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Old 05-15-2018, 03:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Nalapombu View Post
Quite a few were saying that since the barrel is as short as it is the 357mag doesn't have enough barrel to achieve its ideal velocity and therefore you are better off using a good 38 Special load with less recoil for better and more accurate follow up shots.

I don't know if that's true or not.
According to Ballistics by the Inch, the .357 gets almost twice the ft lbs of energy over the .38 from a 2 1/2 inch barrel.
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