357 sig for ipsc open

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Anyone here in Canada shooting 357sig for ipsc open? I heard the other day there was some people shooting this at the nationals this year. Bin thinking of trying it myself.
 
Hello LTC123

I have been shooting 357 SIg/9x40 for about three years. I do not travel to the states that much any more so capacity is not an issue.

Brass is cheap. Make the comp work great and the powders that I use are a reasonable price.

What else would you like to know?

DVC
 
Musky Hunter said:
They are loud as f**k!
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I second that, and muzzle flash out of the compensator is crazy, to the point it's disturbing. At this year's provincials, a guy was using one, and there was at least 12-13 inches of flame going out of the comp upwards.
 
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A couple of shooters here use them , They have one heck of a bark .
One guy had flame about 10' in the air , looked like he was trying to burn down the props . Damn near took the eyebrows off the RO . lol
One gun has over 100,000 rounds through it and it is still in great shape .
Brass is cheap and plentifull .
 
9X40 and 357 SIG were originally conceived when power factors were at 175 and everyone ran their guns at 180+ to supe up the comp action. Since this is no longer the case, this format is no longer the best choice for Open. It gives away capacity in the U.S. (not an issue for you), makes the guns very loud and creates an enormous shock wave which can be very punishing in tight spaces such as windows, shooting through tubes, up against walls, etc. You're probably better off with one of the various itterations of "Super" or if brass cost is an issue, 9 major.
 
I am amazed, I understood that 357Sig was pricey and brass hard to find, glad to hear differently, might have to get another Sig in 357Sig/40 cal
 
I am amazed, I understood that 357Sig was pricey and brass hard to find, glad to hear differently, might have to get another Sig in 357Sig/40 cal
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All the open guns I know of chambered in a bottleneck are 9x40 rather than .357 sig. Similar cartridge but it headspaces differently. They use .40 brass necked down on your press. And yea they are loud! 14+ grains of powder :eek:

Dave
 
357 Sig for an open gun sucks to be around because of noise and a shock wave slapping you. Behind the pistol is a different story - still noisy but no slap.
 
There had been some shooters using them here in Manitoba, but not for a few months. It came up for sale actually, and I did look at it as an entry into open division. When your behind the gun, like most, you don't "feel" that blast. Just don't be the RO indoors when shooting with barricades all over the place. As I said, the shooter won't sense it, but you'll punish the hell our of everyone else. I would have told everyone else to just use plugs AND muffs, and to get over it, but I decided to go .38 Stupid instead. Also, you don't need to go insane with 180+ PF just because that's what the gun was originally designed to do. The .357 Sig I tested was the loudest thing I've ever heard and was only running at barely 170PF. Use what is safe and what you can afford. Everything after that is a bonus.



Southpaw.
 
"When your behind the gun, like most, you don't "feel" that blast. Just don't be the RO indoors when shooting with barricades all over the place."

Actually, the ones I tried in barricade or window situations had a HUGE blast wave coming back at me. It felt like I was being hit in the face with a shovel every time I fired a shot. Outside maybe not so much, but anything in a confined space or near a wall and those things are brutal to shoot and to even be around.
 
RUPZUK said:
One gun has over 100,000 rounds through it and it is still in great shape.
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I'm actually surprised to hear about a 357SIG with a roundcount that high, unless he changed the barrel many times. I heard that 357SIG guns had short barrel life and throat erosion issues due to high pressure and the bottleneck effect.

Hmm... loud as hell, lot's of flame, I think this caliber is for me...
 
357 sig is just 40 brass necked down. i had one shooter show up with a box of commercial 40's all marked 357 sig on the brass. he wasn't sure to shot it or not.
 
Walter Hornby said:
357 sig is just 40 brass necked down.
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Not quite true Walter. While many people neck down .40 S&W brass and load it in their .357 SiG chambered gun, they risk headspace related problems. Although the .357 SiG is a bottlenecked case, it actually headspaces on the case mouth just like straight walled cases. A necked down .40 S&W is shorter than a factory .357 SiG case. (I can't recall by how much)
 
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Bottle necks seem to last longer

PoFF said:
I'm actually surprised to hear about a 357SIG with a roundcount that high, unless he changed the barrel many times. I heard that 357SIG guns had short barrel life and throat erosion issues due to high pressure and the bottleneck effect.

i have been shooting 357SIG/9X40 for about four years. If you use the right powders it is actually a low pressure round. You are using lots of slow burning powder so you build up pressure slowly when compared to a 38 super. My barrels lasted longer using the 357sig then with a 38 super.

DVC
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Like i said Mass, i have seen an actural commerical box of loaded ammo that was 40 and all of the cases were stamped 357 Sig. Now i am going to have to go look at specs to see what the difference is!
 
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