Just to clear up a historical point......the loads for the .357 Mag. in the 40's (General Patton) were significantly more powerful than today's standard loads.
The .357 was introduced with a 158 gr. bullet fired at 1500 fps. Later, when it was discovered that these loads were basically shooting the guns apart, these loadings were reduced to today's levels of a 158 gr. at about 1350 fps. While there may be some specialty loads today that can match up to those early loads......General Patton was certainly not working with any handicaps.
