357 is fading fast.
Really? You think the .357 is on it's way to extinction?
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Lots of 357 guns out there, but folks just don't shoot them much any more.
I must be the odd ball I shoot magnums out one of mine nearly weekly.
NO, never extinction. Too many guns out there and the 357 is too good to die. But it is simply not being used nearly as much as 20 years ago. As a result stores simply don't stock or sell anywhere near the ammo they used to sell. 9mm is everywhere, 44 mag ammo is stocked in local stores in greater numbers and variety.
I've found the 357 to either be too much, or not enough. As have most other shooters. Too much muzzle blast and recoil for a gun that only gives me 50-100 fps advantage over a 9mm holding 3X the rounds. Not enough to do the same job as the 44. With mid-range loads or hot 44 specials the 44 is a better manstopper with less recoil or muzzle blast than the 357. With hotter loads it leaves the 357 in the dust. And in the case of my 629's, are in a lighter, easier to carry package than the 686's and GP-100's I used to own.
Use what you like, believe what you want, but the use of 357 revolvers is declining rapidly. While the use of almost every other handgun round is either increasing or holding steady.