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<blockquote data-quote="J.P." data-source="post: 724343" data-attributes="member: 6"><p>Regardless of what caliber you use there is no guarantee that any round will put a BG down....shot placement is the single most important factor.</p><p></p><p>There have been quite a few police agencies who've switched to the 357sig from the 45acp and they appear to be having great results with the 357sig round.</p><p>The place where the 357sig outshines the 45acp is dealing with intermediate barriers....the 357sig has more penetration potential against walls,car doors, etc.</p><p></p><p>The 357sig has the edge as far as kinetic energy is concerned. It is believed that this <em>can</em> be a factor in producing more rapid incapacitation under the right circumstances.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>If you've look at serious ballistic testing of those rounds you'll see that more often than not they suffer from lack of penetration.</p><p>They are just not a good all purpose self defense round....if they were then you'd see a lot of police agencies use them.</p><p>I can't think of one single agency or department who uses those rounds.</p><p></p><p></p><p>+1</p><p></p><p></p><p>You probably won't see any OHP troopers that don't carry it since it's the issued round. <img src="/images/smilies/wink.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p></p><p>Weapon platform size/capacity.</p><p>As you know, the 357sig can be used in 9mm sized platforms where as the 10mm is limited to large framed guns because of it's significantly longer profile.</p><p></p><p></p><p>If finding ammo is a concern, 357sig ammo is easily more available than 10mm.</p><p>Unless you handload or order online you are going to be hard pressed to find any 10mm.</p><p></p><p></p><p>No, they are pretty much just junk.</p><p>There may be some limited circumstances where they have some usefulness...but I can't think of any.</p><p>Their videos are not in any way representative of true and scientific ballistics testing. Plus, you want to use a caliber/round that will regularly produce around 12" of penetration minimum, in properly calibrated 10% ordinance gelatin.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="J.P., post: 724343, member: 6"] Regardless of what caliber you use there is no guarantee that any round will put a BG down....shot placement is the single most important factor. There have been quite a few police agencies who've switched to the 357sig from the 45acp and they appear to be having great results with the 357sig round. The place where the 357sig outshines the 45acp is dealing with intermediate barriers....the 357sig has more penetration potential against walls,car doors, etc. The 357sig has the edge as far as kinetic energy is concerned. It is believed that this [I]can[/I] be a factor in producing more rapid incapacitation under the right circumstances. If you've look at serious ballistic testing of those rounds you'll see that more often than not they suffer from lack of penetration. They are just not a good all purpose self defense round....if they were then you'd see a lot of police agencies use them. I can't think of one single agency or department who uses those rounds. +1 You probably won't see any OHP troopers that don't carry it since it's the issued round. ;) Weapon platform size/capacity. As you know, the 357sig can be used in 9mm sized platforms where as the 10mm is limited to large framed guns because of it's significantly longer profile. If finding ammo is a concern, 357sig ammo is easily more available than 10mm. Unless you handload or order online you are going to be hard pressed to find any 10mm. No, they are pretty much just junk. There may be some limited circumstances where they have some usefulness...but I can't think of any. Their videos are not in any way representative of true and scientific ballistics testing. Plus, you want to use a caliber/round that will regularly produce around 12" of penetration minimum, in properly calibrated 10% ordinance gelatin. [/QUOTE]
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