A .357 will open a large temporary wound channel in a body due to the shot, but that doesn't necessarily contribute to incapacitation. Any projectile entering an endclosed space full of guts and fluid is going to produce some shock, but RELIABLY, a handgun can't be counted on to deliver adequate shock with a permanent wound cavity nearly as much as a rifle. There may be some overlap with the most powerful handguns with light bullets as opposed to lower velocity rifles, but again, it isn't reliable.
More powerful handguns DO have a better reputation as 'quick stoppers' with good hits, but the damage probably can't be pinned entirely on hydrostatic shock.
Of course anybody that has read 'Dick Tracy' knows that a .38 bullet punches a neat hole out of the skull and the bullets tumbles as it's falling down.
