charlesappel said:
Searching for "sound experimental data" on the internet is quite an assignment professor. :wink:
But I'll give it a shot. Since the information on the web is often nonsense, it may take a few days to complete.
In the mean time, you might want to examine some of the following - or perhaps not...
Thanks. I will review the info you link to see if it changes my opinion that 240 gr at 700 fps is not even in the ballpark of 120 gr at 1400 fps.
Had the post said 240gr at 900 fps, then I'd be on board (432 ft-lbf vs 522 ft-lbf instead of the comparison in question at 261 ft-lbf vs 522 ft-lbf). If the energies are within say 25% or even 50%, I'd give the many other factors much credit. At a two to one, there is NO comparison. (But I will read the info, some of which I have seen.)
Update: BTW, I primarily shoot 44 Specials at speeds not much above what is being discussed, because it is such a nice shooting powder puff load for range work, and the hits are easy to see. I'm not biased against heavy and slow. I sometimes shoot 400 Specials in a session, and it's fun. One of my 44's is a N frame. I have a very similar 357 N frame, with the same grips. I have never shot 400 357's out if it in a day, because I doubt my wrist could take it. They are NOT similar.