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    .357 powders/loads for Marlin U/L

    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
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    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

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

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

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

    South
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    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.

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    Should be fine when we are no longer in the EU

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    158 gn truncated with vit n340, super load hard to beat or bullseye.

    Mick.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Black Beard View Post
    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.
    I 3rd N320 - use it in my 357 with 4.8grns and it will one hole at 50 metres without any issues.

    The Trail Boss equivalent is N32C (previously called Tin Star) - I've found 5.3grns effective in 357 but the N320 was more accurate.
    The opposite is true for the 44mag, 7.8grns of N32C is absolutely superb at 50m and 100m.

    Andy

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    Thank you all very much

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