The 9x23 is far superior to the .38 Super.
That may be, but I didn't grow up with the 9x23mm, nor do I have stories of the Texas Rangers stomping bad guys with a Johnny Come Lately that popped up in 1996 (or the Secret Service chambering their SIG P220's for it for a while).The 9x23 is far superior to the .38 Super.
I never liked semi-rimmed cartridges in autoloaders either. I've always avoided the .32 auto and .38 Super for this very reason and the problems I've had with them.
That may be, but I didn't grow up with the 9x23mm, nor do I have stories of the Texas Rangers stomping bad guys with a Johnny Come Lately that popped up in 1996 (or the Secret Service chambering their SIG P220's for it for a while).
Now, if it gets a lot of law enforcement adoption, and gets the reputation of being the .357 of the 1911 set for punching through bootleggers' cars and is utilized by lawmen as awesome as Frank Hamer to take down someone as big as Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow... then we'll talk about giving up the love for the .38 Super and go to a cartridge with ballistic superiority.
The .38 Super was also liked by FBI agents in the Prohibition era as well.Well, 10mm was adopted by the FBI and we all know what happened there.
They pretty much operate the same. The .38 Super is optimized for 1911 frames, the .357 SIG is optimized for 9mm frames.How does the Super compare with the .357 SIG? I have no experience with either caliber, but the .357 SIG is becoming available again, and the police that carry it seem to love it. On the other hand, the .38 Super appears destined to remain the handloader's specialty cartridge it has been for most of its life.
Cordially, Jack