nerd-with-a-gun
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Usually I shoot Magtech .357 158 gr out of my GP100 and I have been happy with it. I squeeze the trigger and it goes boom and I hit the target. Today I went to the range and tried some Remington .357 125 gr. This time I squeezed the trigger and it went BOOM with significant recoil, much more than the Magtech cartidges. It was so loud the RO came over and looked to see what I was shooting. He thought it was a .44 magnum. After about 25 rounds the recoil was starting to get uncomfortable. I finished the box of 50, but I must say that it was not that much fun to shoot that particular cartridge.
Correct me if I am wrong, and I am likely to be wrong since I am a relative newbie with handguns, but I thought that a 158 gr bullet would give me more recoil than a 125 gr bullet. Why was the Remington so much more snappy and loud than the Magtech rounds.
Oh yeah, the Remingtons were also very dirty. Much dirtier than Blazer aluminum case rounds.
Correct me if I am wrong, and I am likely to be wrong since I am a relative newbie with handguns, but I thought that a 158 gr bullet would give me more recoil than a 125 gr bullet. Why was the Remington so much more snappy and loud than the Magtech rounds.
Oh yeah, the Remingtons were also very dirty. Much dirtier than Blazer aluminum case rounds.