.357 Remington Maximum

Revolver cartridge .357 Remington Maximum 357maximum.png 100px United States Pistol Remington / Ruger 1983 .357 Magnum Rimmed, straight .357 .379 .379 .440 .060 1.605 1.990 1 in 14 in Small Pistol Magnum 40000 210 Lead FNGC 1649 1268 158 JHP 1998 1401 170 JHC 1962 1453 180 SSP 1968 1548 200 TMJ 1675 1246 14 in Accurate Powder The .357 Maximum, formally known as the .357 Remington Maximum or the .357 Max, is a super magnum handgun cartridge originally developed by Elgin Gates as the wildcat .357 SuperMag.Guns Magazine 2007 Lunching with legends: a reminiscence Peter T. Tomaras http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0BQY/is_3_53/ai_n27126491/ https://web.archive.org/web/20111103215349/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0BQY/is_3_53/ai_n27126491/ usurped November 3, 2011 3 47 23 September 2011 The .357 Maximum was introduced into commercial production as a joint-venture by Remington Arms Company and Ruger in 1983 as a new chambering for the Ruger Blackhawk.Pistols with more punch Mc Keown Bill 35 Popular Mechanics 1983 159 3 Shortly thereafter, Dan Wesson Firearms and Thompson/Center Arms introduced firearms in this cartridge. United Sporting Arms chambered it in their Silhouette series single-action revolvers. It is a .357 Magnum case lengthened 0.300 in.Guns Magazine 2010 A half-century with sixguns: the really big bores John Taffin http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0BQY/is_8_56/ai_n56222230/ https://web.archive.org/web/20111230093638/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0BQY/is_8_56/ai_n56222230/ usurped December 30, 2011 40 8 23 September 2011 Based on the .357 Magnum cartridge, a revolver or single-shot pistol designed for the .357 Remington Maximum will chamber and fire the .360 Dan Wesson, .357 Magnum, .38 Special, .38 Long Colt, and .38 Short Colt cartridges. Intended primarily as a silhouette cartridge, such high velocity and energy levels have hunting applications. SAAMI pressure level for this cartridge is set at 40000 psi MPa.SAAMI pressure specs http://www.handloads.com/misc/saami.htm dead https://web.archive.org/web/20190131024119/http://www.handloads.com:80/misc/saami.htm 31 January 2019 28 March 2022 Handloads Online, the reloaders resourcehttp://www.lasc.us/SAAMIMaxPressure.htm Max Chamber Pressure - SAAMI Specshttp://www.castpics.net/subsite/SAAMIPressures/default.html SAAMI SpecsJune 2026 InternetArchiveBot Despite the cartridge's good performance, the higher pressure and velocity caused flame cutting to the top strap and erosion of the forcing cone, due to the use of light 110 and 125 gr bullets, therefore it has since been dropped by all manufacturers who chambered revolvers in this cartridge.Barnes Frank C. Skinner, Stan Cartridges of the World 11th 2006 Gun Digest Books Iola, Wisconsin 0-89689-297-2 327 Single shot pistols and rifles (i.e. Thompson/Center Contender) are still available in this caliber, and remain popular among handloaders. Unprimed brass is still produced every few years by Remington, and is also a stock item from Starline.Starline .357 Maximum brass Performance Bullet weight Velocity Energy 158 gr on 1825 ft/s on 1168 ftlbf on 180 gr on 1550 ft/s on 960 ftlbf on thumb|left|upright|.357 Maximum cartridge next to its parent case, the .357 Magnum Legacy Guns designed for the .357 Maximum were built on a larger frame than their predecessors. Although Ruger only made about 7,700 Blackhawks chambered in .357 Maximum, the frame size has been used as a base gun to build bigger revolvers in .375 SuperMag, .414 SuperMag, .445 SuperMag, .475 Linebaugh Long/Maximum, and .500 Linebaugh Long/Maximum.Taffin John John Taffin Single Action Sixguns Krause Publications 2005 224–226 978-0-87349-953-8 In the movie, Flypaper (2011), Wyatt "Jelly" Jenkins (Pruitt Taylor Vince) uses a Dan Wesson Model 40 VH which is chambered in .357 Remington Maximum as his main sidearm, for the majority of the film.March 2025 See also .360 Buckhammer List of handgun cartridges References Category:Pistol and rifle cartridges Category:Remington Arms cartridges Category:Magnum pistol cartridges Category:Wildcat cartridges