Title: 2 Coonan 357 Magnum Pistols for Full-Size and Compact Carry – Ballistic Magazine
Headings: 2 Coonan 357 Magnum Pistols for Full-Size and Compact Carry
2 Coonan 357 Magnum Pistols for Full-Size and Compact Carry
David Bahde
Coonan the Conquerer
A Resurrection
Coonan 357 Magnum Shootout
Coonan Classic Testing
Coonan Compact Testing
Coonan 357 Magnum Mates
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Content: This is plenty accurate for the real world. My best group with the Compact was just 1.5 inches at 25 yards using Sig Sauer’s 125-grain V-Crown JHPs. I fired these groups from the hood of my truck using a Wiebad bag as a rest, making it a bit more realistic. Moving back to 50 yards, the same Sig Sauer ammunition was just as flat shooting on a steel IPSC silhouette. My best five-shot group at 50 yards was about 4 inches or so. Aiming at a steel target at 100 yards, I was able to get five rounds out of seven in the center-mass. No, you probably won’t be making shots like this in the real world, but it’s not a bad thing to have in your pocket. Coonan 357 Magnum Mates
Shooting these pistols was one of the pleasant surprises in this job. Most of my time these days is spent testing rifles, so it was nice to venture back into the handgun world. Having carried concealed since the mid-1980s, practicality has always been at the forefront of my process, and the Coonan .357 Magnums are easy to use and carry.