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.357 147 Gr. RMR FMJ (SMILEY)

.357 147 Gr. RMR FMJ (SMILEY)
9mm 147 RMR FMJ FN HMW New
(27 customer reviews)

$38.00 – $2,143.00

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.357 147 Gr. RMR FMJ (SMILEY)
9mm 147 RMR FMJ FN HMW New

Description

Introducing the new .357 147 grain RMR Smiley face bullet!  Bright your day and send some happiness at your target with our smiley face FMJ!

 

These DO NOT have a cannelure but they have a good thick jacket that can handle a crimp.

 

Additional information

Weight 0.336 oz
Count

100, 250, 500, 1,000, 3,000, 12,000, 21,000

27 reviews for .357 147 Gr. RMR FMJ (SMILEY)

  1. Devin (verified owner) –

    They should begin putting designs on all flat points. These look great. Shipping is back to normal (for this order anyway) taking just a few days.
    I haven’t loaded any yet due to primer shortage, but can’t wait to bring some smiles to the range.

  2. nsengineer.rs (verified owner) –

    The smiley face is a nice addition. As usual these bullets are excellent.

  3. norarick (verified owner) –

    Wow. Ordered on Thursday, delivered on Monday. I love RMR. Love the bullets too. Thanks RMR.

  4. wescoleman55 (verified owner) –

    Very nice and also very consistent bullets for my .357 magnum loading. The one thing i was concerned about when ordering was what the loaded length would be. Turns out the bullet length runs about .627 – .628 which is perfect for what i wanted. They can be loaded at 1.580 to 1.590 without getting to the taper to the flat point in .357 magnum.

    Very impressed with these and would say “Buy with confidence”!

  5. Bernard F Sargent (verified owner) –

    Does anyone have reloading data for this 147 grain bullet in 357 magnum? A great price on this bullet. Thank you in advance.

  6. Chad Berlin (verified owner) –

    Curious how much H110 you’re putting behind it.

  7. Kim Frady (verified owner) –

    Very pleased with these bullets. Most will go in .38 Special, but I’m thinking about putting a few in the ole .357 Herrett and see how they do. Ordered on Friday, arrived on Wednesday! Your packaging department continues to amaze me. There is no way for anything to get out, period. I think you could run over it with a truck and it would still be together. Also, loved the personal thank you from Gracie! Thanks for being such a great company.

  8. Unkle Steve (verified owner) –

    I bought these to load as Christmas presents because my peeps don’t have primers, big fun.
    The lack of cannelure is a non-issue, they have a long body which seats well and stays tight.

  9. Pls1911 –

    Use 150 gr loading data and you’ll be fine

  10. Lew Medlin (verified owner) –

    Jake thanks for taking my phone call and giving me a few tips on loading this new RMR bullet. My new 2020 4 1/2″ Python seems to like the Happy face 147 gr. bullet. I worked up a load with Accurate #7 starting with 9gr. and going up to 10.5 gr. with 10.2gr. being most accurate My starting load of 15.5gr. of W-296 also looks very promising. My testing wasn’t anything scientific just my normal standing position at 15 yards keeping all shots on a 3″ Shoot-N-C target. I was really in a hurry just wanting to get a hundred rounds down range to start breaking in a my new revolver next time out I’ll try shooting off a sandbag for accuracy. Thanks again Lew

  11. Charles Davenport (verified owner) –

    I first made the mistake of buying the ‘seconds.’ Got about a 50% return on my investment, and some really interesting slingshot ammo. What I did find out about the Smiley’s is that you can drive them fast and hard….. as you would any FMJ and they really penetrate. The jackets are pretty thick. I put hem through four .357 barrels- 3 Smith & Wesson’s of varying lengths and one Thompson Center Fire. The Thompson, I load BRUTALLY HOT and the bullets held up well. I hunt with it a lot, so it not a target gun. I am not going to share load data…. but if you are looking for such…. for this bullet…. start with any data for the 150 grain bullet, and develop from there. Start low, and move up 1/2 grain at a time. You DO NOT NEED magnum primers for the 357; reg primers are fine. DO NOT USE rifle primers…. they may protrude from the cases as they are taller. You may find, as I did, one of my Smith’s creates 1″ groups at 30 feet at with a pretty lame load, while another, with a longer barrel, asks for almost a 1/2 grain more to do the same job!

