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Offline btomlin

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.357 Max
« on: January 26, 2010, 04:19:43 AM »
OK...not too sound like a fool, BUT....what the heck is a .357 max???  I'm no rifle guru, but do have an inquiring mind.

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Re: .357 Max
« Reply #1 on: January 26, 2010, 04:37:30 AM »

 It is a 357 mag brass lenthed about 0.30 or 0.32 inches longer.
 Works real well in a Handi rifle. Datil
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Re: .357 Max
« Reply #2 on: January 26, 2010, 04:45:54 AM »
.357 Maximum.  Its been around for 27 years or so and is a "pistol cartridge",  ...an elongated .357Magnum.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.357_Remington_Maximum
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Re: .357 Max
« Reply #3 on: January 26, 2010, 04:46:27 AM »
Is it a "handload only" round??  If you ream the barrel to 357max, can they still shoot the 357mag?

I notice is has a "size xl" following but wasn't sure why barrels were factory chambered for it with such a large following.
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Re: .357 Max
« Reply #4 on: January 26, 2010, 04:48:23 AM »
that link answers it.  thanks!
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