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[Handgun'r]

Rapier,

Nice gun.................good groups....

It betters the factory barrels by quite a bit. They apparently cut the throat/leade pretty rough, and at a different configuration that doesn't lend itself to accuracy very well.
I'm getting 1 1/2"- 2" groups at 100yds. with my 14" TC using pistol (JHP) bullets. I can better that by 3/4" if I use my hand swaged jacketed HP's, or changing the ogive's of the factory bullets.
Any bullets with a shoulder (like Sierra's), that isn't rounded like Remington's, so to speak, aren't as accurate.

The powder's I use in my gun (and more than likely will continue using in my carbine barrel) is H110, W296, L'il Gun, and AA1680. I use AA1680 more for cast bullets, as well as some 2400 & 4227.

The 180gr. Saeco GC mould configuration is probably the most accurate in that weight....at least for me.

The .357 Max is just a venison hammer....period. I've got centerfire rifle rounds that don't drop them any faster. I think it works so well based on the HP bullets that I'm using though. They are devastating to say the least. Not too good for pelts though.
Cast works well there.

Good shooting..........!
Bob