You should look at the .357 145 gr Silvertip. It aces the FBI tests (for what that's worth) and it has stopped the bad guys for over 25 years. Yes, the design is old, but it works. The only reason the police dropped it was to have more bullets, not better ones.
bang vs boom
It only took a couple of 357's without ear muffs to convince me to switch to 38+P indoors for home defense. If outdoors, in a car or in a big building, I switch to 145 silvertips for the big boomer effect on both ends :D.
Dang .... I scrolled through 7 pages and nobody has thrown in the 'what if a bear comes at me' ?...I live to read those posts...again and again and again.
I am glad you like the 24/7. I looked over one at the gun shop a while back. I thought I would have to come back the next day to finish the trigger pull.
My daughter attended a high school in Texas. The Marine ROTC program had both AR's & M-14's in the training racks. The bolts were in a quick open safe.
The teachers were one retired Corp officer, one gunny and one first Sargent. I would bet that their trucks parked just outside the class...
Thank you, I was sure this was another "bear" question. There sure seems to be alot of Davy Crockett types on these sites. You know, "is a XX mm or .454 big'enuf for a griz?
death announcement is premature
No way is the mighty .357 going away. If all you bullet-oligist review the launching speed of the .357 158 grain and compare it to the now-mighty .40 160 grain you will see what I mean. The .357 whacks the hot forty like its a bad dog. I know someone will...
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