Tomcatt088 In reply to what you have written. your not bursting my buble. if you have ever seen anyone shot with a 45 when wearing a vest alone will drop them. Im not saying that i know everything because by all means i dont. But somethings i have seen i will portray. You may be right about the persons reaction but either way weather its there reaction or the reaction from the bullet they still get put down on their ass do they not? As far as the recoil from the .357 your right its "not everyones "flavor" the recoil dosnt bother me and for those people that it does bother they make all kinds of parts you can add or replace on the gun for the less recoil or tighter double taps. I just didnt agree with the whole conversation in here about how bad the .357 is when its not. Below is a comparison of the .357 and a .40 shooting through auto glass and the penetration it has, i know its not a .45 but there is actually no comparison to the .45 that i can find that is listed. All there really is on that is hear say. but as you can tell from this the 40 has less of a penetration that the .357 and if you think about it the 45 round isnt made to not frag or expand like the .357 is. By the penetration on the 40 the 45 is a slower fatter round so its pretty much a defenite that the 45 will have even less of a penetration through glass than the .357 will. If you can find some hard facts showing me im wrong i will happily admit to my mistake.
Cartridge
Penetration
Expansion
Crush C.C.
Stretch S.C.
357 Sig Federal 125 gr JHP
13.7
.59
3.7
43.4
40 S&W Corbon 135 gr JHP
9.8
.56
2.4
69.1
Note: The 357 Sig Federal bullet is engineered to not fragment, while the 40 S&W Corbon 135 gr bullet violently expands and fragments.
http://www.recguns.com/Sources/IIIC2q6.html here is the site it is in attatchment 1 and 2.