.357 powders/loads for Marlin U/L

[south]

Dear All

Can anyone help.

I want to find a good combination for 50m target shooting in my Marlin .357 U/L.

I have heard that Trailboss is no longer available as it is deemed not to meet EU regulations.

I am therefore looking for an alternative accurate (consistent), clean, high volume powder.

I have been using Bullseye (low vol) but thought it might be good to try out a higher vol powder to reduce risks of double priming.

Any ideas?

Many thanks

South

[Daryll]

Vit 320... not affected by the REACH rules, clean burning, easy to meter.... only thing missing for you is that it isn't a high volume powder.

I use 4.4gns behind a 158gn hardcast TC bullet in a .357 case for my Marlin, but i only shoot that at 25m, although i'm sure it will reach 50

You may need to tweak the load a bit for consistency at 50m.

HTH

[woodsie99]

158gn truncated come over 5gn HP38 has done me ok in the past

[Ruger 10 22]

158g TC with 3.5 grains of vith 310 in .38 special case for 25 meters

[south]

Great! Thanks. I'll see which of those powders I can get

South

[Black Beard]

I second N320. N310 is nice to but the particles are tiny and it flows like water- so it goes everywhere.
Vhit does a trail boss equivalent but not used I yet.