.357 mag./9mm

[76shuvlinoff]

76- Do you find 9mm to be lower recoil than .38 Sp practice loads?

I have not shot everything there is to shoot and I do not reload so my ammo is off-the-shelf predominately from WalMart. My most recent 38 spcls are Winchester 130gr FMJ but I do have the same in American Eagle. I also play with Winchester 110gr JHP in 357s and some S&B 357 158gr FMJ plus a couple boxes of .357 Leverevolution ammo. The 9mm I have used is Winchester FMJ 115gr and S&B in the same. I would like to run off some 147gr cartridges.

This good old Ruger doesn't care, it all goes boom, unfortunately this is my only wheelgun so I have no benchmark but there isn't a hell of a lot of recoil in 9mm or 38 spcl mode. Of course there is more bite in the 158gr 357s and Levervolution stuff. I can not speak to accuracy concerns because at the ranges I am working with so far it's a non issue. There are many more faults with me than the gun.
I need to sit down at a bench rest and f o c u s.

 

[PO2Hammer]

I had the convertable, I liked it a lot. Best I got with the 9mm cylinder was about 3-1/2" at 25 yards, not too shabby.

The Blackhawk handles recoil better than any other handgun for its weight. They roll so perfectly in my hand that hot magnum ammo never bothered me. Now I have a small framed Freedom Arms which is sweet, but it smacks the hand harder than the Blackhawk did, even though the F/A is heavier.

 

[Glenn W]

I've had one since the late '70s when I used to shoot a lot. Never did care for the accuracy of any factory ball or HPt 9mm compared to just shooting .38 rd nose. I did play around with handloading some 9mm lead rd nose stuff and it worked better, can't remember if it was speer or hornady but I could get it in boxes of 500 for a decent price and I believe it was .356". Overall, I've always felt the 9mm cyl was more of a gimmick compared to the .22/.22mag cyls but since I have 9mm stuff anyway it was nice when I came across cans of "surplus" 9mm back in the '80s. Boy I miss those days!

 

[MCgunner]

Reloading solves the ammo cost problems. I never saw the need for this one or a .45 Colt with an ACP cylinder, though the auto brass is easier to scrounge.