Why are magnum revolvers so goddamn heavy? The difference in

>>31975469
The heavier the gun the more controllable the recoil. Magnum rounds have alot of felt recoil. It's alot easier to handle if you make the gun heavy

I love being able to dump 5 rounds of really hot .357 mag, quickly, without worrying about breaking my wrists. They are heavier to mitigate recoil.

t. SP101 snub owner
(It's also loud as shit)

>>31975526
>>31975577
so they make it fat as shit so bitch ass pussy fuccbois can shooty shooty without hurting their twig arm wrist? that's like, the stupidest load of horseshit ever.

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BIG
BLACK
RIFLES

They have to be made out of stronger materials which also tend to be heavier.

>>31975469
3/10.

I've seen worse. You aren't good tho.

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>>31975469
well, smith&wesson make a number of scandium-frame .357magnum models, all of which are MUCH lighter than the sp101

the stainless steel model 60 in pic is just over 21oz vs the nearly 30oz of the sp101

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>>31975469

>>31975469
Significantly higher pressure means significantly more steel and thus more weight.

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>>31975469
>>31976264
to elaborate,
the propellants used in .38spec cartridges generally dont burn as quickly as those used in magnum cartridges. combine a faster burning powder with a magnum primer and you have the basic components for a magnum cartridge. the small increase in case length of the .357mag might not seem like a lot, but a few grains of propellant can make a huge difference to the pressure created when the round is discharged. because of this, .357mag-chambered guns often have beefier frames & cylinders to compensate for the greater pressures. a super beefy gun isnt necessarily required to fire .357mag, though. smaller guns like the model 60 have been used for decades. if magnum loads are used in a small model 60 constantly, the service life of the gun will be reduced faster than if basic .38spec loads had been used. tldr, mag loads are harder on a gun than standard-pressure loads

Because 357 has more boombang juice

They make a super light 357 and 44, but they straight up hurt to shoot

Made of some SPEHS metal or something

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I had my Ruger GP100 4" at the range today after not shooting any guns at all for about 2 months.

I seemed to have turned into a little faggot during my down time, because my palm is actually sore from firing off 150 .357 magnum rounds. It was just regular magtech 157gr semi-jacketed stuff, too.

The hardwood grips definitely don't help, but i was surprised how much recoil i felt after not shooting for such a long time. When I was shooting more often, the gun was really no problem to shoot daily.

My USP 9mm and glock 29 10mm felt like peashooters today.

>>31976794
Yeah that's definitely a thing, I shot about 150 rounds of magnum and the same in .38 with my GP100 in the desert last time I went out and the first few cylinders of magnum I was flinching a little, by the end of the sesh I was dumping cylinders of mag onto the target as quickly as I could with no problem.

>>31976794

A lot of off the shelf .357mag is definitely no slouch, and revolvers always have more felt recoil anyway. That magtech stuff has pretty decent ballistics.

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>>31976845

Yeah i was terrible for the first 40 rounds or so today. Shooting like 3 inches high every time. By the end of the day I was much more on target.

That gun makes my 10mm seem so much easier to shoot.

>>31976855

Yeah i really like the magtech for range practice.

>>31976903
D...d... Dugan?

You mean he didn't get MS, he just went back in time and became Hickok?

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>>31977261

Look at how tiny that Model 29 is in hickock's gargantuan hands.

I bet his cock is enormous.

>>31977300
That has to be shopped. Or the guy in the middle is like 5' tall.

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>>31977342

Hickock and his son are both like 6'7".

But yeah the couple is probably on the shorter side as well.