.357 Magnum Round

.357 magnum round is a type of ammunition in Fallout: New Vegas.

Characteristics
A .357 caliber bullet, manufactured by Big Chief, has a significant powder charge making it a very powerful cartridge for a pistol round.

Weapons using this ammunition

 * Cowboy repeater
 * La Longue Carabine
 * .357 magnum revolver
 * Lucky
 * Police pistol
 * K9000 cyberdog gun

Ingredients
Standard .357 rounds can be crafted at a reloading bench once the player has a Repair skill of 25. A single round requires the following ingredients:
 * 1 Case, .357 magnum
 * 16 Lead
 * 8 Powder, pistol
 * 1 Primer, small pistol

In addition, Dead Money allows you to redeem 24 Sierra Madre chips for 12 .357 magnum rounds at any Sierra Madre vending machine.

Breakdown
Breaking down a .357 round requires 25 Repair, and yields:
 * 1 Case, .357 magnum
 * 14 Lead
 * 6 Powder, pistol
 * 1 Primer, small pistol

.357 magnum, hollow point
Hollow point bullets are designed to mushroom out expanding up to 5 times their original size resulting in a jagged, gory wound much larger than the actual round. Hollow points lack the penetrating power to punch through denser materials however due to the fact that their force is distributed over a larger area drastically reducing the weapon's penetrating power. For that same reason, they are excellent at turning internal organs to mush.

.357 magnum, JFP (hand load)
JFPs or jacketed flat points are blunt, copper-wrapped bullets designed to flatten on impact like a hollow point, but retain the penetrating power of a copper-jacket slug. As such, they inflict greater damage, penetrate enemy armor better, and even fly straighter than normal .357 rounds.

Ingredients
After taking the Hand Loader perk, .357 JFP can be crafted using:
 * 1 Case, .357 magnum
 * 20 Lead
 * 10 Powder, pistol
 * 1 Primer, small pistol

.38 special round
.38 special rounds are a slightly smaller class of bullet than .357 magnums. They can be fired from .357 weapons because the .357 magnum was developed from the .38 special round. Though the reduction in powder means less damage inflicted on the target, it also means less wear and tear per shot on the gun.

Notable Locations

 * After the completion of the Dead Money add-on, the player may receive up to 48 .357 magnum rounds (552 rounds if the player also received a complimentary voucher) from the vending machine in the abandoned Brotherhood of Steel bunker every 72 hours.
 * The armor locker in the vault at the end of Dead Money can contain up to 1000 rounds.
 * Travelling merchants sell them as well as hollow point rounds and .38 special rounds.

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