Okay let's see if I have my facts straight. This round is a .357 magnum case necked down to a 25 caliber. Colt had planned to chamber the Python for this round, but it never happened for reasons that I can't find any information on. Then for a short while in the sixties Ruger and a couple other companies made models that would shoot it, but the production runs were small.
What advantage would this round have over the .357? I understand that it was capable of "considerable" velocity, but so what? what advantage would it have offered over the .357 in terms or stopping power and accuracy? Or was this round just part of the Magnum Fever that swept the shooting world in the fifties and sixties?
And why did Colt never come out with a Python for this round? Was there a problem with the forcing cone being eaten by a "torching" effect like the .357 Maximum or was the round too hard on the barreling etc?
I'm just curious about this round.
What advantage would this round have over the .357? I understand that it was capable of "considerable" velocity, but so what? what advantage would it have offered over the .357 in terms or stopping power and accuracy? Or was this round just part of the Magnum Fever that swept the shooting world in the fifties and sixties?
And why did Colt never come out with a Python for this round? Was there a problem with the forcing cone being eaten by a "torching" effect like the .357 Maximum or was the round too hard on the barreling etc?
I'm just curious about this round.