Archive for .357 magnum

Coonan Classic .357 Magnum Automatic

The Coonan is a powerful, high-performance handgun that is not meant to be a first handgun.

October 16, 2012

.357 or .357

In past years, various writing projects have caused me to research a couple of cartridges with similar sounding names—the .357 Mag. and the .357 Sig. Trying to match the two is like comparing apples and oranges. It can be done, but doing so produces rather little in the way of really meaningful data. Nonetheless, let's take a look.

April 24, 2012

Loading the .38 Spl. & .357 Mag.

Accurate training and self-defense loads can be easily created for these popular revolver calibers.

October 05, 2011

The History of the .357 Magnum

Now commonly regarded as no big deal, in 1935 this revolver created quite a stir.

November 23, 2010