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  • For varmints I load 40-grains of AA-BR2015 with any good strong 158-grain 357 bullets.

    Return of the Model 70 2008

  • -- I hoard bullets for .458 [500-grain and 350-grains softs] and 225-grain. 35-cal for a 35 Whelen … … although I seldom shoot the 458 and I most often shoot 158-grain pistol bullets through the Whelen at vermin.

    The Compulsive Shooter 2006

  • After McNeill expended his six rounds of .38 Special 158-grain +P, his right hand grievously wounded, he returned to his Olds sedan to reload as Mireles struggled after him.

    THE NEWS BLOG 2005

  • With great difficulty, he levitated himself from the ground and, discarding his Remington 12-gauge, walked stiff-legged toward the Buick as he withdrew his own S&W revolver and fired two 158-grain +P lead hollow points at Platt, three at Matix curled in a vain attempt to avoid the deadly fire, and a final one at Platt.

    THE NEWS BLOG 2005

  • "Love that Mag-Na-Porting," he muttered to himself, the recoil from the full house .357 158-grain semi-jacketed soft point almost negligible.

    The Doomsayer AHERN, Jerry 1981

  • He snatched the Mag-Na-Ported six-inch Python from his hip, lining the dull metallic finish of the Metalifed gun's front sight into the outlined notch of the Omega rear sight blade, his fists wrapped around the massive Pachmayr grips, the double action pull coming off, a single 158-grain semi-jacketed soft point belching fire at the muzzle.

    The Quest Ahern, Jerry 1981

  • "Love that Mag-Na-Porting," he muttered to himself, the recoil from the full house .357 158-grain semi-jacketed soft point almost negligible.

    The Doomsayer Ahern, Jerry 1981

  • He touched the first finger of his right hand to the trigger, his fist locked on the Colt Medallion Pachmayr grips, the .357 Magnum 158-grain semi-jacketed soft point round slamming into the lock, the mechanism visibly shattering.

    Total War Ahern, Jerry 1981

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