.357mag 5 Different Barrel Lengths, Test in Ballistic Gel Block, with the Hornady 180gr XTP
HTML-код
- Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024
- Which bullet is best for running in a revolver and a carbine rifle?? 1 of several bullets that I'll be doing similar testing with over the next several weeks.
A look at expansion, weight retention and penetration in 10% ballistic gel block with 5 different barrel lengths!
Spreadsheet with data and pics near the end of the video!
#rangetime #reloadingbench #ballisticgel #garminxero #reload #rossi #r92 #357mag #leveraction #357 #hornadybullets #hornadyxtp #kyrangetime
Great info.
Great video! You’re a godsend for us handloaders who are hitting the woods with combos. Thank you. personally, I was thinking that the 20” was pretty slow, but the results were still phenomenal. I would love to see a Lil Gun 158gr FP-XTP in the same format (for selfish reasons). Thanks again for bringing the great content.
@@tombraley3212 I may get to that one soon.
I did the old style 158gr XTP that I had loaded with H-110 this past weekend, still in editing.. lol.
I’ll try to do a lil-gun loading on the new bullet for my next outing. 😉
Good video on my favorite pistol cartridge! I killed a deer with the 180gr xtp in a 5inch barrel Smith. In a rifle you can really push the 357 over a pistol with little gun . I have a rifle load if I remember is around 1900fps. Darren
@@darrenbowers3267 that’s a pretty fast round! What weight?? I’ll be doing 110gr XTP on my next trip. It’ll be pretty hot too. Lol
158gr bullet to can load a rifle up to 44psi but never shoot it in a pistol.
Unless it's a Ruger of course.@@darrenbowers3267
Interesting results. That load recipe is a keeper.
Your test was well done, excellent! Very factual. Keep ‘em coming please and thank you.
Tumbling/yawing is not an uncommon phenomenon, especially if the bullet is deforming. The flattening front is slowing while the rear is trying to maintain its velocity. I could not hear your velocities very well. It sounded like 13something on the rifle and 10something on the 6.5 inch.
Any of them would be a good deer or bear load in any of the barrel lengths as long as you hit every time.
The spreadsheet helped alot.
Just so happens I have a hundred bullets ready for reload. Good vid
I've reloaded many, many calibers and firearms for over 45years and have two 357mag compact revolvers
i never tested 180gr 357but i believe from woods, hiking ,defense against most any thing you would come across including medium size black with my two inch or 3 inch 357 with that 180gr xtp would sufficiently do the job with proper shot placement. i have pistols and revolvers far more powerful but i like 357mag e even in stubbies . it easily fits my pocket or holsters. papa wishing you well 😊
@@johnnymccann5607 awesome!! And thanks!!
Well....I'm surprised! In my experience, XTP's need to be driven to the upper limits to get consistent expansion. I'm absolutely amazed you got expansion out of the 2" barrel!
@@MikeJacobs-c4l well, not sure I’d call it expansion but it did blow the nose open. 😉😂
The Hornady 180 XTP is my go to bullet for .357 Max and is the perfect mix with Lil'Gun in my Handi rifle. It does quite a number on deer.
Wow. And oldy but goodie. I was lucky enough to fire a .357 Max, but I prefer the T/C Contender over the Ruger Super Blackhawk.
I like the video premis. I think it would be interesting to do the test with the entire line of XTP bullets and compare the data.
I think it would also be very interesting to compare the 158 to the 180.
I have killed about 15 deer with the 158 and they usually expand back to nearly the base and come to rest against the opposite hide.
This out of a Marlin at about 1700fps.
@@drewpackman2929 stay tuned!! 😉
Hornady XCP (Extra Consistent Penetration). I actually expected more penetration from the short barrels.
Would love to see 158 and 125 gr XTP results.
@@mkshffr4936 I’ve got 140gr FTX in editing and 110gr XTP loaded and ready. 125xtp and 158xtp are both on my list for the next couple of range trips. 😉👍🏻
great test.good stuff
Great video. I'm into 357 and 44 mag in rifle and revolver. New subscriber Do you have anything in the 44?
@@janetquarles4250 I have a series similar to the .357 planned. 4 barrel length from 20” down to 2-3/4” and 6-7 different bullets.
I’m editing/videoing a .38spl series now with episodes release this week.
.44mag will be a few weeks out. 😉
I'm impressed with the results. That 3" barrel Rossi spit out its slug only 72 fps slower than the Taurus T627 with more than twice the barrel length.
@@williamwatson4625 Agreed! The short barrels are definitely holding their own!
Here's an idea.
I've always wondered what the velocity difference would be with a Bond Arms snake slayer vs a revolver of equal barrel length.
@@nofateaz revolvers leak off just a bit of pressure/gas where the cylinder meets the forcing cone so I’d bet a fully chambered round and the same barrel length would be a tad bit faster. 😉.
I too, found it interesting. I was always lead to believe that different barrel lengths made a different . Thanks for it clearing up. Great video.
Bullet weight, powder, and barrel length along with twist rate all work in conjunction
I've always considered the 357 magnum to be the top handgun caliber for self defense and I really like digging into the bullet weight/velocity combination.
I've gotten into the 327 federal magnum as well and done similar testing to what you're doing here. Less of a range in weights but some great velocities of up to 2100 in the Henry 20" with a 100 gr HP, 1313 fps in the LCRX with that same load. 1900 with the 127 gr ballistic tip in the Henry. 1600 ft with the 104 gr HTP in a 5.5" single seven.
What's crazy to me is that 158 grain 357 can be pushed to 2100+ FPS from a rifle.
Yep. Very good energy
Fun video. Next to the 10mm, the .357 is my favorite pistol caliber. I would be interested in a similar comparison with other projectile weights. I have very, very recently went to a revolver carry - like this week. My experience with the .357 goes back to the mid 1980s when I was a teen. But other than hunting and hiking, I have never carried a .357 for personal safety. I initially carried 38+Ps in my new little Ruger, but I started to feel like a godless communist and now I want to go back to .357s.
@@Abby_Normal_1969 😂😂😂 I do plan on doing this test with several different weights. I have a 140gr FTX in editing now and a 110grXTP loaded and waiting on a range trip.
And yes, your making the right move into .357… 😉👍🏻👊🏻
@kentuckyrangetime - Cool. I thought that the 38+P would "look" better to a wildly woke prosecutor and jury in wildly woke Seattle. I think that logic still tracks, but it doesn't feel right. Thanks for the vid!
Very few (possible none at all!) videos on the 180 XTP, awesome video!
Another great video. Especially for those of us that handload and hunt
What an amazing comparison; excellent penetration from all five bullet lengths. .
Good video, what was your powder charge and OAL?
@@transformeruk5300 those were at 13.5gr of Win -296 and set to the top of the cannuler
Thanks.