Pros and Cons to the .357 Sig

I love the .357 sig, but did find the compensated barrel in my sport too loud, had to go back to the normal P229.
 
I own a G-32 . It is loud. It is accurate. Fun to shoot and a lot of energy. People will walk up to you and ask what was that!!!!! It fits in to all of my glock leather.. Patrick:eek:
 
It's a neat cartridge, one of the most interesting new rounds of the last two decades. Bottleneck cartridges usually don't catch on with the American public, but this one seems to do just fine.

Pros: Very flat trajectory, high velocity and muzzle energy, excellent penetration, and duplicates the respected .357 Magnum out of a more compact autoloader cartridge. Many .40 *&* pistols can be readily adapted to the .357SIG just by swapping barrels, giving the .357SIG a huge potential platform base.

Cons: Expensive (still), very high slide velocities, and the drawback of shooting a 9mm-sized bullet out of .40-sized cases, thereby reducing capacity without going up in bore size. Also, the variety in .357SIG factory loads could be a little better.

I've owned two pistols in that caliber, a Glock 32 and a SIGPro SP2340. Both id just fine and were a lot of fun to shoot, but they both ended up on the trade-in altar somewhere down the line. I'd own another one, and probably will, if I ever get a good deal on one.
 
My crystal ball says you are gonna have trouble finding factory loads for it in 20 yrs.

Of course, my crystal ball has been known to be wrong.

Really, though, I think it appeals to a fairly small part of the shooting population, like 10 mm or 41 mag.

Most 9mm fans wont like it because of recoil and muzzle blast.

Most 45 fans wont like it cause it aint wide enough.

Who does that leave?
 
In 20 years

In 20 years my guns better be shooting frickin laser beams or I will be very upset. :D

I love my Sig Pro .357sig. I was first very cautious before I bought but I have never looked back since. I just can't wait until I get some extra money and put the Sig Pro laser on my Sig Pro. Then the deer better be watching out.


Sig Pro
 
I have some low power 357 Sig rounds that 9mm people would not be afraid of: average velocity 1075 fps from a 4.5" barrel -- sounds and feels like a standard 9mm pistol. Or, I can goose it up to 1450 fps and still be within saami specs -- all with the same powder: AA#9.

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It seems like an interesting enough cartridge to try out. It just seems like you pay a bit for ammo and might not find it everywhere. If I was gonna move into 357 Sig, I would just get a drop in barrel for a 40S&W Glock so I could switch back and forth.
 
Loud? Louder than any other? I dunno. The 357 SIG is the same pressure as a +P 9mm, and pressure dictates noise, so I don't see how 357 SIG could be any louder than a +P 9mm.
I shot my 9mm and my 357 SIG next to each other without ear protection and I could not tell a difference.
It does have blast though, you can feel the power coming out. I define "blast" not as noise and not as recoil, but just, well, the feeling of power, shock, coming out the barrel. The 357 SIG really dishes out the power.

As for ammo, www.ammoman.com has it all the time for $8.99 a box for S&B and you can get it even less in Blazer.

Capacity: you actually get one more capacity in a Glock. So you get one less than a 9mm, and one more than a .40 in your magazine. My Glock 32 holds 14+1.

I like the round a lot for its accuracy and reliability. And power. Where else are you going to get that kind of power in a gun the size of a Glock 33? Coupled with easy shooting and reliability and accuracy, it makes for a good combination.
 
Pros: Superb accuracy, duplicates .357 mag ballistics in a more controllable and arguably more compact package. Also has whatever advantages an auto holds over a revolver, whether real or imagined. Growing acceptance in LEO among LEOs.

Cons: Price and availability. The top notch stuff isn't any more expensive than the defense loads in any other caliber, but lately I've found it hard to find cheaper stuff like Speer target ammo. And I refuse to use that UMC garbage.
 
Loud, accurate, expensive, will never jam, may have dangerous bullet setback problems, big concussion, great energy.
 
Will I buy one? Probably not. It's just another "in vogue" calibre. I like calibre's that can go "both ways" (ie, suitable for urban and woods alike). To light for the woods (147gr max?) and 357 mag performance for urban use. Well, I've got a 357 mag, thank you very much. It won't find any room in my safe. Best, J. Parker
 
Pros=More stopping power than the 45acp in a smaller frame pistol.Very accurate round. Cons=very snappy recoil and high ammo costs.
 
Cost of ammo is very high compaired to other calibers. Ammoman has the 357 sig S&B at $12.90 a box with S&H not $8.99.
Cheaper than Dirt had them at $8.99 a box w/o S&H but they are out. Found Bulkammo.com has them for $9.15 a box of course less S&H. Same ammo for 9mm is way cheaper than 357 sig by a wide margin that's one of the reasons the 357sig is lacking a bit in sales compaired to other calibers.
Other than that it is one helva good caliber.
 
I will start with the many pros to the 357sig. High power and velocity and a flat shooting easy to keep running round. The bottle-neck round is hard to stop feeding in any gun I have seen. The power to weight ratio in a glock 31 is awesome with 15+1 rounds in the gun and 45 more on my belt. I also own a matched pair of sig p-239's in 357 sig... one for the ultimate backup to the other. The guns have never failed even once so my confidence while carring them is excellent. I can put several rounds thru the same hole with a gun and cartridge this accurate.
cons , ammo is slightly more expensive and less common than 9mm or 45acp. Not a wide wide range of loadings available.
 
I would have got the .357 sig in my new glock over the .40 if it hadn't been for the price and availability of ammo. I think .357 sig is a great all aroung cartridge, just give it some time to get a hold on the gun market.
 
I love this caliber.

Advantages
1. great accuracy better than the .40
2. Great hard cover penitration
3. great stopping power approximatley equal to the best 40 and 45 acp loads.
4. great reliability.
5. great long range accuracy potential low bullet drop

Disadvantages

NONE

Actually
1. ammo availability and load selection
2. have to watch bullet set back closer

PAT
 
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