357 Corbon Hunters

[twhidd]

I ran across some Corbon Hunter 357 magnum 180 grain soft points. I was wondering if these would be too hot for my Smith & Wesson model 686. What say you?

 

[ligonierbill]

Shouldn't be too hot for an L frame, but I have not used them personally. I have been working up some loads for 180 cast, but I generally stay with the common wisdom and 158 JHP for the field.

 

[buck460XVR]

1200 FPS with a 180 outta a revolver is a tad warm, but should not be dangerous in the 686. At $2 a pop I doubt if you will be shootin' a lot of them.

 

[Deja vu]

I have shot a few of Buffalo Bore 180 grain rounds from my 686. They clock in at about 1400 FPS. (5 inch barrel) I still have most of a box because it did not feel safe in the 686. Since then I have shot some out of my Coonan and get about 1475 (6 inch barrel and no cylinder gap).

Buffalo Bore is hot stuff. There 357 magnum and 45-70 loads are extremely hot.

There 125 grain loads are crazy hot.... I was getting about 900 foot pounds of energy from my Coonan. http://thefiringline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=495750&highlight=coonan

 

[NoSecondBest]

So far you haven't gotten one useful answer. What is the 686 presssure/proofed to and what do the shells generate. It's a math question.

 

[Deja vu]

Buffalo Bore claims all of there 357 magnums are safe in any gun chambered for the 357 magnum. If they can do it at 1400-1500 FPS I am sure Corbon can do it at 1200. (180 grain cast bullet)

Thats about as useful I can be at this time

 

[WESHOOT2]

Contact CorBon directly and ask.

 

[buck460XVR]

Corbon claims to get 1200 fps outta a 6'' test barrel. Hornady manuals claims they get 1150 fps from a 8" Python with their 180gr XTP and plain ol' 2400. Hornady is generally considered quite conservative. Cor-Bon also does not give any other warnings about what guns to use this ammo in other than

Use only in firearms in good condition, designed and chambered for the caliber of the ammunition

Again, would I feed my 686 a steady diet of the Corbons? No, but it would have more to do with cost of the ammo, plus no need for what it offers.

 

[mete]

There wa s reloading manual that showed results for a revolver test , 357 , 4" barrels , 125 gr .All the same ammo .In that test the revolvers went from 1200 fps to 1600 fps !! So don't look at the numbers .Try the ammo and see how much recoil, pressure signs , and accuracy.

 

[Webleymkv]

The L-Frames are very stout revolvers and should handle the Cor-Bon ammunition just fine. Honestly, I wouldn't be all that afraid to shoot that particular loading in a K-Frame revolver though I probably wouldn't feed it a steady diet.