I should add that I liked the issued S&W Model l9 with the 2 1/2 inch barrel. Unfortunately, the USSS doesn't allow it's agents to purchase their carry weapons upon retirement. I have added some
S&W's to my collection, as well as several SIGs.

I like the GP100 or my Ruger 4" barrel Sp101. I was able to get a good deal on it at a local dealer last year. For only missing 1 round, it is perfect for many things and small enough to conceal if need be.

quote:

Originally posted by Michael J. Shannon:
Way back in 1957, while I was a junior at Michigan State University majoring in police administration,
I bought a Colt 357 from a campus police officer who needed some quick cash for his divorce lawyer.
Years later, near Painesville, Ohio, as an agent of the U.S. Secret Service, my agent in charge had authorized me to carry my 4 in bbl Colt 357. Another agent and I ended up in a shootout with a
counterfeiter during a half mile footchase through
the snow on December 23, 1964. A Super X .357 mag semi-wadcutter to his left shoulder ended the chase. I will never let this revolver go!

I like the Model 357 revolver. I have a 1959 dated one. The action is very Python like, more so than any of the other DA Colts that I have. Great revolvers. The top one in this photo is the 357. I need to get some better photos of it.

Model 19 for sure!

I love my Smith and Wesson 686!

Well, I have two equally favorite 357...

S&W M&P R8, Scandium with sleeved barrel. Very light for an N frame but subjectively seems to recoil less than all steel k frame with 158 grain mag loads. Have small hands so put on VZ grip G10 round butt panels which really helps me reach the trigger. Gotta love 8 rounds. Has a rail so I can use my Mantis dry fire unit to practice and measure improvement.


My fave carry revolver is a Chiappa Rhino 2" 357, but much prefer the 9mm cylinder w/moon clips. Low felt recoil, nice DA trigger around 7 lbs, SA not bad either. Can be fired single action but hammer is almost spurless. Decent sights. 9mm performance out out of short barrel is kinda between 38+p and 357 in performance, but with a lot less noise and recoil than 357. With the squared off cylinder its pretty compact too.The 9mm in moon clips much more compact than 357 in speed loaders. Certainly looks a bit unusual.

My 6" N frame 27-2. Paid 250 for it around 1985.
The only item I ever bought from the Classified section
were a beautiful Hogue grip for it.

Not my favorite to shoot...S&W Model 60 J frame but I like it!

3.5 inch S&W Model 27.

For shooting, I have a few.

S&W 681 made for NYSP



S&W CS1 made for US Customs Service



S&W pre-M27s or "357 Magnum"



and I do enjoy taking out my original S&W Registered Magnum on occasion

I enjoy shooting my 3 screw Ruger Blackhawk.

quote:

Originally posted by clang:

S&W CS1 made for US Customs Service

That right there is awesome!

quote:

Originally posted by 92fstech:


That right there is awesome!

Thanks - it was a lucky find years ago at a gun show in a batch of 686 police trade-ins.

The L-frame Smiths are just made for .357 Magnum. I love my old N frames, but the L frame guns are really great shooters.

A true work of art!

1st choice: 5" GP100, stainless
2nd choice: 3" GP100, stainless

This message has been edited. Last edited by: TN Mark,

So, Black92LX...we're 5 pages in. What are you buying?

4” GP100 , SS.

Tossup between a S&W 66-1 and a Colt Trooper Mk III

A 3" model 66. It is, I think, perfect.

I've had a 686, and for a 4" or 6" gun, it might be my favorite for a range gun or for open carry, if I openly carried a gun. It holds up a little better to .357, and isn't too much bigger than a K frame.

And I do have a .357 N frame. It shoots like a dream, and is from the time that they came from Springfield as works of art, but a N frame is more gun than is needed for .357.

quote:

And I do have a .357 N frame. It shoots like a dream, and is from the time that they came from Springfield as works of art, but a N frame is more gun than is needed for .357.

Not if it is made of Titanium and Scandium.