I think the 12 guage is best but not as quick to get to in my case.
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.
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.
Good luck
Be safe, shoot straight and have fun!!
Scott
Northeast PA (Luzerne County)
Glock 21 45ACP
Mossberg 835 12GA Magnum
Ruger 10/22
NRA Life Member
IDPA Member - SSP & CDP Marksman
We could just have dog barking and shotgun slide operation on tape. UPsssssssss
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.
Tarzan
1 Timothy 5:8
"But if any aprovide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel."
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.
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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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.![]()