By Joe Berk
I’ve written about the Ruger .357 Magnum Bisley before, and I’ve written about other Ruger .357 Magnum revolvers. The .357 Magnum cartridge is one of my all-time favorites, and I wanted to share with you a load that is particularly powerful and accurate. It’s the one you see below:
Winchester’s 296 propellant has always performed well for me in the magnum handgun cartridges and in .30 Carbine, and the .357 Magnum is no exception. I had loaded these cartridges with Hornady’s 180-grain jacketed hollow point bullets (a heavier bullet than the normally-used 158-grain bullet). I like these bullets a lot, and apparently, so does the Bisley. Here’s a 25-yard target with 50 rounds, shot from the bench, but with no other rests employed:
The average velocity from the Bisley was a cool 1194 feet per second, with a relatively small 18.4 feet per second standard deviation. This is a good load. From a metallic silhouette perspective, I can’t tell you if they will reliably take down the 200-meter rolled homogeneous ram, but I’m guessing they will.
We’ve written a lot on the .357 Magnum cartridge, Ruger handguns, and reloading the cartridges they shoot (including the very fine Lee Precision dies and turret press I use). Links to those articles are listed below.
A .357 Magnum Ruger Bisley
Lee .357 Magnum Dies, Cast vs Jacketed Bullets, and Crimping
Ruger’s .357 Magnum Blackhawk
.357 Ruger Blackhawk Accuracy Loads
Ruger’s .357 Blackhawk
Ponce de León, the Bisley, and 100-Yard Revolver Results
The Bisley Revisited
Restoring an Ugly and Broken 1968 Ruger Blackhawk
The Rimfire Series: An Early Ruger Single-Six
Colt’s Python versus Ruger’s Blackhawk
Ruger Blackhawk Accuracy Testing
The New Model Blackhawk
Catching Up
A 110-grain Python Load
Rifle Primers in Revolver Ammo
Five Favorite Handguns
A TJ Trigger for My New Python
Colt’s New Python Range Tested
Ruger’s Custom Shop Super GP100
A Bullseye Birdseye Blackhawk
A Pair of Prancing Ponies…and that first No. 1
Ruger’s .30 Carbine Blackhawk
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