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When SIG and Federal teamed up in 1994 to develop the bottle-nosed powerhouse that later became the .357 SIG round, everyone that was serious about personal defense took notice. One of the first offerings in the X D line once importation switched over from HS in 2002, the SA XD-357 still lives today.

As you can see in this image, the 357 SIG is one of the few modern bottlenecked pistol rounds in common use in the Western world. Generally, this cartridge allows a 115-147 grain bullet to top out at speeds of 1300fps or more out of a 4-inch barrel which, if you do the mass times speed thing equals energy, you come up with enough foot-pounds downrange to equate 357 Magnum performance but in a pistol.

When compared to the .40SW it was based on, which typically puts up about 400 ft. /lbs. of energy on target, the very spicy .357 SIG runs 500-550.

It other words, its super effective and no less than a dozen state police agencies use it as do the Secret Service.

And yes, there are some Croatian specials that are set up for this hot tamale…

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