As a woods carry gun 357 mag or 10mm......or even 45acp....?
I agree............I've used a 4" Colt MT Woodsman on countless Grouse, Squirrels and other small game, but the Original Poster was asking about the 357 vs the 10MM............Woods gun? To me is a good 22. That's not a gun to protect from bears and not a main gun to hunt big game. Saw same type post awhile back and guys were talking about 32s, 380s and 38 snubbies. Those aren't woods guns either, they are SD guns and about worthless for anything else.
Then we have trail guns. I guess it depends on what you think you are going to run into on your trail. Same as in the woods.
i agree long slide 10 mm nice choiceWhen I read .357 vs. 10mm it struck me first as a question of revolver vs auto. With few exceptions the .357 is a revolver cartridge and the 10mm an auto cartridge. And about those exceptions, you can get a revolver in 10mm but if you are going to carry something as big as a S&W N-frame into the woods wouldn't .44 Mag or .45 Colt be a better caliber choice? The same goes for a .357 auto. Why carry something as big as an automag that only shoots a .357 bullet? So, in this debate, one's preference for the revolver or the auto may be all you need to decide between .357 or 10mm. I've owned a couple of N-frames, even shot them in competition. But for portability, magazine capacity, and rapidity of aimed follow-on shots (firepower) I choose to carry an auto into the woods.
Let's consider a woods caliber. For the men in Ohio and Connecticut above their .22 rimfires may just be the thing. But for someone who lives in the Pacific Northwest a .22 doesn't cut it. Aside from any potential human threat, we have to deal with the possibility of running into wolves, cougar, black bear, and even a rare, but possible, grizzly. Both .357 and 10mm could handle those (big bear marginal) and I wouldn't want anything smaller. I once shot a deer twice with a .45 acp and it did die - eventually. I'd rather not have to wait for an angry cougar or bear to succumb. Therefore, I choose to give the nod to the bigger bullet of the 10mm.
My woods weapon is a Kimber Longslide in 10mm. I like flap holsters for brush and woods so I had a custom holster made in the style of the military M12. The military M12 was too short for my 6" 1911. My holster incorporates the same hardware as the M12. And, like the M12 version the flap on my holster can be removed and a thumb break strap installed in its place.
10mm Kimber 6" Stainless LS 1911 with custom M12 type holster:
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