Jaxondog
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I have all three, and love all of them. Waiting on test result's.
I don't think of the .357mag as a ''no man's land.'' I feel it is close enough to the 10mm. It's really question of...do you like revolvers or autos? Pick your weapon, get your cartridge.
I have a S&W 610 (10mm) w/ the 6" barrel. I shoot 200gr bullets at approx. 1350 fps, give or take. Looks to be around 800 FPE at the muzzle.
I don't know how this compares to a 6" 357, maybe someone can post up their numbers for comparison. I *suspect* a standard load here is more like 600 FPE at the muzzle.
I used to own a 6.5" S&W 629 (44 mag). It was definitely more powerful, more like 1100 FPE at the muzzle. Kicked a lot harder, too. (same frame, same length, ect..)
The problem is SAAMI. They have continuously downgraded revolver rounds and I do not know why. The .38 and .44 Spl are nothing but squib loads anymore and .357 has been downgraded. Can't say on the .44 mag though.It's a shame what MFG's have done to the ammos. If they had a standardized load across the board it would sort things out. It will be interesting to see how the .44 testing goes.
Tests to me is an action word that exhibits what different bullet designs/construction can do against different kinds of mediums.I'm still trying to get a Coonan owner to do some testing. Posted was the Remington 125gr data. Posted was the 10mm data and my .357 data out of the GP100 (search). Just need to get some .44 Magnum data with different loads but if someone has Chrony data out of a .44 with factory ammo post up.
The 125gr Remington you mention doing 1900fps can't possibly be a factory load from Remington. No 125gr .357mag doing 1900fps, is a standard factory load, from a ''standard'' handgun (as in, not a carbine).