Originally Posted by
WillBrink
Tangential: I recall starting a thread a while back as to why there's not more .357 Mag carbines. That pistol rnd benefits more from longer barrels than any other I can think of. I know there's some engineering/functional issues being a rnd designed for revolvers vs pistols, but if that's issue was overcome, that's a winner of a carbine all day. Hunters report .357 Mag from longer barrels pushing above 2k FPS one of the most "drop them where they were" rnd they ever used at 100y or so I recall. I recall there was .357 Mag pistols around for a time, don't know how reliable they were. From what I found when I last looked, .357 Mag lever guns was all I could find. Finally, interesting to note various .44 Mag carbines do exist, yet .357 Mag seems nadda.