A lot of old timers carry those... ;)
Posted on 01/06/2017 9:45:11 AM PST by w1n1
Right now I use a Ruger .380 because i can slip it in my front pants pocket. I’ve not shot off any of my vital parts yet...
I too conceal carry a .380, with the best ammo i can get.
My daughter shoots both, but she is most deadly with the 357. I agree that the 45 is probably a knockdown at close range, however.
.38 S&W snub here.
ith the best ammo i can get.
Both are great rounds. 357 for hunting small/medium game and 45 for SD although I prefer the 9mm with modern bullets for SD.
I give .357 the nod because I prefer revolvers. Call me old-fashioned. These new-fangled semi-automagics get me all twitterpated.
:^)
There is a lot more than close vs range on .45 vs .357.
Capacity is a big deal. You get 6 shots before a reload on a .357.
That said, .357 Magnum has around 50% more energy than a .45, all things equal.
I have both guns. I keep my .357 with Buffalo bore 180gr hard cast bullets in case a black bear invades the house again. (one came through the kitchen window in 2007). With a hardcast bullet, you get significant penetration, something necessary to kill bears.
While I would rather shoot a bear with a .45 than nothing, I’ll take the .357 of the two. I wouldn’t want to piss off a brown bear with either though.
A lot of old timers carry those... ;)
I think that anyone who gets shot buy either of these calibers, close range or far range, will not fare very well. Run hollow point ammo through both of them, and no person shot with either of them will be able to do much damage to you.
But if I had to choose, .357, just because I prefer revolvers.
looks like a 4” to me...
5 rules of a gun fight:
1) gun beats no gun
2) hit beats a miss
3) fast beats slow
4) bigger holes beat smaller holes
5) If it is worth shooting once, shoot twice
FBI statistics show that the .32 acp is by far, the best at ending a fight. It had the lowest number of rounds to incapacitate and highest accuracy. .380 and .38 special ran a close second.
I believe that is a direct correlation with rules #1 and #2. I also believe that far too many people carry too much gun.
How can you compare a .357 to a .45.
Two different platforms. A .357 is the most effective ballistics wise. No doubt about that. Both long and short range.
It’s really semi vs. revolver.
A person has not been properly twitterpated until he has disassembled and re-assembled a Mark 3 Ruger pistol.
Same here - also have a .357 and a classic (made in Springfield Armory in 1914) 1911 .45. Prefer to shoot the 1911 but the .357 will reach out a bit further if someone needs to be touched - can hit a mailbox at 100 yards with it a bit more often than with the .45.
Have two .380 pocket guns for convenient concealed carry - easy to carry and still enough oomph to be effective for defense situations.
Same here—Walther PPK/S
I reload and have safely pushed 158 grain .357 bullets to 2000 fps from a Marlin 1894C carbine. That's good enough for deer out to 50 yards, which I've done.
.380 Golden Sabers 102 gr.
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