It's becoming a favorite amongst federal law enforcement...no personal experience with it.Can anyone comment on the 357 Sig?
Shot placement is key, of course. I mean in no way to knock your choice. That is for you to make. Just IME, not a round I'll own again.As with any firearm , bullet choices and shot placement make or break the deal. Not say'n .38spl is the best, just my fav.
Mike
Shot placement is key, of course. I mean in no way to knock your choice. That is for you to make. Just IME, not a round I'll own again.
One incident was a shot centered just below the sternum. The wound didn't even bleed for a noticeable amount of time after impact. Now granted, the round clipped a cell phone in the man's hand prior to entering his body which likely started the spreading of the bullet itself, but I wasn't impressed with the lack of blood (although glad the guy survived). Although, in a perfect world we like to think one round would be sufficient to [STRIKE]kill[/STRIKE] [stop the threat], in this case it couldn't be further from fact. He had some internal damage, but it didn't take him long to recover was still coherent the entire time. This was either a wad cutter or HP, I can't remember what was in the gun at the time.
Another incident was a shot DIRECTLY towards the spinal cord from a side angle. Had to penetrate only an inch or two of meat before striking the spine. Again, it barely caused much blood and it didn't even penetrate enough to sever or severely damage the spine (still able to walk/move coherently). I have no idea what sort of ammunition was used in this case.
Just not impressed from my experience, although I'm glad everyone lived had it been MY defense weapon I would have liked to have seen different results.
BUT I still shoot a lot of 22, so it's not always a matter of defense. Shoot what you like, comfortable with , can afford, etc.
45, because they don't make a 46.