Doug Kanter wrote:

So, which is the better *defensive* handgun, a S&W .357 mag fitted with
laser grips or a Glock auto?

How long is the barrel on your gun?

Three inch barrel.

.357 magnum rounds do not achieve proper velocity with less than a 6 inch
barrel. The result is that hollow points will not expand properly, per
manufacturers' tests. This is why police departments abandoned them many
years ago. Hollow points were behaving like ball ammo and passing right
through perps, doing no more damage than smaller rounds. Perps were still
able to leave, or act nasty.

Do you know if those conclusions would be true if .38 specials were
chambered?

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Skipper