  12. Charles Davenport (verified owner) –

    What I did find out about the Smiley’s is that you can drive them fast and hard….. as you would any FMJ and they really penetrate. The jackets are pretty thick. I put hem through four .357 barrels- 3 Smith & Wesson’s of varying lengths and one Thompson Center Fire. The Thompson, I load BRUTALLY HOT and the bullets held up well. I hunt with it a lot, so it not a target gun. I am not going to share load data…. but if you are looking for such…. for this bullet…. start with any data for the 150 grain bullet, and develop from there. Start low, and move up 1/2 grain at a time. You DO NOT NEED magnum primers for the 357; reg primers are fine. DO NOT USE rifle primers…. they may protrude from the cases as they are taller. You may find, as I did, one of my Smith’s creates 1″ groups at 30 feet at with a pretty lame load, while another, with a longer barrel, asks for almost a 1/2 grain more to do the same job!

  13. Lew Medlin (verified owner) –

    I ordered a thousand of the 147 gr. Happy face bullets last month for my 357 mag loads. I’m using Speer 146 gr. JHP load data and I just ordered three thousand more.

    Thanks for another good bullet at a great price I just ordered 3,000 more of the 147 gr. Happy Face bullets.

  14. Mike Little USPSA #L1480 (verified owner) –

    I ordered my first 1000 happy face 147 357 Dia. I shoot them in S&W 929, over Tightgroup. Powder start at 3.0 grains and go up to 3.6, and 9mm Revolvers are big coming in at .358 This not just one pistol I have 3 929s and two 627-5s. What I seeing is at 50yards is an occasional lost shot. I don’t get this with my own cast bullets sized .358(H&G #377).

  15. Brian Shepard (verified owner) –

    Excellent bullets, I’m buying more! I chose these for my 200 yard revolver load and they worked excellent, very consistent!

  16. Ryan (verified owner) –

    I’ll start with the good. These bullets are stunningly accurate. As good or better than XTP in my application. I’m using them over a .38 max load of Autocomp for the wife’s informal indoor ladies combat league. This bullet/load is very clean shooting and she’s been able to dominate compact revolver class with no smoke clouds to shoot through and tidy groups center mass.

    The downside is no crimp groove. I’m hesitant to run these at .357 mag speeds in a revolver, both in deference to bullet setback and the tendency of H110 to desire a firm crimp for short barrels. I tried running a mild crimp on .38s, and extremely mild was the best I could get without wrinkling cases. I did work up a few to push really fast in my Henry Single shot 20″ barrel. I find a heavy crimp to be a non factor in this rifle even with H110. They were lightning bolts! Please make up a proper big revolver bullet in a similar format. Something with a pronounced SWC cutting edge, a wide flat nose and a good, solid crimping cannelure at 158 grains or heavier. I would pay significantly more for such a bullet, and I suspect others would as well!

  17. Paul (verified owner) –

    I’ve reloaded and shot about 1000 of these. They are very economical and way more accurate than coated bullets (2-3 MOA 5 shot groups with these vs 8 MOA with coated). Most of that was with W231 for a nice subsonic round.

    I surprisingly haven’t seen from other reviews that the lack of a canelure can be best solved using Lee’s collet-style crimp die, which gives this bullet a much heavier crimp than a taper crimp and won’t bulge the case like a roll crimp. Unfortunately the collet crimp die is only for 357 cases (not for 38).

    I would recommend extreme care if loading for a tube fed rifle. If your plan on relying on neck tension alone, I would not recommend doing so and to expect extreme set back in a magazine tube (don’t ask me how I know). The collet crimp mentioned above helps.

