True, depending on what tolerance you running. SAAMI spec would certainly allow for the same barrel to be use for both cartridges. That said I know few company that hold tolerances on bore and groove diameter anywhere as loose as SAAMI allows (-.000/+.004). Most barrel makers are holding -.000/+.001 and have district barrels for 9mm and 38/357 (Nominal groove diameters of .355 and .357 respectively) that said it would be in SAAMI spec to use those interchangeable if you chose.
Gerry use to do a reload just a shade over 1 second if I remember right when he set some of his world records. I can hit two seconds if I try real hard standing still. That said most of my actual reloads during matches are slower but I am usual moving when I do them so as long as I am reloaded before I get to the next shooting position I am good to go.
I think he means that a rimmed cartridge has more room for powder and bullet, so it has a higher ceiling than the 9 mm, with its small capacity. For example, in 357 Magnum pressures (even in a 38 case) a 38 would most likely walk away from 9 mm in terms of bullet weight and muzzle energy. This is not inherent to it being rimmed though, it's because 38 Spl was originally a blackpowder cartridge, so it had 4X as much capacity as we need for the same energy level now with smokeless propellants.
I had the same problem locally and finally just paid the extra and ordered some from a gunbroker seller. Really expensive, compared to what we're used to, but still not as expensive as buying loaded ammo. I think I paid $180 for a 1000 ct brick of small pistol primers, but they'll last me awhile.
Yeah, I think they're going overboard with light revolvers. They're already at a disadvantage, felt recoil-wise, compared to a similar size/weight pistol. To go and make frames from polymer aluminum just makes it worse.
I went to a gun store intending to buy a Kahr PM9 but they didn't have one and ended up buying a Scandium 5 shot 357 Smith something or other.
I bought it to carry during a cross country trip and only shot 38sp thru it before heading out.
At the end of the trip, I took that lightweight gun to the range with some 357 ammo and had replaced the boot-gun oem grip with something bigger.
I shot some 38sp and then loaded 5 rounds of 357, shot two and unloaded the rest...ouch.
I stopped a gun store and traded that revolver for a Kahr PM9 that I had to wait for.
So, yeh, feather weight revolvers, in any caliber, are not for me.
That said, I just ordered a Charter Arms, 9mm, 5 shot, 4.2"-barreled, Adj. sight, Bull Dog.
Charter Arms Pitbull 4.2" 9mm Revolver | 79942 | Stainless/Silver, 4.2" Barrel, 5 Rounds, Rubber Grips, 3-Dot Sights - Buds Gun Shop
and no moon clips!
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