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I am interested in getting a glock 32, its a .357 SIG. I was wondering what is the difference between a .357 SIG and a .357 MAGNUM. If anyone knows, please let me know..
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the .357 sig has a smaller load the .357 mag has a 94% stoping power so go with the .357 sig if you want less kick and you want it in a pistol were as the .357 mag only come is a revolver
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Go to the Remington or Winchester or Federal ammunition sites and navigate to the ballistics information. There you can find how fast a particular bullet travels out of the muzzle and at different distances, the "velocity" and, how hard it hits, "energy". Using these charts, you can compare calibers, bullet configurations and weights, and charges to one another and begin to get an idea about weapons and their application to diverse purposes.
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The .357SIG is a .40 cal.case necked down to .357 and is a bottleneck pistol cartridge. Looks like a rifle cartridge. .357 mag is a straight wall revolver cartridge. 0 -
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quote:Originally posted by 2xbyu
The .357SIG is a .40 cal.case necked down to .357 and is a bottleneck pistol cartridge. Looks like a rifle cartridge. .357 mag is a streight wall revolver cartridge.
Wrong,the .357 Sig case length is longer than the .40S&W .865 compared to .850 for the .40 S&W. [:)]
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quote:Originally posted by westlund_125
the .357 sig has a smaller load the .357 mag has a 94% stoping power so go with the .357 sig if you want less kick and you want it in a pistol were as the .357 mag only come is a revolver
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Desert eagle MK I, MK VII and MK XIX (not revolvers). I believe it was also available in the LAR Grizzly. And let's not forget Coonan arms +size 1911's.
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quote:Originally posted by kaotikblue
I am interested in getting a glock 32, its a .357 SIG. I was wondering what is the difference between a .357 SIG and a .357 MAGNUM. If anyone knows, please let me know..
A .357 Magnum is a rimmed cartrige based on the old .38 special intended for revolvers. Yes, there are a few specialty autos that fire it like the Desert Eagle and Coonan pistol, but those guns are specialty guns, not considered the most reliable pistols, and its still mainly a revolver round.
This .357 magnum round is fairly hot, packing a rather loud bang, a lot of muzzle energy, a decent amount of recoil, and perhaps consistently the best stopping power of any pistol round when matched with the right ammo.
The .357 SIG is a cartridge based on the .40 S&W cartridge designed specifically for modern high-capacity automatic pistols. Its a bottleneck cartridge that resembles a small rifle-round.
The point of the .357 SIG round was to replicate the excellent stopping power, penetration, and ballistics of the high-performance .357 magnum revolver round, but allow it to be used out of a modern auto pistol with all the bells and whistles like high capacity and double action. Because the .357 Sig is based on the .40 caliber case, it can be run through many guns that handle .40 ammo, including Glocks, with little more than a conversion barrel, which is a nice plus. Usually it can even be loaded in the same .40 caliber magazines.
Despite the name, the .357 Sig cartridge doesnt exactly use the same bullets as .357 magnums. It uses 9mm luger caliber ammo (which I think is .355. . .pretty close), which means that performance-wise the .357 can also be thought of as a 9mm +P+ round. The standard .357 SIG isn't *quite* as hot as a .357 magnum, but its pretty close. With the standard 125 grain bullet thats maybe 1300 fps for the .357 SIG vs. 1400 fps for the .357 magnum. That's not a bad tradeoff considering tha the .357 SIG gun will generally hold 8 rounds more than the 6 shot revolver!
The bottleneck shape also makes the feeding of the round within the gun highly reliable which is another plus for this round. Disadvantages of this round are the higher cost compared to the straight-walled cartridges, and the tendency of the bottleneck shape to permit the bullet to "walk" within the case with certain hot loads and improper crimps (BAD). The bottleneck shape supposedly makes reloading ammo a bit harder too.0 -
Here is the difference and more information than you will need to know.
Click on the link below:
http://www.federalcartridge.com/default.asp?pg=27&firearm=2
Select the cartridges you want to compare from the table, then click "Compare" at the top of the table. All exterior ballistics for the .357 Magnum and the .357 Sig may now be studied.
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