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Your favorite .357 Revolver?

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January 20, 2022, 02:50 PM
Michael J. Shannon
Your favorite .357 Revolver?
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.
January 20, 2022, 05:22 PM
patw
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.
January 20, 2022, 06:11 PM
got2hav1
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.




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January 20, 2022, 06:19 PM
ScreamingCockatoo
Model 19 for sure!





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January 20, 2022, 10:27 PM
cokehockey
I love my Smith and Wesson 686!


January 22, 2022, 02:24 AM
abcdef
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.
January 22, 2022, 06:28 AM
Schmelby
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.
January 22, 2022, 12:57 PM
CXXX
Not my favorite to shoot...S&W Model 60 J frame but I like it!


P220 ELITE SAO 10MM + P220 SAS GEN 2 45 ACP
P226 MK-25 9MM [2]
P227 45 ACP
M11-A1 9MM [2]
P229 SAS GEN 2 9MM + P229 SAS GEN 2 357 + P229 COMPACT SAS 357 + P229 ELITE 40 S&W
P239 SAS GEN 2 9MM + P239 SAS GEN 2 357
P290 9MM
1911 TACOPS 45ACP
January 22, 2022, 02:24 PM
Streetdog262
3.5 inch S&W Model 27.


Left the blazing dumpster fire of of taxes, corruption and tyranny that is Illinois, for freedom in Florida.
January 22, 2022, 07:44 PM
clang
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

January 22, 2022, 07:46 PM
armored
I enjoy shooting my 3 screw Ruger Blackhawk.
January 22, 2022, 07:50 PM
92fstech
quote:
Originally posted by clang:

S&W CS1 made for US Customs Service



That right there is awesome!
January 22, 2022, 11:40 PM
clang
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.
January 25, 2022, 08:07 PM
Benderx4
A true work of art!


January 26, 2022, 06:53 PM
TN Mark
1st choice: 5" GP100, stainless
2nd choice: 3" GP100, stainless

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January 26, 2022, 10:15 PM
92fstech
So, Black92LX...we're 5 pages in. What are you buying?
January 27, 2022, 08:08 AM
cmartin
4” GP100 , SS.
January 27, 2022, 10:21 AM
shovelhead
Tossup between a S&W 66-1 and a Colt Trooper Mk III


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January 27, 2022, 10:52 AM
jhe888
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.




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January 27, 2022, 06:23 PM
Ogie
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. Big Grin