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That pretty good for a 20" tube.Only benefit (to me) in the 350 legend or the 357ar is a repeater. I figure as a mostly muzzleloader hunter, I should only need one shot so, the Max on an Encore or Contender platform is all a man needs.
I still have a huge stash of Hornady 180gr SSP’s on top of 28gr of Lil Gun (2450fps out of a 20” tube) and deer usually don’t make it over 20yds. Fury makes a great bullet but a little more pricey and the Speer Flat nose are great bullets for a cheaper shooting bullet that still will put a hurt on some of the biggest white tails and hogs.
my MGM barrel will cloverleaf at 100yds and hold about half MOA out to 300yds. I preferred my older 1/14 twist but my newer 1/16 is almost as good a shooter. You won’t be disappointed going with MGM.
My favorite “non muzzleloader” rifle. 357 Maximum with a 20” tube, It’s compact and a great treestand, woods gun.
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Is that a MGM scope base? or a different brand?
That what I want to do except the smokeless route on the muzzy sideThis is my first post, recently joined up to get some info getting back into ML shooting.
I have a 12" contender 357 max bbl, which I'm sure not reaching the full potential of with a red dot on it.
Also a 209x45 that I just started shooting 158gr xtp's/MMP blue sabots out of for the first time yesterday. This combo appeals to me because I reload for 38/357mag/357max already and can sort of cross pollinate.
I was thinking about having MGM do a barrel for me. Anybody shooting one of their 357 Max barrels?
Getting a 26" MGM 357 Max Encore barrel with a Bellm chamber to go with my 14" CVA Scout 357 Max. What kind of FPS you getting with the 21" barrel? What powder you shooting in the rifle? I'm hoping the 26" MGM barrel likes W296 like the Scout does so I only have to buy one powder for rifle and pistol....lol....I have an encore with a 21” mgm 357 max barrel and a 14” cva scout 357 max. They are both tack drivers.
Get a Lee .355 die if you want to shoot 357s in 45x357 sabots. I prefer the Precision Rifle version of that sabot too. Its a little longer than the MMP blue. Del (MMP) makes them for PR. If you dont resize the bullets then the sabots are very tight. 9mm bullets fit that sabot way better.
https://www.prbullet.com/shop/products_view.php?sSKU=0500
Getting a 26" MGM 357 Max Encore barrel with a Bellm chamber to go with my 14" CVA Scout 357 Max. What kind of FPS you getting with the 21" barrel? What powder you shooting in the rifle? I'm hoping the 26" MGM barrel likes W296 like the Scout does so I only have to buy one powder for rifle and pistol....lol....
I have seen itnot sure what my velocity is with the 21” barrel lbahunter as I don’t have a chrony. Will get you a link with velocities from mgm
Can't wait to get it. I'm looking forward to putting rounds thru it. It's only been eight days sent I ordered but the wait is the hardest part!!!!
In my cva scout I’m shooting a 180xtp with 23.5gr of w-296 and in my mgm 21” 357 max I shoot a custom 180gr Henson hp over 24gr of h-110 from a left over loaded batch. I just picked up some 296 at a gun show and am currently using that. 110 and 296 are one in the same.26" with a Bellm chamber. What powder and bullet you shooting?
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