MagnumDweeb
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This has been bothering me for sometime. I've been setting aside my loose change (pennies, nickels, and dimes) for close to a year now come march. Mind you I only use my credit cards for online transactions and buying gas, everything else is cash and nearly all my loose change gets set aside with my singles(singles get set aside for Christmas and Birthdays). So every few months I have about $100-$150 in cash, I figure I'll have around $600 by march and want to splurge on an indulgence. I didn't end up getting the Ruger GP100 I wanted so I'm hunting for a revolver in a caliber I don't have(I've got plenty in .357 magnum already).
I've got around 1.5k in .45 ACP sitting around for my NRA Pistol classes that I teach so I already have a source of ammo for the S&W M22. I thought about getting the M22 model in the 5.5" barrel but I want a gun I won't hesitate to carry and a revolver with a 4" barrel I can easily put in a shoulder holster or IWB. I already own a Taurs PT 1911 and while I have great respect for the 1911 platform I'm just too much of a revolver fan.
But then there's the .44 special in the M22 4". I realize for a long time past the .44 special either met the .45 ACP in performance or outperformed in hotter loads. But now with offerings of .45 ACP in +P I have to think the gap in performance can't be that great any longer.
I read an article in Shotgun News over a year ago where in a M22 the author shot a Corbon load in 165 grain that performed on average at 1200fps. So you get the .44 caliber hole, the high velocity and at 165 grains, a good weight to push for penetration. I haven't been able to find .45 ACP rounds that will commonly do this.
I can get access to a steady supply of .44 Special 'Cowboy Loads' pushing a 200 grain round at 750+ fps at $24 a box of 50 which would keep me practicing with a 100 rounds a month no problem. But are there good SD rounds at 800fps+/- that I can get access to is a worry.
It seems the .44 special and .45 ACP will accomplish the same performance in the same weights at 200 grains. But once you start lower the weight, the .44 Special gains over the .45 ACP in velocity, if I'm wrong please educate me.
I want to make this revolver my key carry and practical shooting gun. Oh and reload for .44 Magnum so reloading for .44 special wouldn't be too much of a change. Thanks ahead of time.
I've got around 1.5k in .45 ACP sitting around for my NRA Pistol classes that I teach so I already have a source of ammo for the S&W M22. I thought about getting the M22 model in the 5.5" barrel but I want a gun I won't hesitate to carry and a revolver with a 4" barrel I can easily put in a shoulder holster or IWB. I already own a Taurs PT 1911 and while I have great respect for the 1911 platform I'm just too much of a revolver fan.
But then there's the .44 special in the M22 4". I realize for a long time past the .44 special either met the .45 ACP in performance or outperformed in hotter loads. But now with offerings of .45 ACP in +P I have to think the gap in performance can't be that great any longer.
I read an article in Shotgun News over a year ago where in a M22 the author shot a Corbon load in 165 grain that performed on average at 1200fps. So you get the .44 caliber hole, the high velocity and at 165 grains, a good weight to push for penetration. I haven't been able to find .45 ACP rounds that will commonly do this.
I can get access to a steady supply of .44 Special 'Cowboy Loads' pushing a 200 grain round at 750+ fps at $24 a box of 50 which would keep me practicing with a 100 rounds a month no problem. But are there good SD rounds at 800fps+/- that I can get access to is a worry.
It seems the .44 special and .45 ACP will accomplish the same performance in the same weights at 200 grains. But once you start lower the weight, the .44 Special gains over the .45 ACP in velocity, if I'm wrong please educate me.
I want to make this revolver my key carry and practical shooting gun. Oh and reload for .44 Magnum so reloading for .44 special wouldn't be too much of a change. Thanks ahead of time.