I have been working on the shotshell project for .357 and made a new batch on Saturday. The target I posted is just preliminary. I couldn't get downrange to change the target for each test and why 2 shotshells were fired into the same target. The center of the target looked good before I fired 43 JHPs through that same target which were from 5 tests from loads made just days before. A 158 gr. XTP in .357 Magnum with 17.1 grs. of AA 11FS where one cylinder was fired from both a 6-shot GP100 and a 7-shot from S&W 686+. Fired 10 rounds of the RMR 158 gr. PHP in .357 Mag with a 5.9 gr. Start Charge of AA No 2. 10 rounds of the 124 gr. HST 9mm where I had backed off the charge that chron'd 1219 FPS. Nonetheless, the Q-Model numbers are outstanding. The other load was the 147 gr. JHP I increased by .1 gr. for the Canik 4.47" TP9sa in an attempt to reach the 1118 FPS that load had chrono'd from my Shooting Partner's 5" S&W Mod 2.
The 158 gr. XTP load in .357 Mag was timely for my SP. He had an encounter with a very large sow herding 12 little piglets. The sow turned mean but not dangerous, so he did not shoot her with his 12 gauge while wearing the 686+ on his hip.
