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I fully intend on rolling my own, but for defensive purposes I of course would have to choose factory ammo. But yeah, I want to reload for sure. Been intending to for years, but could not get caught up on life, undiagnosed Crohn's holding me back for years.Hey Dank , you might consider rolling your own , a lot more control over your ammunition and you'll save quite a bit in the long run.
As regards the .357/.38/9mm crowd...........357 mag is still the top
of the bunch , the Hatcher scale is much argued about nowadays but there's no denying the sweet spot at .358 and 125 grains turned at 1300 and over , and it's easy to see well past the 1600 fps mark out of a six inch revolver at that weight , well up on the rest of the pack , the other sweet spot is the .44-.45 crowd tossing a 185 to 200 at 1100 or better.
I have many fun ideas for reloading for my Glock platform and others, I nerd out on the math a bit to find the advantages.
There is some magic to a 125 at 1300 or more. And I can see the magic in the .45s like you said. I am stuck on the 9mm size grip frame for a while. W/an extended .40 barrel, and said Underwood ammo, one can come close to true 10mm ballistics. Not quite, but pretty healthy.
One day I would like to get enough practice in to be able to duplicate the performance I could exhibit playing first-person shooters on the computer.
I have become better at some things than most people, I believe with enough diligence I could perform at a high level. Like playing a sport. Certain level of purity to that.
I think if I was to have a .45 size weapon, I might be compelled to run 10mm. ]
But I believe that my G32 is a great combination of features, including stopping power.
I read for over a hundred hours trying to find anecdotal accounts of stops from .357s and .357 sigs. Tried to understand what happens at what velocity borders and why.
Edit-.357 sig should be marginally more expensive than 9mm to shoot once I am set up.