"F.O.A.D." wrote in message
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On 6/25/13 11:18 AM, wrote:
On Tue, 25 Jun 2013 09:29:37 -0400, John H
wrote:

On Mon, 24 Jun 2013 20:39:59 -0400, Earl wrote:

John H wrote:
...and my wife, the *real* gun nut, chose this:

http://tinyurl.com/3mbx4ao

She likes it much better. So do I. Gotta give her credit.

John (Gun Nut) H.
I'm looking hard at this one...

http://www.coonaninc.com/index.php/cPath,5

Beautiful gun. You could take on an armored division with it. Why a
.357?

John (Gun Nut) H.

.357 gives you a performance advantage over the .45 and 9mm.
10mm/.40 closed that gap.



A performance advantage? Funny stuff.

Shot a "10" one afternoon at the range. Just bloody awful. Don't like
..40 S&W much, either. Do like the .367 mag in an S&W 27-2.

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I know very little about comparisons of different kinds of ammo and
even less about how to judge their "performance".
Terms like "stopping power" really don't mean much, IMO, because
there are so many other factors involved.

However, from basic physics, energy equals mass times velocity
squared. Some smart German guy figured that out. So, the velocity
of a round has much more to do with the resultant imparted energy than
the mass of the slug, assuming they are somewhat similar. The table
in the provided link indicates that a typical .357 round has a much
higher muzzle velocity than a typical 45 round. So, if the German
guy is right, the energy on the target is higher with the 357.