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I think the 12 guage is best but not as quick to get to in my case....

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Old 10-26-2007, 02:55 PM
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I think the 12 guage is best but not as quick to get to in my case.
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Old 10-26-2007, 05:50 PM
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I'm thinking of getting that one or the Taurus 650.
How's the recoil and how do you carry it?
I actually use +P for SD (CorBon DPX) and practice with .38's! .357 kicks hard and is not fun to shoot a lot of but the 125gr .357 is one of the most effective man stoppers available! :D
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Old 10-27-2007, 12:32 AM
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I do this also . I also have puma lever gun in 357 and it is a hoot to shot the hotest rounds I can find. Good deer gun for FL.
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Wasn't it Master Ayoob who said that the 12ga shot gun was the best and most devistating weapon a home owner could have? I just can not get over the fear of the hi-power the 357mag has, espcially for home defense...
Yeah, but the distinctive KA-CHUNK ! of a 12ga, is a FECALATOR in homes worldwide. ya gotta give it that .....
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Old 10-28-2007, 01:43 PM
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I had a Taurus 606 snub nose and loved it. It was very easy to conceal and recoil was controlable even with full factory loads. I also liked the idea of having 6 rounds in the cylinder as opposed to the typical 5 in most snubbies.

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We could just have dog barking and shotgun slide operation on tape. UPsssssssss
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Rats, I didn't know it overpenetrated that much. Does the 357sig have the same amount of overpenetration?
Don't worry about over penetration. It is a bunch of over-hype.

In gun fights 8 out of 10 shots miss anyway and how is a .357 that goes through the bad guy, more dangerous than the 9mm that misses.

If you worry to much or don't want the recoil, use .38 Specials +P at home in your .357.


Me I have a .357 hanging on the bed post, a .45 by the bed and a short barreled 12 gauge loaded with 00 buck under the bed.

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Over-penetration is a misplaced fear.

Aside from the fact that the occurrence of over-penetration would be very unlikely to have a negative effect (low probability of innocent strike vs. high probability of faster bleed-out due to 2 holes instead of one), over-penetration occurs for an entirely different reason than most people think.

Over-penetration is caused by the failure (or lack of design capability) of a projectile to expand, fragment, or tumble terminally in order to expend its kinetic energy rapidly. This failure is most commonly the result of clothing barriers clogging the hollow-point, or too-low of an impact velocity. Higher velocity actually increases the odds of a projectile to overcome the elastic resistance of a given medium, and its own structural integrity, thus decelerating rapidly while expending its energy through wider-spread disruption of the medium. Velocity is not proportional to penetration unless using projectiles which do not expand or lose stability upon impact.
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I keep a Smith & Wesson Model 65 in my night stand loaded with 150 gr hollow points.

It is over 20 years old with several thousand rounds ( most have been 38 special) and still a great gun.
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Old 11-11-2007, 07:59 AM
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Ishi...

Ruger GP-100 with a 4" barrel is a great gun for HD (my wife has the 6" full lug). Great gun at a great price.

I swapped out the main spring and return spring, with a reduced power set from Wolff Springs. The trigger is awesome and it can handle full loads all day (and a pleasure to shoot them I might add).

I reload my own .357mag ammo, and with my reloads I have put 6 shots touching at 25 yards.

The cheaper ammo from PMC and Magtech doesn't seem to group as well as my handloads.
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