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My apoligies to the memory of DB Wesson...
Tuesday, November 27, 2018, 08:52

It takes some fiddling to get the .357 to impress me much. The early .357 loadings of a 158 gr. at 1500 fps are a little troublesome to find today. The .357 Max. or .356 GNR can do it. Even then, that's not a "cannon" by any stretch. I can boost it by my crafty loading techniques, but not everyone can do that themselves.

My 180 gr. slippery cast bullets can get around 1400 fps. I've even shot 200 gr. through it over 1100 fps. Yes, in a normal Ruger BH revolver. That comes closer, but a good .41 or bigger easily surpasses it, commonly, with lots less trouble. A hot 10mm can get close, but not quite, to Keith's 1920 ideal of a 240/250 gr. at 1200 fps. That's a good all round load but not a cannon either. It's a tool to push a 7/16th's inch, 1/2 oz., projectile through something straight and true. Within the limitations as to bullet design parameters in a semi-auto. Then again you have to "hit" it correctly too!

God Himself plays a bigger role in our everyday lives, more than most of use realize (self included). If you have no more use in God's will here on earth, or no more chances to be so, in this age, you'd be tit's up for certain. No matter. That's just a fact, no matter if you personally believe or no. It's so.