357 mag/38 spl

Best powder and primers for 125 and 158gn 357/ 38 spl. Ive heard AA 7, AA 9, Titegroup, and H110 for powders and small pistol mag primers for all the 357's...opinions?

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I use AA-2 and small pistol magnum primers.

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I've used H110 and also bullseye.

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I'd like a good powder i could use for both if possible. Wes suggested aa7 or aa9 for 158gn mag loads using mag primers.
Others have suggested h110 for 125 gn 38 spl using small pistol primers. Also heard titegroup for 125 gn 38 spl. Im not opposed to different powders if I am getting good results

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Titlegroup, Bullseye, h110, Bluedot, even 700x is good. I only use magnum primers for my H110 rounds.

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Originally Posted by Tommitch

Best powder and primers for 125 and 158gn 357/ 38 spl. Ive heard AA 7, AA 9, Titegroup, and H110 for powders and small pistol mag primers for all the 357's...opinions?

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I use H-110 with mag primers.

I've used Bullseye and Win231/HP38 with regular primers for general range/target use. Generally speaking, the powder determines the type of primer (magnum or regular).

Do you want hot loads or plinkers? I use a lot of Unique for light to mid level loads. Use a slower powder for hotter ones. I have used 231, Unique, Bullseye and others for the two calibers you listed. Best powder depends on their use.

Plinkers

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AA#2 for the 38spl
AA#7 or AA#9 for 357 Mag.
To get the right velocities and recoil for both calibers, that is what I do.
AA#2 will do both, but the 357 mag loads will be slower shooting, with more recoil using #2

Plinkers...148 grn wad cutters - 158 grn wad cutters been using Bullseye for 40 years using less thanr 3 grns of powder.... It has been kind of a standard for plinker loads

I load titegroup with 125 XTPs and mag primers in 357 but for the range I just load 158 FP Xtremes with Unique for target

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Originally Posted by Andyt2

Plinkers...148 grn wad cutters - 158 grn wad cutters been using Bullseye for 40 years using less thanr 3 grns of powder.... It has been kind of a standard for plinker loads

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^This.