kmrcstintn
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after careful consideration, I decided to include a semiauto in my CCW options; after wearing my Beretta 92FS around the hunting camp while doing chores a few times, I decided to go with a lighter weight semiauto; went to my favorite shop intending to get a polymer frame 9mm, but came home with a Glock 23 in .40 S&W after getting some good feedback from some shop personnel;
the owner who serves as a voluntary deputy for the PA Game Commission was a Glock hater; since then the PA Game Commission has issued Glocks in .357 Sig (salaried personnel are issued & deputies buy their own); the deputies have the option to buy & use the compact & subcompact variants as long as they can qualify with them; he now owns a Glock 31, 32, and 33 and is very happy with the .357 Sig after shooting fresh road kill deer carcasses for terminal performance testing (carcass is hung with an old ballistics vest on back side to stop thru-n-thru bullets);
the 'elder' salesperson is a die hard wheelie fan like me; he bought a trade-in Glock 23 and is also very happy with his purchase; so after nearly 4 years without any .40 S&W semiauto, I plunged and traded my Beretta on a Glock 23; now I have a few ???'s;
I want to create a conversion kit to shoot .357 Sig...what do I need besides a barrel? do I need different mags? do I need a different recoil spring assembly?
defense load considerations...I'm a bit poor right now and leaning toward an economy (ie: not the latest designer hollowpoints) load to get started with; I have decided to use 180gr loads; I have picked up a Remington UMC 180gr jhp value pack at Wally World; I also bought a box of older Fiocchi 180gr jhp (before I went to Walmart); the Remington jhp looks very menacing; would you hesitate to use these loads in a pinch?
thanks
the owner who serves as a voluntary deputy for the PA Game Commission was a Glock hater; since then the PA Game Commission has issued Glocks in .357 Sig (salaried personnel are issued & deputies buy their own); the deputies have the option to buy & use the compact & subcompact variants as long as they can qualify with them; he now owns a Glock 31, 32, and 33 and is very happy with the .357 Sig after shooting fresh road kill deer carcasses for terminal performance testing (carcass is hung with an old ballistics vest on back side to stop thru-n-thru bullets);
the 'elder' salesperson is a die hard wheelie fan like me; he bought a trade-in Glock 23 and is also very happy with his purchase; so after nearly 4 years without any .40 S&W semiauto, I plunged and traded my Beretta on a Glock 23; now I have a few ???'s;
I want to create a conversion kit to shoot .357 Sig...what do I need besides a barrel? do I need different mags? do I need a different recoil spring assembly?
defense load considerations...I'm a bit poor right now and leaning toward an economy (ie: not the latest designer hollowpoints) load to get started with; I have decided to use 180gr loads; I have picked up a Remington UMC 180gr jhp value pack at Wally World; I also bought a box of older Fiocchi 180gr jhp (before I went to Walmart); the Remington jhp looks very menacing; would you hesitate to use these loads in a pinch?
thanks