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Hello. I ask because I have no real experience with this conversion. It is not something that I have burning interest in but on another forum, a fellow does. If at all possible, I'd like to be able to relay some suggestions, observations or advice from folks who have actually used this conversion, be those observations good or bad.

If you can help, thanks in advance and it is greatly appreciated.

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Hey Steve, I have not but I will throw my 2 cents in anyway. I found that the 40 HP always seemed to recoil more than other 40's. I would think in a 357 the recoil in a HP would be really stiff.

Love to see what you think of my theory being the HP expert.

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Hello. I am no expert at anything other than finding the supper table on time and w/o fail! That said, I do expect that the fast .357 SIG's recoil would be both noticeable and sharp.

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Pretty sure Don Williams has built more than a few of these.

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Allan Yoast has taken one through Thunder Ranch classes in the past. Not sure if he posts here or not but he does at the 1911forum (or has in the past).

Haven't shot one but the recoil of the .357 Sig is less egregious to me than a .40 S&W in pistols that I've tried where the same gun will shoot both (Glocks 22/31, 23/32, and 27/33). I hated my Glock 33 when I put a .40 barrel in it but it was fairly tame with the stock .357 Sig barrel.

I know that doesn't answer the question but provides some sort of reference.

Hello. Thanks very much. I appreciate it.

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Mr. Camp, I've been trying to work out the kinks in a BHP with an EFK standard, .357 Sig barrel. It works well until I put more than eight rounds in the Browning mags. Then the first two rounds nose dive and lodge against the end of the feed ramp. I gather this is a common problem with the .357 Sig BHP conversions unless the magazine feed lips are opened up. It's no where near as easy as dropping a .357 Sig barrel in Glock or Sig Sauer pistol.

I attempted surgery on a Mec-Gar magazine body and put a Browning follower and spring in it. It did improve feeding a bit--until I opened it up a bit too much. I lack finese with pliers. I logged on here looking for a new course of action.

I wish I could get the combination up and running because the pistol groups far better with the new barrel than with it does with the .40 S&W. The 125-grain bullets shoot to the same point that I've regulated the sights to for 180-grain .40 S&W fodder. It doesn't recoil like the .40, but it will get your attention when fired between the outbuildings. It's not as bad as a .357 duty revolver but still way past supersonic.

I looked for a Bar-Sto or KKM barrel but came up dry. The EFK barrel locks up tight fore and aft, but it is a bit narrower than the .40 barrel. It moves from side to side at lock up as a result. The lugs show no evidence of rounding yet, and the chamber checks out fine with the headspace gauges I ordered from PTG.

Hello. Thank you for relating your experiences.

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