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Originally Posted by Rock185
Arch, I was not trying to do a "fair comparison". I was just testing some ammo I had on hand in revolvers of similar barrel length and sharing the results here. Yes, I understand that the .357 is ballistically superior to the 9MM. You might find though, that in ~2" barrels, the .357 with 125 grain bullets, is not not as ballistically superior to the 9MM with a similar weight bullet as some might assume. And any superiority the 357 may display is, as you say, "just higher velocity".
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Groo here
The thing to remember is No auto round can match a revolver
round in construction/ size/depth of the hollow point.
The auto bullet MUST be made strong enough to feed from the mag/slid
up the feed ramp/and slam into the top of the chamber without deformation.
Where as a revolver round needs to only to make it out the barrel and to the target.
Look at the old REM SJHP bullet, It has a LOT of lead uncovered.
This allows faster deformation then most any auto bullet.
And for most part, a faster deformation will do more damage.AKA
alarger hole for the distance traveled.