  18. John Miele (verified owner) –

    Has anyone loaded the 357 mag in a rifle with Unique ??? with this bullet ??

  19. Adam R (verified owner) –

    Excellent plinking bullet. I randomly measured a handful and they were very consistent in length and weight.
    Test rifles were two Winchester 1894 .357
    In 357, the load I settled on was 12.9gr of AAno9, 1.580coal, 1 full turn Lee FCD.
    1680fps, 1″ groups no problem.
    In 38spl, the load I settled on was 5.0gr Unique. 1.450coal, 1 full turn Lee FCD
    1080fps, .75″ groups and a nice soft recoil for all day plinking. I’ll leave a separate review for pistol results .

  20. AR (verified owner) –

    Ruger GP100 .357mag, 4″ barrel results
    AAno9 I settled on 13.1gr, 1.58 coal, 1 full turn LFCD yielded .945″ groups @ 1213fps
    Same pistol with 38spl I settled on 4.6gr Unique, 1.45 coal, 1 full turn LFCD, yielded .855″ groups @ 657fps. The 38SPL load was so mellow and accurate across all charges that it’s my go to for pistol plinking rounds

  21. Sean (verified owner) –

    I loaded up a bunch to try today and got fantastic results across the board! My best (accurate) load was:
    1.145 COAL with taper crimp
    4.0 grains of bullseye
    Starline brass
    Win SPP
    This gave me 808 FPS from a 3” barrel and 2” 10 yard groups freestanding

  22. Mad money Mike (from Texas) (verified owner) –

    great stuff, and I love the smiley face! adds a great touch to a great product. loaded and shot these in 9mm and 357 mag using hp 38, and cfe pistol, good accurate round VERY fun on steel!

  23. Michael Coddington (verified owner) –

    2000fps with 18gn of Lil’Gun and an 18.5″ barrel. 1.5″ 5 shot group at 50 yards.
    Much better accuracy than plated bullets, leaves a smiley face dent in my AR500 steel 😆

  24. Bushwookie (verified owner) –

    Bought them to load ammo for my father in law, somehow missed the powder in the load. 10/10 for the bullet the smiley face makes the shame of messing up sting just that much worse.

  25. JOHNNYJD (verified owner) –

    Love these smiley face bullets.My 115 lb 65 year old wife loves to shoot the Colt Python 6 inch revolver 357 magnum loaded with 16.0 grains of H110 powder She likes the big flash and kick/recoil which isnt that bad.I bought the gun couple years ago and told her it was her Christmas present.I leave the coal at 1.580.I used Hodgdons load data for 146 grain spr jhp since they dont show data for 150 grain.16 grain is right in the middle so I feel it is a safe place.I have shot over 1000 of these bullets with no issues.They can take as tight a crimp as you want,but I dont crimp too hard.I use Lee standard dies factory crimp.I also make dummy 357 mag nickel plated(silver) bullets with no gun powder, replace the spent primer.I give these to people at the Range USA and they love them and laugh when they see the smiley face.It helps when I ask people can I have your used 45 brass.BTW my wife favorite gun the the Kimber 1911 45 acp full size.Like i said she likes a gun with a kick.She says it makes her feel like she is shooting a real gun.One more thing.When I first met her 36 years ago she told me her favorite movie star was Clint Eastwood,then she said she also liked Charles Bronson.The next thing I said was how soon can we get married.

  26. JOHNNYJD (verified owner) –

    I want to add to my previous review .I also use 10 grain of Accurate #7 with the 147 grain smiley bullets.This is shown in Hodgdons load data.
    This is a nice load I say is right in the middle.

  27. Todd H (verified owner) –

    Fantastic! Ran up to 16.0gr of IMR4227 (hodgdon’s max) to check for bullet creep. Using a Lee FCD. Both 3/4 and full turn held w/o creep. 1/2 turn occasionally crept 0.001-0.003″ after 5 recoils. Used new Starline and S&P SP primers. Great accuracy too. Loaded to 1.58-1.59″ COAL per other review here.

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