I had a 3 inch S&W 65, that I loved. I (very stupidly) sold or traded it years ago. It was one of my favorites.

With me ver 40 years, and smooth as silk.

S&W 4" 681

S&W Highway Patrolman.

My only .357. S&W Performance Center "F" Comp(worked over M66)

Dan Wesson model 15 with a 6" ventilated barrel. Balanced well for target shooting and was capable of accuracy much past my meager efforts. Had a large wooden grip that fit me very well.

S&W model 19 with 4" barrel.. but I despise 125gr 357 rounds .... 158gr is much easier on me.

4" S&W M28 Highway Patrolman with factory target stocks.

While I love my N-frames, I prefer them with holes bigger than .357. Here is my favorite: A Model 65-5 three-inch, worked over by Mike LaRocca of MA...



Adios,

Pizza Bob

quote:

Originally posted by JD DRIVER:
My favorite to shoot is a 686 hands down.

this,

686 (cannot remember the dash) with Silhouette sights, full lug,


my other is a 66-something, 3" RB,

4 or 6 inch GP100

I'm partial to the security six. For personal carry, my favorite is the Ruger SP-101, and for a .357 revolver in general, the GP-100.

For a .357, it's the G32...in .357 Sig.

I hate cleaning revolvers.

quote:

Originally posted by sns3guppy:
I'm partial to the security six.

That's the only .357 Mag revolver I have, so I'm partial to mine, too 4 in. barrel.

Smith 627-2, 5" full lug barrel, 6 shot cylinder. Bought it on a whim turns out it's one of 12, "Parts Guns" made by Smith. So much mass that recoil is negligible with full magnum loads.

Brother in law's GP100 is a sweet shooter.
My dad had a Colt 357 when I was a kid (not a Python), don't remember if I shot it with 357 in it or 38, but even around 12 yrs old it was a relatively soft shooter (guessing 38spl).

Custom Ruger GPNY. This one is .357 because it was an employee's gun and he installed a .357 cylinder. Also polished a lot of the parts to bright stainless and did an incredible trigger job.

From my teen's to early thirties I went to a ranch owned by a friends dad who had a 1970's era 6 inch barrel Colt Python.

I've fired Ruger GP100, many S&W guns, but honestly this Python was better than anything amazing accuracy, awesome trigger, looked immaculate.

Unfortunately time made me lose touch with that family, they were really good people.

My 4” 686 no dash or a 28 that was my dad’s

6" original King Cobra is my shooting pistol

My 5” 686 Talo is by far my favorite.357, shown here with a little Blanton’s


random coin toss