.357 question

[K.Mooneyham]

A good round for a "car gun" .357 Magnum revolver is the old "FBI load", .38 Special +P, 158 grain lead semi-wadcutter hollowpoints. A bit more "oomph" than the regular .38 Special, but not as much as .357 Magnum if shooting one handed creates a concern about recoil. Best out of at least a 4" barrel. I was lucky enough to score some from Ammunitiontogo before the ammo madness (thanks Obama /sarc). Might take some looking around but I'd imagine you could still find some, though I'm not sure what the cost would be.

[rdcrags]

JRG - I guess your Mesquite-area Walmart is different than my area's but
I see .357 Magnum range ammo all the time. There doesn't seem to be a need to buy it online.

I have a .357 Magnum revolver, but I just keep it loaded with .38 Specials since it's my car holster gun.
The .38's have softer recoil, all the better to keep control of the gun from the driver's seat while seatbelted
in and probably having to shoot one-handed.

The .357 really has a strong recoil to it. When I first got it I shot 50 rounds of .357 in one session.
The next day my thumb was sore all day. It's not my favorite round to shoot.

If I owned a store and could keep it to meet a threat while standing up, I'd go with the .357 Magnum
in 125 grain - that's supposed to be a proven man-stopper.

SIA

about the recoil. Also, big difference in the noise level. Mine is in my bedside table. Firing either 38 special or .357 in the house would be bad noise, but the .357 would be loudest. Bad!

[LAYGO]

Hickok45 had an interesting video I quite literally just finished watching on .40 vs .357 & the differences between Sig/Mag.

[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=VsBGfytvZHE[/youtube]

[Jumping Frog]

Hickok45 had an interesting video ...

After watching his 21+ minute video, my takeaway of his opinion is he notes the .357 SIG ammo is more expensive, more difficult to handload, and has more blast and noise. Therefore, he believes that it is less likely someone is going to shoot thousands and thousands of rounds with it, which obviously has an impact on how good they are with that gun/caliber.