I like a .357 revolver but the author of the article is correct -it is all about hitting your target in a high stress situation. Practice, practice, practice.
A carry gun should be light enough that you DO carry it. A pocket cannon does you no good if you leave it in the gun safe.
my woods gun is a Taurus 357 7 shot. I carry in a chest holster. I was jumped last fall in the dark climbing out of my stand by a big cat. Never saw him, only heard him...was reaching for the 357 when he ran off. I won’t go into the woods without it. You just never ever know...
Rossi 410 Judge or Circuit Judge
Hand cannon that shoots 410 shotgun OR .45 cal bullets.
I rarely carry it on my person, too heavy, unless I am open carrying, sometimes it's in my vehicle but there is nothing wrong with a 10 MM.
I have a featherlite S&W snubnose that takes .38special or .357magnum. Firing .357magnums is like throwing rocks...BIG rocks.
Some my own quick thoughts on the topic:
A revolver and a semi are completely different balls of wax, and that’s going beyond the obvious design differences and capacities.
While it should be known that firing a gun from a moving car is 100% illegal _all of the time_ (even if you’re a cop) that you might want to still plan for the event, a revolver in the car means no spent shells hitting occupants in your car (Got a child seat ? think of where those cartridges are going). The revolver also has a flash at the cylinder, which may be near the people you’re trying to protect as well.
But you can put a revolver down in the seat and know that it’s back in DA, and doesn’t need to be decocked. You can thumb the hammer (if equipped and exposed, of course) and know what condition it’s in (If you put in your holster, or even between the seats or in your waistband (Plaxico carry) you will know if the trigger is being actuated)
Using a striker-fired semi from the seated car position is risky as hell. You can’t do the two activities that are present: Driving and shooting. If you need to put your DA/SA down, or your striker fired pistol down you need to be assured of what it’s status is after doing so. Many semis don’t allow that.
There are about a BILLION PEOPLE out there who are carrying their striker fired pistols in the wrong holster. I say this all the time, and people think it’s some sort of joke or quip - it’s serious business. A striker fired pistol’s holster should take you a while to find, possibly costing you over $300 in failed attempts at holsters until you finally smarten up and buy a Milt-Sparks for about $150 and 1 year’s wait.
As far as 10mm in these pistols we are all under kind of a spell. A .40 caliber is very close to a 10mm. The Desert Eagle can fire a 10mm AE bullet which is enormous. The Bren-Ten firing experience is actually pretty calm and sublime.
Put a 10mm in a lightweight composite frame and it will hurt like holding a damned fire cracker. In a steel frame it’s a different ballgame.
These larger, high pressure rounds in these small plastic frames make for a whallop no matter the size of the gun. It’s all like getting horse-kicked in the hand. And .357Sig might out-explode the 10mm anyway. That thing is like a damned laser pistol.
I do allot of hog hunting with handguns and have taken them with a wide variety of calibers. I keep it simple my choice in calibers are 45 Long Colt, 44 Mag and I wouldn’t be shy about taking one with a properly loaded 357 Mag. Velocity and bullet design play a large part in their performance. Heavy bullets designed for mild expansion and deep penetration with enough velocity to make them perform properly.
As far as my 357 loads go they’re not something you’d want to shoot through your prized Colt Pythons. Most of my hunting pistols are Ruger single actions.
Apples and oranges. .357 for revolvers. Compare with .38 special and .44 special/ magnum.
10mm semi auto. Compare with.40 S&W. And .45acp (perhaps .357 sig would be a better comparison)
Though there is striking balistic similarities between 10mm and rimmed revolver rounds like the oft ignored 41 magnum.
Oh and yeah…there has been attempts at chambering semi autos for rimmed rounds and revolvers for rimmless rounds. But they’re not exactly standard practice
Both are excellent rounds.
The big advantage of the 10mm is capacity.
Yes.
A six shooter vs a 15 shooter....wait...let me think
No.
It is not "also" about shot placement.
It is ONLY about shot placement.