what revolver would you recommend in 357
- Thread starter bangbang
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I'm kinda shocked that there's not more Dan Wesson love in this topic.
A friend of mine has one with the conversion length barrels and damn! it's accurate.
A sweet trigger pull on it as well, but I don't know if its factory stock.
Eric
A friend of mine has one with the conversion length barrels and damn! it's accurate.
A sweet trigger pull on it as well, but I don't know if its factory stock.
Eric
- Location
- Lower Mainland BC
S&W 66 stainless with wood grips
Did someone really claim that S&W barrels only last a week as range rentals? I hope that was an exaggeration.
I base almost all my purchases on trigger pull. Trigger pull is the biggest factor in hitting your target. On that basis, I'd choose a S&W. I know the Ruger is tougher, and handles heavy loads better, but that means nothing if you miss your target.
The 7 shot S&W has a heavier cylinder, so DA trigger pull is affected more by the inertia of the spinning cylinder. The best accuracy would be with a 6 shot. If you target shoot, mostly SA, then none if this means a thing. You could base your purchase on other factors. But then, why would you care about compact size? I think you need the 5" S&W.
I base almost all my purchases on trigger pull. Trigger pull is the biggest factor in hitting your target. On that basis, I'd choose a S&W. I know the Ruger is tougher, and handles heavy loads better, but that means nothing if you miss your target.
The 7 shot S&W has a heavier cylinder, so DA trigger pull is affected more by the inertia of the spinning cylinder. The best accuracy would be with a 6 shot. If you target shoot, mostly SA, then none if this means a thing. You could base your purchase on other factors. But then, why would you care about compact size? I think you need the 5" S&W.
easyrider604
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
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- Greater Vancouver, BC
While it is true that Smith triggers are way better than the Ruger GP100's in both DA and SA, I can shoot my Smiths and Rugers with equal results. I shoot DA 99% of the time. Practice is all you need. That includes dry fire practice as well.
If anybody is interested, go to the Rugerforum.net website and look for IOWEGAN IBOK for Double Action Revolvers, includes GP100, Security Six, Redhawk models and they will show you how to tune them.
"inherited" a K frame (Model 65 satin stainless) with less than 300 rounds thru it. problem was the 4"barrel (I don't have a 12.6).
got a 686 6'inch on it now. Hope I can shoot enough thru it in my lifetime to wear it out.
that way it lasted 2 lifetimes.....
I'll likely shoot mostly 38's thru it at the range, .... and some .357's He He.
got a 686 6'inch on it now. Hope I can shoot enough thru it in my lifetime to wear it out.
that way it lasted 2 lifetimes.....
I'll likely shoot mostly 38's thru it at the range, .... and some .357's He He.
I own; one Python, one Dan Wesson, one mod.#13, one mod.#19, two mod.#66's, I favor the K-frames [they're all 3'' w/pinned barrels and 3
screw frames]. Before you try to find the 3'' K-frames in the 19/66's don't bother, they're 'hen's teeth' a 3'' barrel is desirable for the shortest
barrel with a full length ejector rod. S&W doesn't even list the 3'' barrels [they were for selected MIL/LE. units] & don't 'Officially exist'. They
made an L-frame mod. 686/CS-1, which were produced in extremely small quantities, they were supposed to be issued to 'undercover Customs agents' a small number actually made it into the field, before 'then-Attorney General Janet Reno ruled to have them destroyed] for whatever reason! The most desirable are the older Smiths' with; the hammer-mounted firing pins, the pinned barrels, and the 3 screw frame plates, also countersunk cylinders for the rimmed cartridges. The older Smiths' had better QC and it seems better ordinance steel, they don't seem to have
the problems of 'the newer, higher number production runs.
In the early days of 'Richard Marcinko's first RED-CELL shooters, as well as with most of the first-generation 'Anti-Terrorist shooters' a 3''/.357 revolver was the sidearm of choice. This, before the era of the 'Plastic Black Guns' even the Euro-warriors asked to carry them [which created Nationalistic-Pride issues for the Special Units in their countries]. I was a first-generation 'Anti Terrorist shooter, now they're call 'CT/Counter Terror warriors'. 'Back in the day' we asked for/and carried 3''/.357/med.-frame revolvers. We were 'well equipped' to handle anything w/6-.357 HP's, we learned to really shoot, instead of relying on 'hi-capacity mags' and we used 'speed loaders & speed strips' for combat reloads, ''when
you have 6 in a wheel, you made sure you hit whatever you were aiming at.''
screw frames]. Before you try to find the 3'' K-frames in the 19/66's don't bother, they're 'hen's teeth' a 3'' barrel is desirable for the shortest
barrel with a full length ejector rod. S&W doesn't even list the 3'' barrels [they were for selected MIL/LE. units] & don't 'Officially exist'. They
made an L-frame mod. 686/CS-1, which were produced in extremely small quantities, they were supposed to be issued to 'undercover Customs agents' a small number actually made it into the field, before 'then-Attorney General Janet Reno ruled to have them destroyed] for whatever reason! The most desirable are the older Smiths' with; the hammer-mounted firing pins, the pinned barrels, and the 3 screw frame plates, also countersunk cylinders for the rimmed cartridges. The older Smiths' had better QC and it seems better ordinance steel, they don't seem to have
the problems of 'the newer, higher number production runs.
In the early days of 'Richard Marcinko's first RED-CELL shooters, as well as with most of the first-generation 'Anti-Terrorist shooters' a 3''/.357 revolver was the sidearm of choice. This, before the era of the 'Plastic Black Guns' even the Euro-warriors asked to carry them [which created Nationalistic-Pride issues for the Special Units in their countries]. I was a first-generation 'Anti Terrorist shooter, now they're call 'CT/Counter Terror warriors'. 'Back in the day' we asked for/and carried 3''/.357/med.-frame revolvers. We were 'well equipped' to handle anything w/6-.357 HP's, we learned to really shoot, instead of relying on 'hi-capacity mags' and we used 'speed loaders & speed strips' for combat reloads, ''when
you have 6 in a wheel, you made sure you hit whatever you were aiming at.''
mudgunner49
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
Although I have a suitcase full of K-frame Smith's, I really have a thing for the big N-frame .357's. I currently have 4 Model 28's, 2 with 4" tubes and 2 with 6", a 6" Model 27 and I'm looking for a 627 with the 5" barrel and 8round cylinder to round things out.
They make shooting full-borre magnums a real treat, and even hot .38's are an all day thing...
They make shooting full-borre magnums a real treat, and even hot .38's are an all day thing...
Bangbang, did you get your 357 yet? Python arguably the best 357 ever made, Ruger's tough as nails, heard they jammed a piece of rebar in the barrel and fired it during testing and shot the rebar out, super stout, S&W make a wide variety of very fine revolvers, it all comes down to personal preference and what fits your hand the best. I like pythons as they hold their value better than the rest and in fact are climbing in value the rest are not excpept of course for Korth, but then they are hard to find
