.357 Sig

popeye

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Not a slam on this caliber, but I need to be informed. If a 9mm is already an over penatrater why a cartridge like this. I know of better feed reliability of bottle neck, but what else makes this such a desirerable load.
 
who says the 9mm is an over penetrator, i am talking with JHP ammo, not NATO ball.

for me, well, it hits harder, shoots flatter, and i had 2 glock 9mm's with which i couldn't shot well at all, the 357sig does it all better. so you lose 2 rounds in a mag... thanks to the way our government is neutering our rights you have already lost a lot of rounds!
 
9mm overpenetrates in FMJ, not in a well designed JHP. The .357 SIG gives the 9mm more velocity. They make .357 SIG Jacket Hollow Points that also do not over-penetrate. The greater velocity allows for greater expanded diameter.

-Morgan
 
Anything will penetrate in the wrong circumstances.

The .357Sig does a great energy dump into your intended target, which is one of the purposes of a self-defense round. It is most similiar to the .357 Magnum cartridge, a venerable pistol & caliber.

Shot placement, is still most important.
 
As everyone knows, the faster you drive a jhp the shallower its penetration will be. The advantage of the .357 Sig is a the greater velocity, flatter trajectory and more power out of a .355" diameter bullet.

Comparing my G32 to my G19 (which I re-procured at a tidy sum), shot to shot time is a bit better in my G19. Is the shot to shot speed a large difference? No. Is the power difference between the two rounds a difference? Only in the mind of the shooter. Will a BG drop dead if I blast him with a .357 Sig and not with not with a 9mm? I doubt it.

None of our pistol calibers equate to the finger of God. If one did, that'd be the only caliber made!

But if you asked me which would I sooner take into the heat of battle, I'd pick the .357 Sig because the greater potential of the round.

Derek
 
So far I own pistols in .22,.25,38 spec.,.357 mag,9x21,9x23,.45acp, and .45LC. Thanks for 357SIG info. I shot one saturday and I think I'll stay wih my Colt .45 Officers for carry. I guess I gotta old fart attitude. Stay with what you know.
 
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