9mm verses others

[AEA]

Carl, just use that .38 Super that you got from me! It is as close to a .357 Mag as you can get.

[MoJo]

Is the Federal 115gr. +p+ any good ? I found some for $15 per 50rds.

Yes, it is an excellent loading. A little old in the technology department but, it works just as well now as it did when it was the "latest and greatest." I wouldn't hesitate to use it.

[The Annoyed Man]

Here's an interesting site:

http://www.theboxotruth.com/

They did a comparison awhile ago from .22 to .40 in small handguns:

Part 1 : http://www.theboxotruth.com/docs/bot26.htm

Part 2 : http://www.theboxotruth.com/docs/bot27.htm

A quick scan didn't see anything about .357, but I didn't look too hard.

Ryan

From the second article:

Lessons learned:
1. Some ammo works just fine in short barrels, as shown by the .38 Special rounds.

2. The "more powerful" .40 S&W did not penetrate as well as the 9mm rounds.

3. Longer barreled pistols give more velocity and may be the difference in total expansion and partial expansion. Maybe more tests are in order on this subject.

4. Shooting stuff is still fun.

With $23.15 worth of water soaking into the ground, we left the range for today.

It was still better than the best day I ever spent at work.

Ain't THAT the truth!

[longhorn_92]

Here's an interesting site:

http://www.theboxotruth.com/

They did a comparison awhile ago from .22 to .40 in small handguns:

Part 1 : http://www.theboxotruth.com/docs/bot26.htm

Part 2 : http://www.theboxotruth.com/docs/bot27.htm

A quick scan didn't see anything about .357, but I didn't look too hard.

Ryan

From the second article:

Lessons learned:
1. Some ammo works just fine in short barrels, as shown by the .38 Special rounds.

2. The "more powerful" .40 S&W did not penetrate as well as the 9mm rounds.

3. Longer barreled pistols give more velocity and may be the difference in total expansion and partial expansion. Maybe more tests are in order on this subject.

4. Shooting stuff is still fun.

With $23.15 worth of water soaking into the ground, we left the range for today.

It was still better than the best day I ever spent at work.

Ain't THAT the truth!

I second that!

[bauerdj]

I wish they had tried a 22 Mag in the NAA revolver, be interesting to see if there was any substantial improvment over the 22 LR.

Dave B.