QUOTE (JAYTEAM @ September 24th 2006 8:15 AM)
Kinda like 357 SIG, right?
Jay
Well lets look at this then. Here are most of the platforms offering the 357SIG:
* GLOCK 31 (Full-Size)
* GLOCK 32 (Compact)
* GLOCK 33 (Sub-Compact)
* SIG P226/P226R DAK (Full-Size)
* SIG P229 (Compact)
* SIG P239 (Sub-Compact)
* SIG SP2340 (Polymer Compact)
* SIG SP2022 (Polymer Compact)
* Springfield Armory XD 4 in (102 mm) "Service" (Compact)
* Springfield Armory XD 5 in (127 mm) "Tactical" (Full-Size)
* Heckler & Koch USPc (Compact)
* Heckler & Koch P2000 (Compact)
* Heckler & Koch P2000SK (Sub-Compact)
* STEYR M357 A-1 (Full-Size, Polymer with reinforced Steel frame)
* Smith & Wesson M&P (Full-Size)
* Walther P99 (with aftermarket barrel)
History:
SIGARMS, in partnership with Federal Cartridge, developed the 357 SIG cartridge in 1994. Georg Luger's logic was reversed in the development of this round; the 7.65 mm Luger bottlenecked cartridge evolved into a 9 mm Luger straight-necked cartridge; the 9 mm was then in 1994 placed into a bottlenecked case. The 357 SIG cartridge uses a bottlenecked .40 S&W case crimped to the 9 mm Luger bullet; this is why the 357 sig is not written as ".357", as it is not truly a .357 bullet but instead a standard 9 mm parabellum (.3550"). SIG shied away from calling its new cartridge a nine-millimeter-anything for fear of public rejection of the round. Instead, it was dubbed a "357" to generate public interest in the round and to highlight its purpose: to duplicate the performance of the original .357, except in a cartridge designed to be used expressly in an autoloader platform; until the 357 SIG, few autoloaders were chambered for .357 Magnum: the Desert Eagle and rare Coonan, for example. After the development of the 357 SIG, the .357 Magnum's performance could be harnessed within a small, powerful and concealable automatic package.
The goal of the 357 SIG project was to offer at least the level of performance of the famous .357 Magnum cartridge and +P/+P+ (overpressure and double-overpressure) 9 mm Luger loads. The 357 SIG arguably accomplishes this goal with a 125-grain (8.1 g) bullet. Anything heavier, however, shows the cartridge somewhat inadequate to the original Magnum. The recoil of the 357 SIG cartridge is strong, but not as harsh as full power 10 mm Auto loads or original .357 Magnum. Like the 10 mm auto, the 357 SIG can be down-loaded to reduce recoil, to the point where the "kick" is downgraded similar to that of a 9 mm Luger. Since the 357 SIG uses a standard Luger bullet, downloading it to this point would defeat the purpose of having the SIG cartridge in the first place, at least in terms of stopping power, as recoil AND ballistics would be identical to the lesser Parabellum cartridge.
Flash is definitely noticeable with standard loads, even when using longer barrels. Utilizing loads with specialized powders to reduce flash and experimenting with different bullet weights can rein flash levels to within desirable limits.
There is a list out there of several large PD's using the .357SIG. Including here in Ohio Union County SO.
September 24th 2006 1:29 AM
just kidding man, just making a point.
