yes the .357 sig is still my round of choice......
Speer specifies 1,350 feet per second velocity,
generating 506 foot-pounds of energy at the muzzle. However, over a Chrony, we
found the Speer load averaged slightly over 1,400 fps fired from the 4.5",
polygon-rifled Glock 31 barrel. The .357 Sig has proven itself an accurate
caliber in general and it's true of the Speer Gold Dot load in particular. When
I tested this ammo in a box-stock Sig P226 pistol for the Gun Digest Book of
Sig-Sauer, five shots at 25 yards delivered a 1" group. A product called the
Bullet Test Tube has made testing of ammunition much easier than the difficult
and expensive ballistic gelatin. The manufacturer, Ballistic Technologies, has
worked hard to correlate how their wax relates to calibrated ballistic gelatin.
The wax, as the product name implies, is contained in a tube, which is then
sectioned to examine matter displacement. Prior to sectioning, the company
recommends the cavity made by the bullet be filled with water, which can then be
measured to give a good idea of how large a cavity the bullet created. Test
Results One round of Speer 125-grain Gold Dot .357 Sig was fired from a few feet
away into a Bullet Test Tube. It took approximately 3.7 ounces of water to fill
the cavity made by the bullet, slightly more than double the displacement of a
230-grain .45 ACP hollow point fired into an identical test tube on the same
day. The recovered Gold Dot bullet measured approximately 1/2" wide and had
expanded symmetrically. It weighed 124.3 grains, weighed on a digital scale by
Frankford Arsenal. The bullet came to rest nose forward, fully mushroomed, 9"
into the wax. Using the manufacturer's formula of multiplying penetration depth
by 1.34 to equal its penetration in calibrated FBI ballistic gelatin, this
factored out to 12.6" equivalent penetration. The width of the wound track at
its widest point, well into the bullet track, was more than 1". It should be
noted early gel tests of the 125-grain Gold Dot .357 Sig showed penetration of
about 16", while more recent tests with the latest production indicate a more
suitable 13" to 14". With the conversion formula, the Bullet Test Tube did
indeed closely replicate known gelatin testing of the same load. This Gold Dot
load has been the choice of more departments than any other brand. It has been
issued to the Texas Dept. of Public Safety, Virginia state troopers, and the
Richmond, Virginia PD among others. All three departments report outstanding
results in what add up collectively to dozens of shootings. A VSP supervisor
told me they were particularly impressed with how many offenders dropped to a
single hit in supposedly "less vital" areas such as the abdomen. There are many
reports of "junkyard dogs" going down with one or two solid body hits, when
before, police had shot them many, many times to stop them with 147-grain
subsonic 9mm JHPs. An RPD instructor reported after well over a dozen shootings
of human offenders, the Gold Dot bullets were generally found embedded in the
other side of the offender's body, in his clothing on that side or on the ground
behind him, spent, within a few feet. No one can say the Speer Gold Dot
125-grain .357 Sig has not earned its place as the "most street-proven load" in
its caliber, for law enforcement and private citizen self-defense
needs..........I CARRY A GLOCK 33 .357 SIG ..........THIS FIREARM IS EASILY CONCEALED IN BELLY BAND WITH 10 ROUNDS OF FIREPOWER .......DO YOU CARRY ??? AND DO YOU FEEL SAFE ??? YES I DO .....AND YES I DO.....
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