Author Topic: .356 TSW? (Read 607 times)

New Hampshire · « **on:** August 04, 2004, 02:31:10 AM »

Can anyone give me a background/history of this cartridge? I tried doing a search but did not get enyhting more than a casual mention of it. I just happened to be looking in a catalog and saw the mentioned rounds brass for sale. I thought to myself "hmmm never heard of that one." So now Im curious. So anyone know about this cartridge?
Thanks,
Brian M.

unspellable · « **Reply #1 on:** August 04, 2004, 07:00:59 AM »

It's a specialized cartridge originated by Smith & Wesson for some sort of competition use. I don't know much about it beyond that.

BlkHawk73 · « **Reply #2 on:** August 04, 2004, 11:27:41 AM »

Aside from what unspellable said, all i know is that S&W made a special model just for the cartridge for competitive uses. Was a kinda early version of the .357 Sig in my opinion but never caught on at the time. Proberly because it was marketed as a competition round and not a defensive round as the .357 Sig was. I've seen but 2 guns chambered in such cartridge.

papajohn428 · « **Reply #3 on:** August 04, 2004, 08:13:27 PM »

I believe it was a stretched 9mm run at moderate pressure to use in competition. The plus was that it had more room for powder, so pressures weren't up into the 50K range like a hot 38 Super. It never really caught on, I think the 40's & 10's kinda put it outta business, though it's still seen from time to time.

PJ