Hi,
I spent some time at the range yesterday shooting my new Smith M&P 340 .357 Magnum. I was a little worried from what I'd read here about how punishing the Scandium J-frame revolvers could be in .357 rounds. I started out with some 158 grain .38 special rounds and they felt like I was shooting a .22. I immediately dropped in some 110 gr. .357 rounds and I was shocked to find they didn't hurt at all but were, in fact, a "blast" to shoot. I did appreciate the 18 inch flame shooting out of the barrel and the concussion felt in my chest but my hands were quite unscathed. Most of the bad reviews I read were of the 340PD revolver at 12 oz and the M&P weighs in at 13.3 oz. having a stainless instead of titanium cylinder. Is there really that much difference in felt recoil with 1.3 oz. difference or were the reviews just over the top? I do a lot of shooting as I'm an LEO and I'd say the M&P 340 was about 1.5X the felt recoil as my normal Glock .40.
Randy
I spent some time at the range yesterday shooting my new Smith M&P 340 .357 Magnum. I was a little worried from what I'd read here about how punishing the Scandium J-frame revolvers could be in .357 rounds. I started out with some 158 grain .38 special rounds and they felt like I was shooting a .22. I immediately dropped in some 110 gr. .357 rounds and I was shocked to find they didn't hurt at all but were, in fact, a "blast" to shoot. I did appreciate the 18 inch flame shooting out of the barrel and the concussion felt in my chest but my hands were quite unscathed. Most of the bad reviews I read were of the 340PD revolver at 12 oz and the M&P weighs in at 13.3 oz. having a stainless instead of titanium cylinder. Is there really that much difference in felt recoil with 1.3 oz. difference or were the reviews just over the top? I do a lot of shooting as I'm an LEO and I'd say the M&P 340 was about 1.5X the felt recoil as my normal Glock .40.
Randy