356 TSW

[dsdmmat]

An NRA Shooting Sports Journal | .356 TSW: A Comeback Kid?

Released in 1993 for IPSC and USPSA Limited-division competitive shooters as a major power factor round, the .356 TSW produces a 182-power factor. Later on, IPSC and USPSA would rule that a cartridge had to be at least .40 cal. to qualify for major power factor in Limited division, leaving the...

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Among other things, I got back the S&W model 3566 I picked up in Germany for my dad. He had 3 of them and my brother showed interest the other two ( a full size and a compact) so they went with him. I was only interested in the guns I had a connection with. we split the 5 cases of ammo down the middle though.

I doubt the 356TSW will make a comeback but if it does I am set. I probably should build a 1911 in it as well. That would be a pretty cool project.

S&W 3566: An IPSC Game-Changer that Didn’t

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[Hillbilly77]

I'd never heard of such a thing, so I consulted my SCSW 4th Edition (Standard Catalog of Smith & Wesson).
There isn't a ton of information included about your pistol, but here is a pair of pics of the page that covers it in the book.

 

[dsdmmat]

Yeah my dad was not an IPSC shooter but he never missed an opportunity to adopt something new. He shot one of the three pistols at an indoor range where he was a member (not sure if he shot all three or not). He had me pick up one in Germany at the Rod and Gun club for him,that is the one I got back. He liked the round quite a bit. I also inherited his 445 super mag. We used to shoot that a lot when I would come home on leave. He had a 45-70 BFR, which I told my brother he was more than welcome to take.
So much for my downsizing plan. Lol

 

[Saltwater60]

Yeah my dad was not an IPSC shooter but he never missed an opportunity to adopt something new. He shot one of the three pistols at an indoor range where he was a member (not sure if he shot all three or not). He had me pick up one in Germany at the Rod and Gun club for him,that is the one I got back. He liked the round quite a bit. I also inherited his 445 super mag. We used to shoot that a lot when I would come home on leave. He had a 45-70 BFR, which I told my brother he was more than welcome to take.
So much for my downsizing plan. Lol

That’s pretty cool. I too had never heard of this gun or this caliber. Very unique looking gun especially for the time it was produced. Great story and these are must keep guns so don’t beat yourself up on the downsizing thing.

 

[That_FNG]

Forgotten weapons did a video on them

 

[FP1201]

Yeah my dad was not an IPSC shooter but he never missed an opportunity to adopt something new. He shot one of the three pistols at an indoor range where he was a member (not sure if he shot all three or not). He had me pick up one in Germany at the Rod and Gun club for him,that is the one I got back. He liked the round quite a bit. I also inherited his 445 super mag. We used to shoot that a lot when I would come home on leave. He had a 45-70 BFR, which I told my brother he was more than welcome to take.
So much for my downsizing plan. Lol

I have a .445 Super Mag and so does my Brother (curtsy of me)...we used to make people stop and look to see WTF when we'd shoot them, then along came the .500 and .460 so now they're not so impressive.

To OP's Post: Late 80's and the folks who embraced the "wonder nine's" started wanting more power, so out came the .356, and the 9x23, and while I don't recall when it was introduced, there is a 9x21 which really isn't anymore powerful than ordinary 9mm Luger, but was marketed to Countries that prohibited its serfs from using Military Calibers.