9mm vs 45 acp
9mm
45 ACP
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why not split the difference and just say the 357 is the best!!!!!!!!!!! 0 -
Uhhh... Because everyone knows the .40 is better?hillbille said:why not split the difference and just say the 357 is the best!!!!!!!!!!!
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Yeah 40 cal is o.k. if you are talking Herters 401 powermag!NeoBlackdog said:
Uhhh... Because everyone knows the .40 is better?hillbille said:why not split the difference and just say the 357 is the best!!!!!!!!!!!
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9mm is the perfect handgun round, unless of course you need more power then .357 mag is the perfect handgun round, unless you need more power then .454 is the perfect handgun round, unless you need more distance then .270 Winchester is the perfect handgun round, unless you just want squirrels for the pot then 22lr is the perfect handgun round. I'm lucky because I have all five and some not perfect ones as well. 0 -
The one YOU can consistently can connect with is YOUR best choice. I happen to do my best with a Colt Delta Elite-10mm! 0 -
I want the weapon that killed the squirrel on top of his head ! 0 -
9mm is o.k. if it's in a 9mm super maximum, bored .032 over with a competition compensator muzzle flash suppressor, muzzle break, counter clock wise rifled barrel, and 12lb recoil spring. 0 -
See you and raise to .357 maximum. Never could understand why it didn't catch on. I know about the flame cutting on the Rugers but I think someone should have been able to fix that. How could it have been much different than the .454 Casull? I expected to have a pistol & carbine in .357 max. Now I am stuck with just a barrel for my Thompson Contender.hillbille said:why not split the difference and just say the 357 is the best!!!!!!!!!!!0 -
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I'd rather have a high powered rifle over any pistol caliber. 0 -
Enough !
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Yeah 40 cal is o.k. if you are talking Herters 401 powermag!NeoBlackdog said:
Uhhh... Because everyone knows the .40 is better?hillbille said:why not split the difference and just say the 357 is the best!!!!!!!!!!!
(Stir, stir, stir!)
(Stir some more) 😊 BobI happen to have a trio of Great Western SAA Colt clone revolvers...
A .45 long colt (that I like to load with medium power .45 S&W Schofield)
A .401 Herters Power Mag (I don't know if it will accept alternate rounds)
A .357 Atomic (I mostly use .357 Mag or .38 spl or .38 long colt)
“.357 Atomic.” The Atomic was a nonfactory .357 Magnum load incorporating standard brass, 16 grains of Hercules 2400 and a 158-grain bullet. Some claimed the .357 Atomic churned up 1,600 feet per second at the muzzle, which would have made it a real scorcher for its day.
A Buntline version with a 12- or 121/2-inch barrel was offered, as was a 31/2-inch-barreled Sheriff’s model that lacked an ejector rod assembly. A target version, the Deputy, featured a 4-inch barrel, a target front sight, an adjustable rear sight, and a full-length rib similar to the old King target rib popular in the ’30s and ’40s. A Fast Draw model with tuned action, brass grip frame and short front sight completed the revolver lineup.
Carbine versions including full fixed stock variants and one adapted to accept the detachable shoulder stock from an 1851 colt navy have been rumored but to my knowledge none are known or extant.
.30 caliber US carbine (purportedly only in 7 1/2" and 10" only) and .22 hornet (50 units if I recall) offerings may have been made as well though I have never seem either.
Pistol caliber and intermediate small caliber baby rolling block carbine were proposed but never appeared - not even a prototype as far as I can discern.
Other offerings were advertised as .22 Long Rifle, .22 WMR, .38 Special, .44 Special, .357 Magnum, .38-40, .44-40, .44 Magnum, .45 ACP, .45 Colt - it's estimated that 50 percent of the company’s production was chambered for .22 rimfire.
Great Western guns were built to take some punishment. The Standard or Frontier Model, for example, used the finest materials. The frame was forged steel. The hammer was made from 6150 chrome-vanadium steel. The hand, trigger and cylinder bolt were made of beryllium copper, and cylinders in calibers .357 and larger were made of 4140 chrome moly steel. Guns with heavy amounts of beryllium copper have an added sheen that is not purple or copper colored but is not normal - early production guns and some kit guns and so called "0" prefix models had heavy amounts of the stuff and are considered strong / robust.
Mike
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See you and raise to .357 maximum. Never could understand why it didn't catch on. I know about the flame cutting on the Rugers but I think someone should have been able to fix that. How could it have been much different than the .454 Casull? I expected to have a pistol & carbine in .357 max. Now I am stuck with just a barrel for my Thompson Contender.hillbille said:why not split the difference and just say the 357 is the best!!!!!!!!!!!
I wholeheartedly agree and endorse this statement.
I have some rather esoteric oddball baby rolling blocks and light frame rolling block carbines - some vintage and some modern, some factory and some customized, most of which gathered dust as often someone's vision of a custom gun or sporter or gunsmith special or adaptation does not catch everyone's eye and with the story lost not inspire confidence make it stand out above the fray of other offerings in the rack for sale...
One of them is such a project gun or adaptation - having had it's barrel replaced with a 20" half octagonal half round medium profile robust barrel with a target crown marked and chambered for .357 maximum in rather bold letters and all caps - a prominent font and deeply struck.
The rest of the gun appears to be a medium sized intermediate frame Dutch marked Remington clone made in Belgium - not a baby carbine like my uberti but not the full size Remington military model so omnipresent and universally adopted / ubiquitous - .43 caliber (always a proprietary clambering) we are all familiar with but a smaller lighter take...
It also now has a Schnabel fore end and rear and mounted peep sight from buffalo arms...
While I have only used it for range day fun and target practice and investigational testing the cartridge itself seems to have great potential and an interesting performance envelope especially for a handloader or with cast bullets.
It's certainly appears to be far more than just a pistol cartridge to me.
Mike
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