Re: 1911 in .357 Sig or 9x23 Win.?
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: aggiesig</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Jim D</div><div class="ubbcode-body">If you want .357SIG type ballistics...what's wrong with .38 Super?
It's significantly easier to find magazines for a .38 Super, and they tend to run much better than 9mm/.40S&W/.357SIG length cartridges. </div></div>
.38 super is rimmed, try to get one to feed from a double stack magazine...
Not an easy thing to do.
I would go 9x21 or 9x23 if I was looking to push it, I've seen lots try with the .357 sig and not too many succeed.
but if you are going there, screw .357 magnum ballistics, and go for a .41 magnum ballistics with a 10mm, alot easier to do. You can even get 1911's from the factory in 10mm.
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I miss my Delta Elite 10mm but, I've had this urge to explore other options. And I know 10mm would be a bad idea in a lightweight Commander type gun, hell 9x23 may even be a bad idea in that platform. This is what's bringing me around to researching it.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Hummerdawg</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Because I shoot thousands of rounds per year and 9mm brass is helluva lot cheaper and easier to find than 9x23.
The 1400 fps loads are handloads and are achieved out of a 4.25"
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This probably wouldn't be my first choice in a competition load, at that point I'd probably just use a 9mm in ESP for IDPA or .45 ACP in CDP. This is strictly exploratory for me at this point. Though, as I understand it, 9x23 brass has a near infinite life span.