Well, I was at the range today and the guy next to me had a Smith 360PD he was shooting. We began talking, and he offered the 360 for me to shoot. Now I have a 4 5/8" Ruger SuperBlackhawk in .44mag, have shot an airweight with .38+P, .45 +P etc. .44 Mag is not a joy to shoot, but it never hurts.
Back to the range...I loaded two of my .38 spcl reloads in the Smith and one of my neighbors .357 rounds. My two rounds from an 11 oz. revolver were perfectly pleasant to shoot. When I lit off the .357 from the 11 oz. snubby, holy god! I thought I genuinely might have broken a bone in my hand. That was the first (and will be the only) round I've ever touched off that actually hurt to shoot. Now I understand why all the gunwriters write that one does not need to shoot .357's from a scandium revolver. I'll stick to a 642 with +P's if I ever am able to carry (I live in WI, hopefully soon to have CCW).
Back to the range...I loaded two of my .38 spcl reloads in the Smith and one of my neighbors .357 rounds. My two rounds from an 11 oz. revolver were perfectly pleasant to shoot. When I lit off the .357 from the 11 oz. snubby, holy god! I thought I genuinely might have broken a bone in my hand. That was the first (and will be the only) round I've ever touched off that actually hurt to shoot. Now I understand why all the gunwriters write that one does not need to shoot .357's from a scandium revolver. I'll stick to a 642 with +P's if I ever am able to carry (I live in WI, hopefully soon to have CCW).