357 Magnum

357 Magnum Rifle Cartridge:

The 357 Magnum cartridge was introduced to the public in 1935 by Smith&Wesson; and since its introduction its now being used in some light-weight carbine style rifles. The ballistics of the 357 Magnum cartridge normally reserved for handgun use changes dramatically in a rifle.

While the 357 Magnum is no powerhouse cartridge for big game hunting, it is more than capable of taking white-tail deer out to about 75 yards reliably and smaller white-tail deer out to 100 yards. The bullet energy for the 357 Magnum fired from a rifle with a short 18 inch barrel at 100 yards can not be equaled by a 357 Magnum handgun with a long 8 inch barrel even at the muzzle.

So where does the 357 Magnum carbine rifle fit into the whole scheme of hunting, for myself if I lived in an area where there were a lot of hogs and pigs that roam wildly, a nice fast handling 357 Magnum carbine rifle and handgun chambered in the same round would be the ideal hunting equipment needed for pig hunting.

Reloading Information:

Bullet Diameter: .357 Inch.
Maximum Case Length: 1.290 Inches.
Trimmed Case Length: 1.280 Inches.
Primer Size: Small Pistol.
Maximum Cartridge Overall Length: 1.590 Inches.

357 Magnum Ballistics:

Rifle Barrel Length: 18 Inches.
Ammuntion Used For Ballistics: Hornady 140 grain FTX.
FTX: Flex Tip Extreme Expansion.

This is a ballistics chart for the 357 Magnum rifle cartridge:
Bullet diameter: .357 inch. Bullet weight: 140 grains. Bullet ballistic coeffecient: .169. Bullet muzzle velocity: 1,850 feet per second. Bullet muzzle energy: 1,064 foot pounds.
This is a bullet velocity chart for the 357 Magnum rifle cartridge:
Range	25 yds.	50 yds.	75 yds.	100 yds.	150 yds.	200 yds.	Yards
Bullet Velocity:	1,744	1,643	1,548	1,458	1,296	1,064	fps.
This is a bullet trajectory chart for the 357 Magnum rifle cartridge:
Range	25 yds.	50 yds.	75 yds.	100 yds.	150 yds.	200 yds.	Yards
Bullet Drop:	0	+ 0.8″	+ 0.7″	– .2″	– 5.3″	– 15.6″	in.
This is a bullet energy chart for the 357 Magnum rifle cartridge:
Range	25 yds.	50 yds.	75 yds.	100 yds.	150 yds.	200 yds.	Yards
Bullet Energy:	945	839	745	660	522	422	ft. lbs.