even OWN, much less carry, a 357 Snub, or indeed, ANY revolver.
At least the M21 can be silenced, making it one of the 2 pistols I'd want, if shtf. At least the M21 is pantspocketable, giving me the .5 second advantage of the "hand on gun" ready position, and convenience of ccw carry. At least the M21 (smithed) is fun to plink and hunt with, low cost to shoot, useful for teaching beginners, and winning bets from guys who "think" it can't hit 10" disks at 100 yds, from the Weaver.
The 357 snub is nothing but jerking yourself off about how "reliable" and "powerful" it is. it barely, in the J frame, gets 125 gr jhp's to 1250 fps, where they MIGHT expand in flesh, for 400 ft lbs. That's nothing more than a 5" 9mm gets (ie, 125 gr jhp's, at 1250 fps) and the 9mm gets repeat hits TWICE as fast.
DA's misfire at LEAST 10x as often as do cocked and locked SA's, so the FIRST shot from the autoloader is actually MORE reliable than it is with the revolver, and the FIRST shot is the one that better get things going your way, or luck is REAL quick gonna determine what's what, not your "ability" and not the "power' or the "reliability" of your revolver.
The 357 snub is nothing but jerking yourself off about how "reliable" and "powerful" it is. it barely, in the J frame, gets 125 gr jhp's to 1250 fps, where they MIGHT expand in flesh, for 400 ft lbs. That's nothing more than a 5" 9mm gets (ie, 125 gr jhp's, at 1250 fps) and the 9mm gets repeat hits TWICE as fast.
DA's misfire at LEAST 10x as often as do cocked and locked SA's, so the FIRST shot from the autoloader is actually MORE reliable than it is with the revolver, and the FIRST shot is the one that better get things going your way, or luck is REAL quick gonna determine what's what, not your "ability" and not the "power' or the "reliability" of your revolver.