Fireman179
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Do you think they will stop producing 357sig? I don't want to buy a dying caliber.
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Mrgunsngear
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As long as it can produce 650+ FT/LBS of energy out of a G31 barrel I don't think it's going anywhere. Lots of folks love power 
Underwood Ammo 357 SIG Gold Dot Gel Test HD Video Link
Underwood Ammo 357 SIG Gold Dot Gel Test HD Video Link
KenLondregan
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I know of a few agencies here in New Jersey that currently carry this round. I believe a few federal agencies including the United States Secret Service and Air Marshalls use this round. I have also read that multiple state police agencies and highway patrols use this round including Delaware, Rhode Island, Virginia, Montana, and North Caroline. As long as the federal government, state, and local law enforcement agencies continue to use it, it will still be around. Supply and demand, plain and simple.
If you are worried, do what alex suggested and buy a 40 that you can swap barrels with. I have a sig p226 and It is simple to switch the 40 barrel/slide out with a .357. It even takes the same mags (they are stamped as both)
I know of a few agencies here in New Jersey that currently carry this round. I believe a few federal agencies including the United States Secret Service and Air Marshalls use this round. I have also read that multiple state police agencies and highway patrols use this round including Delaware, Rhode Island, Virginia, Montana, and North Caroline. As long as the federal government, state, and local law enforcement agencies continue to use it, it will still be around. Supply and demand, plain and simple.
If you are worried, do what alex suggested and buy a 40 that you can swap barrels with. I have a sig p226 and It is simple to switch the 40 barrel/slide out with a .357. It even takes the same mags (they are stamped as both)
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Brian Pfleuger
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The Sig isn't going away anytime soon.
S&W-Keeper
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I hope not.I think it is a great round. I have a Sig, and a Glock.I also have the .40 barrels to go with them.
Deaf Smith
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Not with so many LEO organizations like the Texas DPS and Secret Service using them.
Deaf
For what it's worth, I had a friend in the gun industry tell me that you should buy a 40S&W and then a 357 sig barrel, not the other way around. He claimed better accuracy if you start with a 40 and then go to 357 sig. I mentioned it on this forum before and several people said they started with a 357 sig and then went to 40S&W and they didn't have any accuracy problems.
Single Six
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My agency is looking real hard at buying new service weapons; the .357 Sig is the round they want. Last I looked, the Highway Patrol here in N.C. uses that caliber as well. My only caveats: Ammo is pretty hard to find around here [at least, it is at Wal Mart], and last...it's not a .45. But hey, if they issue it, I'll tote it.
Peter M. Eick
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The sig is very common in certain areas. Here in Texas I find a lot of it at the range. I would not say it is dying by any stretch.
Dragline45
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Couldn't pick a worse round for an Air Marshall to carry. Overpenetration should be a concern when firing a gun on a crowded airplane, which makes the .357sig a bad choice. Also, airplanes are relatively confined spaces. Tapping off a high pressure .357sig in a confined space will almost certainly cause severe hearing loss/impairment compared to say a .45acp or a 9mm. Just a bad choice all around.
Dragline45
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HAH! That's a good one. I guess the FBI and all their expertise worked out great when they issued the 10mm
Don't assume just because a law enforcement agency carry a gun for a living means they are experts.
Every drawback I posted about the .357sig for Air Marshall's are completely legitimate and valid points.
Dragline45
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If you want to scour the internet for cases go for it, because I certainly wont. I don't need to do so to know that the .357sig, which was made to mimic the .357 magnum, is prone to overpenetration compared to say a 9mm or .45acp. Higher pressure rounds, that reach higher velocities, penetrate deeper and further than a lower pressure round at lower velocities.
Nope I meant the agency. You would like to think they know what they are doing but it's not always the case. The example I used about the FBI choosing the 10mm for their issued round was a total flop. Because of it they developed the .40. The FBI are supposed to have the highest of expertise at their fingertips. What makes the United States Air Marshalls any better?
It doesn't work that way. You made a claim. I asked you to support it. Now you say you won't. It's because you can't- I have never seen a verified, actual account of an overpenetration with the .357 Sig round. I always ask that question when people bring it up, and no one can ever support the claim.
If you meant the agency your sentence wasn't written clearly.
From what I understand the FBI did not properly take into account the women agent factor. That does not mean the entire thing was a "flop."
There is no evidence to support your claim that the round is a bad choice. Do you have any idea of the criteria for the choice? There's probably more to it than we know, and I am sure they had more good reasons to choose it over anything else they could have.