357 verus 45 ACP etc. etc. Stopping Power

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I switched from .45acp to 357SIG and havent regretted it in the least.

The SIG does duplicate the 357MAG load that its was intended to (except for the blast and flash), and does so in guns that are more or less the size of a 2" J frame. The 357MAG load is based on a 4" gun. My P239 and S&W 60 are about the same size, but the 239 has a barrel thats an inch and a half longer, and its a hell of a lot easier to shoot well with. My 15 yard SIG groups are about the same size as my 7 yard S&W groups. Bump things up a little to my P229, and I get a gun that is just a little bigger than the P239, and carries basically double the ammo. Ammo runs a little hotter too with the extra half inch of barrel.

Ammo isnt hard to get, nor is it all that much different than anything else. Its actually cheaper than .45acp.
 
Both the .45 and .357 are about as good of "threat stoppers" as can be asked for in a practical handgun. The .357 sig has the same ballistics as the revolver, but I have heard of failures to feed because of the bottleneck design, as it relates to magazine feeding. Shoot them both, and make a decision. Wheel guns are very low maintainence (Ruger,or Smith), and most Decent autoloaders( 600-1200 doller range) autos are very reliable with the .45. The jury is still out on the 357sig.
 
Also, is there any LEO agencies carring the 357 sig?

I believe the VA State Police are, with reported good results.
You might want to pick up a copy of "Stopping Power: A Practical Analysis of the Latest Handgun Ammunition"
http://www.amazon.com/Stopping-Powe...bs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1201736339&sr=8-1

I read way too many of these threads (many/most of which are BS) and figured I'd get the book in order to toss a few facts/statisics into my choice of weapon/caliber. 'Course, before I bought the book I found on the 'Net there were opposing camps AFA this book and it's findings. Personally, I thought it was great, coming down on the side of real world results (ignore the real world at your own peril).
Got a good deal on a SIG P229R a few years back, and it just seemed a crime not to get it in the 357 SIG!
 
...but I have heard of failures to feed because of the bottleneck design, as it relates to magazine feeding.
Just curious, but what exactly did you hear, and from whom?
 
I own a Sig 226 and a 229 both have 357 sig barrels and 40 short and weak barrels. The 357 sig shoots groups about half the size of the groups of the same gun with the 40 barrel in place. Also the 357 sig will penetrate pieces of plate steel that the 40 wont. I shot a 1/8" sheet of mild steel and the 3 that went all the way through were 10mm auto, 357 mag, 357 sig. The 45 acp, 40 s&w, 9mm, 38 spl, and 380 acp just dented the steel. The 357 sig outperforms the 40 S&W and the 45 acp in every test I have tried.
 
I've read in more than one thread on the .400 CorBon - a bottle necked
.45 ACP that it has feeding problems out of a double stack
magazine.


Practice hitting the target ....
 
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