Ammo Recommendation Benjamin .357

[GPeach]

I just received my brand new Benjamin .357 Bulldog.
I purchased a tin of H&N Grizzly 82 gr just to have something to shoot. Not too bad but, surely not the best.
What else would you add to my arsenal to try?
TYIA

 

[Nomadic Pirate 66]

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[Cannonball]

For pure accuracy, the 81 grain JSB pellets are going to be hard to beat. Polymags should come a very close second to the JSB pellets. My bulldog will shoot either one under an inch at 50 yards. I haven’t had the chance to try a longer distance yet. I haven’t tried slugs so I can’t give you advice there. Your Bulldog will likely shoot a little different from mine as it’s not exactly in stock form.

 

[Ezana4CE]

JSB or FX .35, 81 grain Diabolo pellets shoot well. Benjamin .357 Nosler Extreme, 145g slugs work ok within a reasonable distance although they have been tough to find and are costly. You may want to give some NSA (Nielsen Specialty Ammo) slugs a shot as well. They have a lot of options so it may take a bit of experimenting. They have good prices so it shouldn’t be too big of an issue to experiment with them. In my opinion aforementioned pellets are a good option for shooting paper, metal targets, and raccoon to coyote sized animals. They group well for me out to around 65-70 yards.

H&N Grizzly .35 hollow point slugs perform miserably for me at 25 yards. I haven’t communicated with a Bulldog owner that these slugs work well for. H&N has acknowledged that they don’t shoot well from all .35 platforms. I forget their explanation. It’s on one of the manufacture or industry forums.

 

[dizzums]

factory id stick to ~81g pellets. fx, jsb, polymag, etc ... they hit hard, i had to repair a hole in my metal farm gate out front at 55y lol .. i was shooting at a dip can i taped to the top bar and hit alittle high, couldnt leave it to rust, you seen the prices on those gates lately lol ..

 

[zx10wall]

110gr .357 AVS dish back.

 

[msouth12368]

I tried the H&Ns in my Bulldog with dismal results. After my barrel was slugged it was a try .357 & the sampling of H&N were .356. Griffinairguns.com ldc slugs shoot very well out of my Bulldog . Any of the true .357 will shoot better than the H&Ns .

 

[cmatera]

Mine likes the JSB 81 grain (I use the Hades for hunting) and for slugs it likes the Mr Hollowpoint 120 grains. Mine has a mild tune from Brian at Veradium Air, at my request.