I bought my 340PD to be carried a lot and only shoot it very little. This past hunting season I finished of a wounded wild boar in heavy brush using a 158 gr. JHP .357 mag. round; honestly I don't believe I felt the recoil because the hog had my total attention. I'll admit I practice with .38 Special loads but I carry .357 mag. and snakeshot rounds when archery hunting season rolls around.
Shot my M&P 340 with 357 158gr WoW!
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My 640 is all steel and I still find recoil to be severe with .357 anything. I put on a Pachmayr Compac and now with .38 anything it is a ***** cat and with some of the slower .357’s it is tolerable at best. I still wouldn’t try anything that says it is loaded hot with heavy bullets. The Compac gives you a big gun grip feel in the hand while staying small’ish. It’s a little bulky and the rubber can drag clothing but it is as good as I have found to make the 640 actually a .357 at all.
I owned and shot a model 360 for about a year before selling it. Nothing wrong w/it but the difference in wieght (442 v. 340 or 360) was so sight that I really don't notice. Also, I shoot the 442 much better and I can use any ammo - not so with the Airlights (bullet jump).
Just my two cents and nothing against those who carry Airlights, just not my cup of tea.
Just my two cents and nothing against those who carry Airlights, just not my cup of tea.
Me too.
You might try some 125-gr .357 loads in your M&P. I notice a big difference in recoil in my 340PD between 125-gr loads and anything with a heavier bullet.I am not fond of 125-gr bullets in general and keep 145-gr Winchester Silvertips in my gun, but would be the first to admit I would not want to shoot more than a cylinder of them - unless I absolutely had to.
With my old arthritic hands I knew before I bought mine that I wouldn't carry .357s in it. I bought it because I liked the weight and I liked the sight. I knew it would be for backup solely. I have a 640-1 that I sometimes carry as primary but the 340M&P would stay backup. I planned on using Nyclads in it because they are very accurate in my wife's 64 NY-1. I couldn't be more pleased with their accuracy in my 340. I do shoot it and my 640-1 twice a month and have tried some .357 GDHP SB in it. I can tolerate them but really prefer the accuracy of the Nyclads. The 340 goes on in the morning and off at night regardless of what I am carrying primary. It's so light I wouldn't know it's there (if it wasn't always there).
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I had a 340PD and sold it as I worried about the lock with such a hard recoiling little gun. I miss it terribly (for the light weight( and will try and grab a no-lock 340PD this week!
I admit... with 357 Silvertips, it was not pleasant AT ALL! A full house 44 Mag bothers me less than a full house 357 in these BUT.... they are just so light and nice to pocket carry. My wife wants my 642 No-lock so..... I get a new 340PD No-Lock!
Yippeeee!
I admit... with 357 Silvertips, it was not pleasant AT ALL! A full house 44 Mag bothers me less than a full house 357 in these BUT.... they are just so light and nice to pocket carry. My wife wants my 642 No-lock so..... I get a new 340PD No-Lock!
Yippeeee!
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Hornady loads their flex tip bullets in .38 special with a 110 and their .357 loads with 125s. I think they should offer a second load which would be a .357 with the 110 grain bullet. These bullets seem to stay together well so I'm sure that the 110 grain bullet going 1350 out of a snub would roughly equate to a 9mm plus p load out of a full size 9mm.
This might give the concealed carry .357 people a load that they can shoot in their light weight .357s yet still provide excellent on target performance.
anyone on here think that I have a valid point?
Hornady loads their flex tip bullets in .38 special with a 110 and their .357 loads with 125s. I think they should offer a second load which would be a .357 with the 110 grain bullet. These bullets seem to stay together well so I'm sure that the 110 grain bullet going 1350 out of a snub would roughly equate to a 9mm plus p load out of a full size 9mm.
This might give the concealed carry .357 people a load that they can shoot in their light weight .357s yet still provide excellent on target performance.
anyone on here think that I have a valid point?
S&W cautions against less than 120 Grn bullets in these Scandium guns. There have also been a lot of discussion on here about it. It's apparently not a bullet jump thing but has to do with damage to the gun from flame cutting.
Not given what S&W takes the bother to plainly etch on the side of the barrel.
I guess I am one of those old grouches who could never make a connection between magnum revolver rounds and lightweight bullets. 110s in .357s and 180s in .44s just don't make much sense to me.
