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Glock 22 or 31?

deepdiver

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Which 1 to choose?

How easy to get & cheap is 357sig ammo compared to 40?
Doing a quick price check online, 357 sig in bulk around $.50/round and .40 around $.30/round. 357 sig has never been cheap. I thought about one once but availability (can't get at Wally world in a quick pinch on the way to the range around here) and the cost deterred me from ever getting serious about it. That was just me though.
 

mobiushky

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Unless you reload in which case you can use 9mm bullets and re-use your spent cases. But that assumes you have everything else to reload.
 

Glockrunner

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Didn't think about the reloading similarities between 9 and 357. Good point!!

That's another reason I'll have to by a progressive press then. ;)
 
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MAC702

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Didn't think about the reloading similarities between 9 and 357. Good point!!

That's another reason I'll have to by a progressive press then. ;)

If you do it, let me know. I have an unused set of Lee .357 Sig dies that I'll let go for less than cost. And I have a lot of brass, too, mostly nickel that was picked up after the Air Marshals were done using a local range.
 

mobiushky

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Didn't think about the reloading similarities between 9 and 357. Good point!!

That's another reason I'll have to by a progressive press then. ;)

The other thing is, the 357 sig and the 40 S&W use the same mags. The only real difference is the chamber. So you could pick either and then pick up a barrel for the other and have both. And then add a 9mm barrel and G17 mags and have 3 calibers. So it's basically flip a coin.
 

Glockrunner

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To close this out ....

Went with the 31

Firearms Iinstructor - any chance you're offering LOL
 
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