I was shortening 357 mag brass for super high pressure tests in 38 special chambers. The late gunsmith and experimenter Randy Ketchem asked me, "Why? 38 Special brass is plenty strong." I realized immediately that the 357 mag brass longer case web is superfluous.
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. -Ernest Hemingway The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.-- Edward John Phelps
