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When the funds become available (college student) I plan on getting an SA XD in .357 or maybe .45 GAP and then get a nice BARSTO barrel kit for it in .357.

Prices have really come down on the .357 ammo and you can usually find it online or at your local gun store at comparable prices.

It is very similar to the .40, but it tends to have even higher velocities, better material penetration, and amazing fragmentation for a pistol, it almost never over penetrates and deposits a load of energy on people.

An ideal LEO bullet IMO, and even though I am just a civilian, You never know what you might be up against. W/ the .357 or .40 I know if I got pined down I could shoot a guy thru a car door, slow bullets might not work on that one.

The only real downside I see it that it might be a bad bullet because it is a good penetrator so for self defense bullets that miss might go flying thru the drywall, lumber, and then hit a bystander, more reason to practice shooting I guess.