I'm considering buying a new Sig semi auto and would like to know if anyone has some up to date information on the terminal energy/stopping power comparing the 357 Sig to the 40 S&W? The 357 Sig really has my interest these days.
The only downside to the 357 sig is most pistols that are chambered for it are too light.
when the gun whips over your head every shot
does anyone reload .357 Sig - I was wondering if there were any unique issues to reloading
You must not like the 17 or 26 either.There is nothing pleasant about shooting a Glock 31 or 33.
I tend to agree and its the main reason I went back to the 9mm. Not that I think the 357SIG really has any drawbacks, other than price.In a practical sense, I am am not conviced that the .357 SIG offers enough benefits over a good modern 9mm +P cartridge to offset its many drawbacks.
Ive loaded a good bit of it. No real issues and its as easy as anything else to load for.On a sidenote - does anyone reload .357 Sig - I was wondering if there were any unique issues to reloading a pistol cartridge that has a bottleneck-looking case.
What? Time for myth busters. No more recoil than the 40 S&W. More muzzle blast and noise but the same recoil. You want more muzzle flip use a 357 Mag that will work.
For the un-informed a 357 Sig is a 40 S&W case necked down to 9mm it is a bottle necked pistol cartrage. Same sized case just pushing a lighter bullet (124 grain 9mm) at a hell of a lot faster speed 1,350 to 1,400 fps.
Yes, there is. Case neck is very short for a bottle neck and only a very few 9mm bullets will give you the proper neck tension to avoid bullet set back and over pressure. Hornady XTP's are ones that work well.
Jim
I won't attempt to go into a .40 cal/.357 Sig training class, other than to say the .357 Sig is a .40 cal. necked down to a 9MM bullet. I call them "extra crispy", and absolutely love to shoot them. One of the FBI agents who stops in the shop said they stopped shooting the .357 Sig because it was blowing off body parts...that's a good enough recommendation to me...
I think youll find that the 357SIG does in fact mimic the 125 grain 357mag loading that was so popular.Considering .357 Sig is less powerful than .357 Magnum,
Now, now, no need to start that pissing match.One point I would like to make is I talked about a Sig pistol and have the comments were about Glocks. Had two of them previously, dumped them and bought real pistols.