357 Magnum Sherif

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357 Magnum (9x33 R) mm - American turret cartridge of high power, created by Smith & Wesson in 1934. In the years of the dry law in the United States, organized crime flourished. Bandbargers had automatic weapons and powerful cars, often with elements of booking. To combat such an opponent, the cartridge of the standard police revolver, - .38 Special, had insufficient power. Smith & Wesson and Winchester worked to increase the capacity of the police cartridge without any major changes to the design of the Smith & Wesson Model 10 revolver. The solution was detected as an increase in the powder charge of the special .38 cartridge, increasing the liner thickness by about 10% without changing the caliber . The new cartridge was named .357 Magnum -link removed-