Quote Originally Posted by Wes Sage View Post
Wonder why they made it?
"the Dan Wesson Firearms Company created a cartridge to give handgun silhouette shooters an edge in knocking down metal rams. The 357 Magnum was popular for this sport, but if the rams were not set properly, there was no power in the cartridge to spare and the rams would not fall down.
At the time, the 357 Maximum (aka 357 Super Magnum) was available. With a .31 inch difference in length, few revolvers were available in 357 Maximum. Also, the 357 Maximum was picky to reload for, preferred hot charges and was somewhat temperature sensitive."

The article went on to say the recoil is comparable to 357 Mag and you get about 150 fps over it as well.


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