I have a Ruger Sp101 Snubbie .357Mag for my home defense. I took it to the range the other day, and shot up a case of my 357Mag hollowpoints. Ouch. Boy, by the 20th shot, my hand was jello. Now my accuracy is not very good with a .357Mag, I'm doing maybe 6" groups with it...
Same gun on .38Spls however, the group moves to sub 3" easily. So... my question is, ballistics aside because I know the numbers, am I losing that much for homeD if I move DOWN to a .38Spl? Because I'm thinking, a .38Spl in a bad guy, is better than a .357Mag that missed?? Is that a smarter move??
Also, now then, it makes me wonder how much of a "bite" the Corbon .38Spls have. I can shoot .38Spls all day long, but the Mag's really kill the hand out of a snubbie..
Albert
Same gun on .38Spls however, the group moves to sub 3" easily. So... my question is, ballistics aside because I know the numbers, am I losing that much for homeD if I move DOWN to a .38Spl? Because I'm thinking, a .38Spl in a bad guy, is better than a .357Mag that missed?? Is that a smarter move??
Also, now then, it makes me wonder how much of a "bite" the Corbon .38Spls have. I can shoot .38Spls all day long, but the Mag's really kill the hand out of a snubbie..
Albert