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A picture is worth a thousand words, so... Here is a picture of the 357 rounds I use in my Marlin 94C, that will also fit in some revolver cylinders. The crimp is over the ojive, however, I have long, over 20 years now, used a "Profile" crimp on my pistol cartridges that have a straight wall case. It reduces the need for a precise case length to achieve accuracy. If the OAL shown is too long, adjust the OAL to fit your cylinder allowing for any compression rebound. This is an advanced reloaders project and process.
The Profile crimp dies are a combination taper crimp and roll crimp and can be purchsed as a seperate die.
That little 38 Spl case deliveres 1,700 fps with that 180 Hornady in the 94 C. The same loading process can be done with the 357 case cut down to 38 spl length, but is unnecessary, unless you get into a spire point reload. These photos go with an artice I wrote about the 357 Carbines and loading for them, a few years back.
Ed
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