Vanilla Gorilla
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I have to say that my favorite has to be the .357 Magnum is my favorite round of all time. I love it. As a handloader, I can make it from mild to wild. A 125 grain bullet at 1500 fps? I can do that. The renowned 148 grain wadcutter at 720 fps? Easily done. Shoots like a champ. Need a 158 grain semi wadcutter at 900 fps? Done that. A 173 grain semi wadcutter at 1300 fps? Got those right here.
I really cannot help but think of it as a do-it-all caliber for most people. Granted, it's probably not the optimum caliber for handgun hunters in Alaska, and if you intend to drop an elk, it may not be the first choice, but you know what? It's done both. For years, it was considered the premier manstopping handgun caliber, and was the first choice of peace officers across the country.
No less a name than Skeeter Skelton doted on the .357 Magnum, opening one of his articles with this paragraph:
There are certainly other calibers which push bigger bullets, faster bullets, and even prettier bullets, but at the end of the day, there's nothing I'll run across which can't be handled by my friend, the .357 Magnum.
Let's hear what you love, and why.
I really cannot help but think of it as a do-it-all caliber for most people. Granted, it's probably not the optimum caliber for handgun hunters in Alaska, and if you intend to drop an elk, it may not be the first choice, but you know what? It's done both. For years, it was considered the premier manstopping handgun caliber, and was the first choice of peace officers across the country.
No less a name than Skeeter Skelton doted on the .357 Magnum, opening one of his articles with this paragraph:
There are certainly other calibers which push bigger bullets, faster bullets, and even prettier bullets, but at the end of the day, there's nothing I'll run across which can't be handled by my friend, the .357 Magnum.
Let's hear what you love, and why.
