I love gun writers, and caption writers

That is extremely poorly written, in more ways than I care to count. I read the first 6 or 8 paragraphs and see no reason to continue.

The writer talks about both handguns and rifles with no clear delineation when the subject changes. They mention a range of magnums starting at "the diminutive .17 caliber Magnum" and then speak of recoil in the next sentence but then are clearly talking about handgun cartridges only in the next sentence.

This singular sentence should be all you need to know about that writer:
http://cheaperthandirt.com/blog/?p=51502 said:
These handguns often are possessed of more real world killing power at moderate ranges than high power rifles.
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Some stuff gleaned from the comment section that made me :confused::

The .44 Magnum is essentially a .45 magnum since it shoots a .45 cal bullet.
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Sorry guys, but the author is correct. Glass checks do stop gas cutting and leading. Gas cutting is the damage to the base of the bullet as the bullet runs through the forcing cone. Which is the main cause of leading.
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I also purchased a Winchester 94AE in 357, with the 18 inch barrel doubling the power of any 38 or 357 magnum rounds from a 4 inch barrel. The rifle is quite incredible, reaching power about equal to a 223 Remington, with a much larger and flatter bullet, doing much greater short range destruction. With the added energy from the barrel, it is more than enough gun to take full size deer up to 100 yards, with careful placement of course. The rifle gives incredible lethality in short range hunting, with almost no recoil and very little report. Almost a big 22lr.
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Love this comment, by Elmer...

"Probably the man who understood magnum handguns more than anyone looked at the 357 and then began juicing up the 44 special."

I had to reply to that... It's obvious that he's talking about Elmer Keith, and anyone who knows anything about Elmer Keith knows that he was heavily involved in juicing the .38 Special and contributed much to the development of the .357 Magnum.

The fact that he later came out against the .357 means only that he later soured on the cartridge.
 
The outlook is different when we begin to move to the Magnums. These handguns often are possessed of more real world killing power at moderate ranges than high power rifles.
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I read that and stopped reading....... either the author is unfamiliar with high power rifles, or physics ...... or maybe both.

..... and the pic of the young lady "enjoying shooting the .357Magnum" ...... with a stance like that, she won't enjoy it long ......
 
What's really amazing is that the author is a prolific writer. Several books to his credit. Looking through his blog, I see quite a number of things that are distressing.

I don't know where he gets the pictures but the one in the OPs article of the girl holding the revolver like it's a rifle is...interesting... to say the least. Other pictures show a woman firing a Bersa .380 with her ear muffs at a 45dg angle, hanging off the back of her head and sunglasses frames which are under the muff pads and obviously much too thick for the muffs to be sealed against her head.
 
I don't know where he gets the pictures but the one in the OPs article of the girl holding the revolver like it's a rifle is...interesting...
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If she held a high powered rifle like that and fired it, she'd be in a lot of pain ..... it's a straight line from the bore to her shoulder joint: ouch!
 
Wow, if that is an expert opinion, then maybe I can write an article on the design and construction of Chan dynasty pottery:rolleyes:

Hopefully that article was cheaper than dirt, even then I think they overpaid.
 
Yet the company says they are helping and informing us as we buy weapons from them.

Perhaps this is why we have so many first time posters with the favorite question of
"can i use .38 special in my 357 magnum?"
 
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