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<blockquote data-quote="Treeslug" data-source="post: 2322219" data-attributes="member: 115704"><p>You probably have a point on the .357 mag. I owned on once only long enough to sell it. It was required for my job. I bought a .44 mag and carried that until I saw some news stories showing people being killed while trying to reload a revolver, but I still love .44 mags. I do own and carry and hunt with 10mm pistols. One has a 3 1/2 inch barrel. I have killed many feral hogs with this pistol at medium close range. I also have a new Springfield 1911 6 inch longside that I have yet to kill anything with. I have seen the remains of pigs shot with all sorts of guns and I think, only my opinion, that the 10mm does a great job on pigs, but I would feel under gunned with a 10mm in brown bear territory. I can't say which of my handguns I would carry around brown or grizzly or polar bear hunting, but it would probably be a slow to load revolver. Probably my 460 S&W with the scope removed.</p><p></p><p>I did some research in some of my old reloading manuals and found some loads for the .357 mag that were up around 1,400 fps. with 150 gr. bullets. No energy numbers were given. Apples to apples with the .41 mag. with 200 grain bullets, the old books have loads with 296 and 2400 coming in at just barely shy of 1,400 fps. No energy given. However, going back to dead animals versus numbers on a page, the 10mm is, in my own opinion, being sold as a great hunting round--falsely. 10mm is absolutely fantastic on the most dangerous animal on the planet--man, but there again, penetration can be a bit much for the good dude behind the bad dude you are trying to kill.</p><p></p><p>I am not saying the 10mm is a bad hunting round for close-up shots, just that it is not all that it is cracked up to be for 100 yard plus shots and the hunting of deer-sized game. And over 300-pound boar hogs can be more than a match for poorly placed shots from a 10mm. Even well-placed shots on a big pig are dangerous if you are too close and standing on his ground. Just sayin'.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Treeslug, post: 2322219, member: 115704"] You probably have a point on the .357 mag. I owned on once only long enough to sell it. It was required for my job. I bought a .44 mag and carried that until I saw some news stories showing people being killed while trying to reload a revolver, but I still love .44 mags. I do own and carry and hunt with 10mm pistols. One has a 3 1/2 inch barrel. I have killed many feral hogs with this pistol at medium close range. I also have a new Springfield 1911 6 inch longside that I have yet to kill anything with. I have seen the remains of pigs shot with all sorts of guns and I think, only my opinion, that the 10mm does a great job on pigs, but I would feel under gunned with a 10mm in brown bear territory. I can't say which of my handguns I would carry around brown or grizzly or polar bear hunting, but it would probably be a slow to load revolver. Probably my 460 S&W with the scope removed. I did some research in some of my old reloading manuals and found some loads for the .357 mag that were up around 1,400 fps. with 150 gr. bullets. No energy numbers were given. Apples to apples with the .41 mag. with 200 grain bullets, the old books have loads with 296 and 2400 coming in at just barely shy of 1,400 fps. No energy given. However, going back to dead animals versus numbers on a page, the 10mm is, in my own opinion, being sold as a great hunting round--falsely. 10mm is absolutely fantastic on the most dangerous animal on the planet--man, but there again, penetration can be a bit much for the good dude behind the bad dude you are trying to kill. I am not saying the 10mm is a bad hunting round for close-up shots, just that it is not all that it is cracked up to be for 100 yard plus shots and the hunting of deer-sized game. And over 300-pound boar hogs can be more than a match for poorly placed shots from a 10mm. Even well-placed shots on a big pig are dangerous if you are too close and standing on his ground. Just sayin'. [/QUOTE]
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