MrTuffPaws
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As to my "Why is the 38 such a whimpy round" thread. This was not intended to become one of the caliber wars It was just an observation that such a larger casing is loaded to power levels below that of the smaller 9mm para.
It is funny that around and over in the automatic forum, there are people that would not bet their life on 9mm, but here, 38spl is a commonly carried SD round. Keep in mind that I have no doubt that 38spl can and will stop someone, heck, I only shoot 9mm para autos myself.
This kinda leads into the question of as to why revolvers are so, how should I put it, stepped in their ammo slections. You got 38 which is less powerful that 9mm para, then the next step up is the mammoth 357mag. Was there historically some round that filled the gap in between the 38 and the 357 that I don't know about?
It seems to me that revolver ammo has been an evolution of giant power steepings with the additon of a few milimeters of brass to make sure the new gen does not work in the old gen. 38spl to 357mag. 44spl to 44mag. 45lc to 454 etc.... Where as in the auto world, you have the base 380ACP and 9mm then the 45ACP with a bunch of rounds to fill the gaps (ie 357sig, 40cal)
It is funny that around and over in the automatic forum, there are people that would not bet their life on 9mm, but here, 38spl is a commonly carried SD round. Keep in mind that I have no doubt that 38spl can and will stop someone, heck, I only shoot 9mm para autos myself.
This kinda leads into the question of as to why revolvers are so, how should I put it, stepped in their ammo slections. You got 38 which is less powerful that 9mm para, then the next step up is the mammoth 357mag. Was there historically some round that filled the gap in between the 38 and the 357 that I don't know about?
It seems to me that revolver ammo has been an evolution of giant power steepings with the additon of a few milimeters of brass to make sure the new gen does not work in the old gen. 38spl to 357mag. 44spl to 44mag. 45lc to 454 etc.... Where as in the auto world, you have the base 380ACP and 9mm then the 45ACP with a bunch of rounds to fill the gaps (ie 357sig, 40cal)