By '82 when I moved to an area without matches, I think the best I did with a 357 Mag Dan Wesson was 36 and standing revolver score was less than 30, a good score in those days, not sure what the record was. I did shoot 7.5 Super, not sure the longer barreled ones were available at the time. At one match that I shot in OC, Cal., maybe '79or '80, there must have been a mention in the paper because a crowd of spectators showed up. I was shooting an RPM Merrill in 357 mag offhand where the crowd gathered around and made me feel like a Toreador. I cleaned the chickens and pigs and there was a growing cheer with each downed steel target. Later that same day with my homebuilt xp100/308W I shot a 40 with mulligans on the last 5 shots...glare from the rams made them unseeable so I didn't take a shot and when the round was over they allowed me to try again with my spotter telling me where the targets were and I cleared the last 5 rams off their stands with the same crowd cheering. I don't remember having spectators at any other match, but it was much enjoyable. yes 357 an enormous amount of fun
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