[andy]

the pocket pc is adquately powerful and controlable. The 356 TSW Star is such a pistol. I'd just about rather have a M21 .22 pocket auto, set up as a kit gun, as a full size and wt 1911, loaded with ball. Almost, but not quite. I WOULD rather have the M21 rather than a 38 snub full of wadcutters, which many advocate. If all I am going to have is a bluff, it's going to be a bluff that's very accurate, having another use (trail gun) be cheap to practice with a lot, be "cannable", and lie a LOT flatter in the front pants pocket than any .38 revollver can. If I could handload for the .38 snub, I'd prefer it to the .22. It'd feature a 50 gr split nose bullet, at 2100 fps tho, not a silly 158 gr lhp at 800 fps.

 

[GBullet]

I would take a good quality .38 Spl snub over a hacked up Star, rechambered for .356 TSW any day. For that matter, I would an out-of-the-box Star 9mm over a hacked up Star, rechambered for .356 TSW any day. Blowing up Stars for a negligable gain is not bright.

A .38 snub has several advantages in a survival situation:

1) .38 Spl is commercially loaded and available.

2) .38 revolvers can use shotshells to take small animals. There is no such thing as a .356 TSW shotshell.

3) A quality .38 snub will last for thousands of rounds without parts breakage. A Star, rechambered for .356 TSW might last 400 shots before impersonating a grenade. :bomb:

A .356 TSW is hotter than 9mm proof loads. How smart is it to use them in a pistol (Star) that is not even rated for 9mm+P?

 

[andy]

so what? you are too ignorant and lazy

to handload bullets that you've had laying around for 6months, cause you dont WANT to know just HOW wrong you ARE about such things. Regardless of how "relaible" a 38 snub, is, with readily available ammo, it's just a bluff, and it's very very hard to control adequately with any ammo that has any real power, and is commercially available. It's not cannable, it's not a .22, and it looks like you've got a potato in your pants pocket.