P80 Debate. 40 S&W, 9mm or 357 Sig ?

[trebor2880]

Best caliber .357 Sig

Best choice of caliber 9 mm

 

[Painkillers]

Can get a 1000 rds of 9mm for like $300 Cnd. There is no debate.

As for wilderness carry, the .357 they're referring to is most likely .357 Rem Mag. as a bare minimum.

 

[Meroh]

Thanks for the reply. I’ve never had the chance to shoot a 40 as nobody I know owns one. Also I rarely get out to shoot my 9mm or 22lr handguns and it’s something I need to work on.

I think you’re right in saying get both. I’m gunna start with a 9mm because it seems to be much easier to get parts and I’m waiting for 40 slides to arrive somewhere.

B

It's a hard question. First, I know nothing about the .357 Sig; neither do most people as it is not common. From what I read, a 9mm or lighter bullet at higher velocity should give great penetration. Do you reload? I expect store bought ammo would be expensive. It takes small pistol primers so that is a plus for the homeloader at present. I don't know how the cases will reload; a very short necked case will not be quite as easy as a straight walled case.

I had a 40 for quite a while, a IWI Jericho bought brand new. I found I was just not shooting it much and the last year not at all. Great cartridge, accurate, easy to reload, the Jericho would feed any bullet, but it was just not different enough for me to want to shoot it as much as my other pistols.

9mm with modern bullets and being easy to load can perform as well as a 40 in most situations and generally provide superior penetration with the proper loads.

10mm Auto is quite a load, but also all but obsolete and requiring large primers to reload. Fairly hefty recoil.

For fun shooting, is .45 ACP an option? Also easy to reload.

Nice to have options.

 

[Butcherbill]

10mm Auto is quite a load, but also all but obsolete and requiring large primers to reload. Fairly hefty recoil.

Definitely not obsolete, there’s a fair bit of small pistol primer 10mm factory brass. I reload both federal and blazer spp brass.

It does have some recoil if you load it on the hot side, but that’s the fun thing about 10mm

 

[bdb.hunting]

Can get a 1000 rds of 9mm for like $300 Cnd. There is no debate.

As for wilderness carry, the .357 they're referring to is most likely .357 Rem Mag. as a bare minimum.

Do you mean “bear” minimum haha

 

[bdb.hunting]

Best caliber .357 Sig

Best choice of caliber 9 mm

Good info. I have 40 on the way and will get a 9 barrel. Likely a 357 barrel at some point cause that’s an easier swap than 9 to 40 as they 40 and 357 share an ejector.

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[alpining]

It might run "well enough" without changing the ejector. Could be worth trying first, if all it's doing is messing around at the range.

 

[Meroh]

Definitely not obsolete, there’s a fair bit of small pistol primer 10mm factory brass. I reload both federal and blazer spp brass.

It does have some recoil if you load it on the hot side, but that’s the fun thing about 10mm

Hot .357s are fun too.
Same for the .45 ACP and primers; small pockets are not so easy to find. 10mm ammo is not so common anymore in local gun stores. Last 10 mm pistols in any amount were Tokarev based.

 

[Butcherbill]

Hot .357s are fun too.
Same for the .45 ACP and primers; small pockets are not so easy to find. 10mm ammo is not so common anymore in local gun stores. Last 10 mm pistols in any amount were Tokarev based.

All my local gun shops carry 10mm, I don’t have any problem finding factory 10mm anywhere. I seems to have been able to amass a fair amount of app .45auto brass as well, which I’m happy about. Can’t remember the headstamps on it at the moment thought.