I've been looking at purchasing an automatic, and I'm curious about the .357 round.

At first, I wanted a 9mm. However, after shooting the .40 S&W round, I've fallen in love. Where does the .357 Sig fit in the equation?

Thanks, guys.

Its bascially a 9mm on steroids and shoots a .355" or 9MM bullet. Think they named it 357sig for marketing. Bascially a 40S&W necked down to .355. But you can't use 40S&W case due to the necking down makes them too short. You can get it up to terrific speeds.

Pros:
Feeds nice due to bottleneck
Very fast for a 9mm bullet. Well over supersonic

Cons:
Very difficult to reload. I got one, and I don't even bother anymore. I use my 40Barrel. Reason so hard to reload is the bottleneck design makes very low neck tension. So easy to push back in the brass. Only way to get around is with a 40S&W lee factory crimp with a 9mm insert. Works ok. Still not worth my trouble.

Looks like its dieing quickly. Ammo is getting harder to find and expensive. So I bought up 1000 pieces of brass.

Brought out to simulate 125gr performance of a 357Mag wheelgun. Still don't understand that one. You can load a 357mag up to 1600fps with a 125gr.

Stick with 40cal. Great balance of speed, bullets, recoil, and availability. Much more powerful than a 9mm. About the same as a 357Sig.

I like the round. I don't see it dying. Several large agencies carry the .357sig round including, Va State Police & Texas DPS to name two.

TS, ever tried reloading for it? Still haveing troubles.

Nope. Shooting Glocks and reloading is something I don't mix. I would guess that it would be a pain though.

You know I never noticed, but finally spotted that warning sticker on both of my glocks warning not to use reloaded ammo.

I know glock has a strange rifling and your definately not supposed to shoot cast bullets thru or bad things happen. I have tried to stick to moderate loads consisting of XTP's and gold dots.

I don't think there stange rifling stands up to SAAMI standards. Maybe somebody can shed some light on this.

Your right that the rifling is bad for lead. It builds up and can cause high pressure. The problem with the reloading is that Glock for one will void the warranty. Second is that the majority of Kabooms have come from reloaded ammo. Someone being carless or not watching and throwing a double load. Granted like you already know that can happen with any gun.

I know lots of people who do have/do reload for the Glock. They have no problems, guess I proably will one day to.

Sure it can happen with any gun. I just wonder why glock makes such a big deal out of it compared to most companies.