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austinrealtor wrote:

40khammer wrote:Texas Department of Criminal Justice Transportation officers carry the S&W M&P .357 sig if that means anything to you.

And Texas DPS Troopers & Rangers carry Sig P226 in .357 Sig, as does the US Secret Service.

Great caliber. But cost prohibitive for most folks who aren't being given practice ammo by their departments. Also I understand it is hard to reload because of the bottle-neck cartridge. For citizen CC, not sure I see a huge upside to .357 Sig over .40 S&W. Just my $0.02 and worth less than that

I remember reading an excellent magazine article about the testing and selection process when the Texas DPS went to the Sig P226 in .357 Sig. I was impressed with the cartridge then and I remain impressed with it. But I felt at the time that they did not give enough consideration to the (already popular with law enforcement at the time) .40 S&W. I remain unconvinced that the .357 offers significant advantages over the .40. Again, not a knock on the .357, I think it's a great round, I'm just not sure it's noticeably better than another cartridge that is cheaper, more readily available, and easier to reload.

Middle Age Russ wrote:. . . Beretta is Italian.

But the Berettas made for the U.S. military are made here in America. That was part of the deal to get that contract. Some commercially available Berettas are also made here. I've seen both made in USA and made in Italy versions of the 92FS in stores in the U.S. (If I remember correctly, the store where I worked once had one of each on the shelf at the same time. There was no difference we could find between the two other than the color of the box they came in. One box was blue with white writing and the other was silver with blue writing.)