 

[eSC]

Nice. My wife doesn't want me to kill Bambi. Whatev!

Time for a new wife..

 

[teddy12b]

That's awesome that you can share the outdoors and hunting with your wife. I wish I could get mine out with me.

I'm just curious, but is there really that much advantage to using an odd caliber like that instead of a regular 357mag or 44mag that's more common? I'm watching for a good deal on a enacore 44mag barrel so I can setup a scoped 44mag to use the same ammo as my puma 92 44mag. I hear the stories of these other calibers and I never really understand the benefit of them. Is it just to have something a little different/special? If so I get that, but otherwise I'm probably just going to stay with a boring 44mag.