Courtesy of Steve at The Firearms Blog I see that the Ballistics By the Inch guys have added more data: .327 Magnum, 10mm Auto, and .41 Magnum.
This is oddly relevant to me. While I am looking for a snub-nosed revolver, I have also given thought to a more powerful handgun, like something you could hunt with (e.g. a revolver in .44 magnum or .460 S&W or the like). I’ve also thought that a semi-auto in 10mm such as a Glock 20 (tho I don’t like Glocks, and I know there are others out there) would be a useful carry piece for those times out in the woods when you could run across 2 or 4 legged predators. As well, at the range yesterday I got to talking with another gentleman on the rifle line about my search for a snubby and he brought up the .327 Magnum. I’ve seen the commercials for the load and certainly it intrigued me. The fact it’s a bit of a “vanity caliber” I’m not sure about (I’d feel better if I were an established reloader), but still it’s worth looking at.
So anyway, that the ballistics data was updated and for some calibers I’m looking at was rather welcome.
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Sorry, I view the .327 Mag as S&W’s attempt at the .32H&R Mag. They must want to have their own caliber and chambering.
I’ve got a 10mm Delta Elite if you want to try out a 10mm 1911. Or Tom or I could bring out our .44’s for you to try. FIL’s Dept in Montana was issuing 10mm to the field guys as duty guns partly because of the possibility of running into bears. He preferred his .44mag with real stout hand loads. (300gr hard cast SWC)
I thought the .327 Federal Magnum was a Ruger thing, not S&W? I’m curious to read up on it, but like I said, it seems a “vanity” caliber and I really don’t want to deal with an obscure caliber.
If you want to bring your Delta Elite and/or a .44 out sometime, I won’t say no and I will say thank you. 🙂 Given the KRT schedule for the next some whiles I don’t know when I’ll be out next.
It’s only recently that I started to think about a “big” handgun, and I admit I’m leaning towards the 10mm because it seems more versatile (capacity, dispatch 2 legged critters or 4 legged ones). That’d be the main point of this… to carry when I’d be out in the back-country and who knows what one could run into. Of course, if I dig the hunting thing who knows… might use it for that too. 🙂