barnbwt
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"Which is why I recommend the .357sig for midsize 4" pistol use instead."
Just sayin', for whatever reason in my neck of the woods, SIG is actually harder to find (both bullets and guns) than 5.7 stuff. 22TCM is kind of between the two, last time I bothered to look. All three are still definitely in the 'borderline obscure' area, though, along with 9mm Largo & 7.62x25
I agree that the 357SIG has far and away the best options in terms of actual guns, though. Due purely to the planned compatibility with 10mm-based designs (themselves derived from 38 supers). For that reason, I think the 22TCM ultimately will become a compelling option as a defense zipper-type round, if only Armscorp can get some better varmint-type bullets to work with. A 22cal mushroom soft-point is just sad; even at a highly-respectable 50% expansion, they only reach a 30cal diameter, while punching a neat, straight hole through the target and then some
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Just sayin', for whatever reason in my neck of the woods, SIG is actually harder to find (both bullets and guns) than 5.7 stuff. 22TCM is kind of between the two, last time I bothered to look. All three are still definitely in the 'borderline obscure' area, though, along with 9mm Largo & 7.62x25
I agree that the 357SIG has far and away the best options in terms of actual guns, though. Due purely to the planned compatibility with 10mm-based designs (themselves derived from 38 supers). For that reason, I think the 22TCM ultimately will become a compelling option as a defense zipper-type round, if only Armscorp can get some better varmint-type bullets to work with. A 22cal mushroom soft-point is just sad; even at a highly-respectable 50% expansion, they only reach a 30cal diameter, while punching a neat, straight hole through the target and then some
TCB