I am not worried bout reloads. This guy reloads ammo sweet. His reloads are probably better than factory.
I'm pretty untrusting about that.
I picked up a .44 Magnum revolver last year, and half a thousand of the previous owner's handloads. Not knowing him technique, I took to diasssembling. Good thing I did, some of them were, ohh, let's see. "Inconsistently" loaded. So, now I've got a pile of primed brass, to load up my way. (.44 Special and light magnum is appropriate for this gun).
Anyway, Between the two you're looking at, I think the .357 lever gun/revolver combo is going to be a more broadly useful thing.
Your call, anyway.
I’ve had trouble with factory loads at times. Had a PMC brand 45 ACP hardball load fire with primer power only so the round lodged halfway down the barrel. In the old days I never seem to have 22 rimfire duds or at least not more than one in one thousand. These last few years I’ve had several dud rounds per thousand and all had hard firing pin strike marks on the rim. Sometimes rotating the round would get it to fire with the second or third attempt.
Of course, my handloads are of the highest quality.
I’ve bought plenty of ammo from him over the years - we sometimes load together on Sat. Mornings and drink coffee and talk guns.
Amusing screen name you have there.