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engineer88 · November 25, 2012, 02:13 AM

A lot of these caliber wars talk fps, energy, etc. But they leave out bullet design. Look on YouTube TN outdoors does a lot of well done testing. If you notice Speer gold dots in 357 will clock in at 9mm +p ranges out of a three inch barrel. However, they expand to 0.75, whereas a 9mm is lucky to pull 0.6ish on the expansion. Revolvers are not restricted by bullet shape to feed like an automatic. The trade off is you get 1/3rd the capacity. That is why law enforcement has gone to automatics.

November 25, 2012, 02:13 AM	#24
engineer88 Senior Member Join Date: July 13, 2008 Location: La Florida Posts: 254	A lot of these caliber wars talk fps, energy, etc. But they leave out bullet design. Look on YouTube TN outdoors does a lot of well done testing. If you notice Speer gold dots in 357 will clock in at 9mm +p ranges out of a three inch barrel. However, they expand to 0.75, whereas a 9mm is lucky to pull 0.6ish on the expansion. Revolvers are not restricted by bullet shape to feed like an automatic. The trade off is you get 1/3rd the capacity. That is why law enforcement has gone to automatics. __________________ I do not love the bright sword for it's sharpness, nor the arrow for it's swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend.