180 grain .357 loads

[Mr. 16 gauge]

I would like to know what powder and powder weight you are using and what specific bullet you are using. Also, are you shooting a snake?

Rapier;
The bullet is Hornady's XTP bullet; the powders were Hodgdon H110, IMR4227, and Blue dot. I don't have the exact charges in front of me, but they were approximately one grain below max from the data that I used. I did try 2400....the accuracy was unacceptable. The bullets were test fired into wet surgical sponges packed in plastic jugs; they penetrated well, but the bullets look almost pristine except for the rifling and some damage to the nose from where they ran into other bullets.

The gun isn't a "snake", but a Trooper Mk III made in the early 1980's, 6" barrel.