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Posted: Sat Jul 7th, 2018 11:41 pm

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I am looking hard at a Glock 23 my LGS has on consignment and it comes with a 357sig barrel. I like the 40 because it is a larger chunk of lead but is is hard to discount the power factor the 357sig can generate. Either are very formidable SD rounds. With a +2 magazine I am at 15 rounds. For carry I would go with the 13 but have a 15 or 22 as backup.

But then again I am very comfortable with my 45 GAP. It is a soft shooting .451" that has ballistics in the 45ACP+p range. Drawbacks are it is a 10 round magazine and the Glock +2 base only increases the capacity by 1. I have Glock Armorer buddies that are pushing the GAP 25% above SAMMI specs with no problems. Their mindset is that Glock under-rated the GAP to 45ACP+p specs to keep the 45 ACP fans in check.

I do load the 45 GAP near the upper end of SAMMI specs and it runs very well. I have a 185 gr JHP load that is running 1173fps and it is within recommended pressures. There are not any factory 45ACP+p round that can do that. That is the advantage of hand loading this odd-ball caliber.

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