OK due to voo doo math I am now in full agreement with recoil causing the disparity in POI. The time that pressue is exerted on the face of the action is greater in the 38spcl by a very small amount, the resistance to recoil by the grip one has on ones gun is negated mostly by the grip resistance being similar (same for sake of arguement) in the force one holds ones gun. The force exerted is admittdly less from the 38 than the 357 but the time the force is applied is longer than the 357 thus it is possible, probable, that the muzzle rise for the 38 is a few ten thousandths of an inch greater than the 357 thus making the POI of the 38 greater in elevation than 357 at point blank range or less. The results can be varied to make changes in POI by altering powders, primers, cases, ect. So in the real world this is just an arguement for the sake of arguement. I am now a believer.
Bullwnkl.
Last edited by Bullwnkl; 09/18/03.
