Die Judicii wrote:Although not being a re loader (thus far leastways),,,, I do however keep an eye open on trends and various equipment.
For well over 18 mths, I note that the vast majority of re loading kits/outfits that are listed for sale, are all set up for either 9mm or 357 as opposed to for instance 22/250, 308, or 223.
As i'm obviously pretty ignorant in this realm,,, why is the trend this way ?
And,, if the 9mm and 357are pitted against each other,, what say the masses as to which of the two are the most popular, and for which purpose ??
wrenchman wrote:over here in the states it would depend on what you are doing with each one.
I have both and I am a revolver guy but some times I do use the 9mm its is lighter and holds more rounds.
I also run 357 in a Henry lever action and I keep it handy for coyote and a 357 out of a rifle is much more then the 9mm with a good hand load you can push 357 close to 2000 fps.
On a side note most of the long guns in 9mm are semi auto and I don't know if you guys can get them
Blr243 wrote:Online their appears to be a fair bit of intrest in the new 9 mm eureka rifle. Perhaps it’s ipsc based Can’t see why anyone would want to hunt with one
Wapiti wrote:I used to use both a 357 and a 44mag in the field on a primary producer cat H, both in Ruger stainless 5 1/2" Blackhawks. Eventually I had the opportunity to swap the 357 for a Sig P229 Legion 9mm, a pistol more compact than the 226 but still with 15-20 shot mags. Primary Producers can have these mags, at least in Qld.
I will say, using hollow point ammo (actually my favourite is the 115gn PPU) if the time is taken to align the sights properly, hitting something in the head at 15-20m isn't difficult. I could imagine that range shooters could shoot small enough groups with ammo their gun likes too at their range to believe that.
I will say too, that when having to chest shoot animals at bowhunting ranges, I often find mushroomed projectiles on the far sides of animals of about 30-50cm chest width. Thin skinned critters, not huge pigs. Edit: shoot big critters in the head.
I'm completely comfortable with the 9mm cartridge and what it's capable of. Don't underestimate it.
Also awesome, is that factory ammo is cheap in comparison to 357, half as much.
I did find quite a bit in the 357, that in handgun velocities, the projectiles used were too hard and pinholes, causing me grief. That doesn't happen with 9mm because it's designed to work in handguns only. Well that's my explanation anyway.
mickb wrote:mate the majority of 357 ammo are self defence loads, made for pistols. I dont doubt you could have run into some bullets that didnt do well in 357 though. 44 has the same problem with a couple of loadings.