Cool:) 357 is awesome in a rifle...

by rob , Saturday, November 23, 2013, 22:40 (4023 days ago) @ John K.

I use 15 grains Lil'Gun with the same 180 Remington bullet. Ran 1660 fps from my Marlin. I sold it to Rob Leahy and he said Jan fell in love with it and adopted it. I'm glad she likes it and I regret letting it go now but it's all good. I shot a small button buck with the Marlin and a 158 Speer Mag JSP over 17 grains H110 (which ran 1710 fps) and it entered the front right shoulder and exited the left rear ham and destroyed most everything in its path. Very very destructive so I worked up the Rem 180 Lil'Gun load hoping for equal penetration with a bit less devastation but never shot anything with it after that. Sure do miss it though...sweet, slick little rifle that literally shot 1/2" groups at 100 yards with both loads mentioned and several others. Congrats to the step daughter for a good clean kill:)