"...a 357 with a medium load and reversed wad cutters. "
Some might not appreciate the fact that "wadcutters" are swaged from soft lead, and have a large, cavitated "hollow" base. At close range they are indeed devistating.
The ACLU would consider them "Cruel and unusual punishment", I'm sure.
I've heard of some blokes inserting a .22 nail driving blank into the cavity, so that it would detonate on impact.
Don't know how legal that is, but sounds like fun.