However over the years the guns and loads got lighter as shooters found the recoil in some combinations could be a bit stout. 357 Magnum stayed at the top of the heap in the personal defense market for a very long time. So much so, in fact, that it was impossible to turn it over even with the hand crank.” By way of example, when tested Colonel Douglas Wesson tested the round out on an automobile, he wrote that “with the motor idling at high speed, one shot was fired through the hood from the Magnum, and the engine was wrecked. 357 was hotter than today, with a 158 grain bullet traveling at 1,500 fps (much faster than it moves at now in factory guise) it was nothing to sneeze at. Edgar Hoover prompting most of his agents to pick up the hot new round for themselves. In fact, the first Registered Magnum was sent to none other than J. 357 Magnum was introduced in 1935 and law enforcement agencies almost immediately sought its services as the fastest and flattest shooting round on the market. Question is, out of these two titans, which one has the nuts? One is the most popular revolver cartridge in the land, dealing double duties as both a premier personal defense and hunting round, while the other has served the American military through four wars, countless skirmishes and-let’s just call a spade a spade here-set the bar by which all other semi auto pistol cartridges are to be judged.

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