.357 Magnum Round

.357 magnum round is a type of ammunition in Fallout: New Vegas.

Characteristics
A .357 caliber bullet, with a significant powder charge. Very powerful for a pistol round.

.357 Hollow Point
Hollow point bullets break up on impact, tearing through fabric, flesh and organs with ease. However, hollow points lack the penetrating power to punch through denser materials, this means they break up when they hit things like armor plate, drastically reducing the weapon's penetrating power.

.357 JFP Hand Load
JFPs (Jacketed Flat-points) are blunt, copper-wrapped bullets designed to flatten on impact like a hollow point, but retain the penetrating power of a copper-jacket slug. As such, they inflict greater damage, penetrate enemy armor better, and even fly straighter than normal .357 rounds.

.38 Special
.38 Specials are a slightly smaller class of bullet in comparison to .357 magnums. They can be fired from .357 weapons because the .357 Magnum was developed from the .38 Special round. Though the reduction in powder means less damage inflicted on your targets, it also means less wear and tear per shot on the gun that fired it.

Weapons using this ammunition

 * Cowboy repeater
 * .357 magnum revolver
 * La Longue Carabine
 * Lucky