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I'm surprised that there isn't a single vote for the BB though.
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BB 125 gr. SB (19G) duplicates ballistics of the old school Federal and Remington full house loads. In 4" revolvers these loads have some of the best street records of all hand gun loads. BB's have edge in 38 special. But in 357 magnum they don't have street record (at least I have not seen any data), they are harder to come by and I suspect they are more expensive too. There just isn't any reason to switch - people who want full house 125 grainers probably just stick to their old loads.
Would be good to add other popular 357 magnum loads to your poll. I bet you'd get many more responses if you listed Remingtons, Federals, Silvertips, etc. I did not vote but my
current SD choice for S&W 640 is Remington R357M2 (158 gr.). Reasons are power, accuracy, penetration and tremendous flash and report (read fear factor). If I had to choose from the three loads you listed it would have been BB 357 mag.
Mike