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Revolvers obsolete and outdated.... .LOL. Good chuckle when i see that.

You and Glockdufus should write a book and educate all us old guys with big balls.

Only if the pistol is ported 360º right in front of the chamber.

Nope. Pistol barrel length includes the chamber, revolver does not.

Accept no substitutes!

Amen.

Three words...Forcing Cone Gap.

I much prefer a revolver over an auto. Perhaps the main reason is I reload.

I can not think of a single use I have for a pistol/revolver that a 40 would be as good as a 357.

But then some people need a lot more shots to hit something and for those people maybe a 40 would be better.

A 5 inch semi auto barrel includes the chamber. In an L frame Smith in 357 Mag how long would the barrel have to be INCLUDING CHAMBER for the total length to be 5 inches.
Cylinder length plus barrel length. For the challenged you take the length of the cylinder and subtract that from 5 to get the barrel lenght.
WGAS about the flash gap. We all deal with some type of variation in everything we do.
Now we will have people whine about porting.
Boo hoo my barrel is ported to reduce the horrendous recoil and you are taking advantage of me.I should be allowed an extra inch of barrel to allow for this.
This isn't Golf and no handicaps are allowed.
5 inches total length with chamber is 5 inches total lenght.

Nor have I, other than a platform to launch 38's in. But only when I get a deal on one.

Oh crap..... is my shrunken genitals that obvious?

A fan of the 40 here....

They're all the rage with guys who like tupperware parties.

If for some reason it turned out you couldn't hit anything with your 357 but you wanted to carry a gun, they would recommend a semi-auto pistol, like maybe a 40 S&W, that had a full magazine. Hope is the bad guy will run into one of the bullets in the air.

Used to carry a glock 40 for work back in the day. Won a markmanship coin with the same glock against 30 other shooters. First started shooting glocks in 9 mil outside of tikrit 16 years ago.

After weeks of 12 hour shifts with a 40 and two extra loaded magazines on your hip, id rather it was a lighter 9 mil.

Compact sp 101 in 357 mag is my handgun of choice for carry on the rivers by canoe or the winter trails by dog team. Small, light and multipurpose trail gun. Moose threaten to stomp dogs in the winter when you spook them on the trail. They're super grumpy end of winter.

Around camp with moose meat and caribou meat hanging, bears come around occasionally. Usually just leave rifle propped against cabin tent and keep 357 mag in my pocket.

180 grain swift a-frame over 15 grains of lil gun: 1200 fps

Same 180 grain load for home defense.

I take lotta grouse, hare and beaver with a 158 grain speer tmj/ alliant unique load. Camp meat for the skillet is always nice. It breaks up the monotony of eating caribou and moose everyday.

Red squirrels try to cache sht under my cabin, so pop a few of them with the 158 speer tmj as well.
Very versatile trail gun, I will never need more than 5 shots.
It is my only handgun.


Dla, your rant is interesting. Sometimes, when I haven't had coffee and the dog team wakes me up half dozen times all through the night, I've an occasional rant here n there as well.

Two nights ago, my fkn sled dogs were howling with this black wolf that has been hangin around all season. All the female malamutes are in heat. Woke up super grumpy.

mainer them bunnys look tasty

Never tire of seeing that one!

They're purdy good. I usually simmer them for 4-5 hours in a 20 gallon pot. Separate meat from bone, cook with onions garlic and mushrooms and beef stock. Thicken into meat gravy and freeze in old one gallon food containers.

Two days of hunting yields 5-10 gallons of meat gravy to have over taters or rice.

The broth from boiling snowshoe hare is nasty. It has a gross after taste. That gets used to bait the dog team water.

I love my 357's

Nice work !