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Originally Posted by Flyingfool
Thanks guys for the reaponses.
Looking things over my first inclination is leaning towards the 3" round butt model 19 or 65.
Now I will have to find one to hold and even better shoot, to see if what looks good "on paper " and in pictures translates to my hand and feel in real life.
Has anyone done any data testing to determine the balistic difference between a 2.25 inch 38+p, a 2.25"- 357 mag, and a 3"- 357 mag?
Due to the short barrel, is there any real life performance gain for all the extra recoil and weight of a 357 with a 2.25" barrel? How much more gain in performance is there by moving up to 3" barrel in a 357?
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This is based on my own test using a 2.125 model 640 and a 3" 65 and a 3" 60. My 3" 60 was about 5-10% faster than my 65 always. A 2.125" barrel has about 100fps less velocity over a similar 3" with the the same loads. You can plan on having about 200fps difference between similar weight 38spl and 357 mag loads in either barrel length.