Posted: 8/24/2006 8:53:30 AM EDT
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I am thinking about one of the sub-compacts in either 357sig or .40. I've been a 9mm, 10mm and 45auto kind of a guy for many years. The 29 or 30 would both be a little too large for my needs and it's a pain in the butt to have to order decent 9mm ammo as dealers around here charge a fortune for the +P+ stuff...IF they have it. Several of my friends bought .40s back in the early-mid 90s and I noticed they all were very resistant to my attempts to print tiny groups, quite odd considering how accurate my 10mm was. I have never fired a .357sig at all. So which round is best? Have the ammo companies turned the .40 into a tack driver? How expensive/hard to find is .357? and does it shoot? Thanks for your help! 230JHP |
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Big question is if you are going to reload. If so, then you can use lighter Gr bullets in the 40 to get around the speeds of the heaver loaded 357 sigs, and when it comes to buying case, the 40 are just way cheaper and easier to find than the 357sigs. Bottom line if we are talking factory loads, the 357 sig is just a 40 case necked down to 9mm (read 40 case volume over a 9mm case, and with the lighter bullet, less felt recoil). So on that, if you want a fast 9mm load, it's the 357 sig. If you want a fast 40 load, then buy a 10mm. And as for the 40 being a tack driver, I have more than a few race guns that can prove that point, and do it so smoothly that you would think that you had a BB gun in your hands. |
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You CAN interchange between the .357 and .40, either way. A Glock 31 (.357) will accept a Glock 22 .40 barrel; and a Glock 22 .40 will accept a Glock 31 .357 barrel. One Caveat: Older 2nd Gen Glock 22's are not setup for .357Sig, I don't remember the particulars, but it has to do with slide rail differences and reinforcement. Same applies with the Glock 23 and Glock 32 compacts, Completely interchangeable. www.glockparts.com has Glock OEM barrels for $99. |