[ThePerfectOne]

IT'S HARD TO ARGUE WITH A .357 MAGNUM!
WELL, YOU CAN OFF COURSE, BUT YOU WILL END UP LIKE A GIANT SPAGHETTI :D

[ThePerfectOne]

:D

[ruger357]

I do not have a pic but mine is the S&W mod 66 F-comp from the performance center.

[ThePerfectOne]

and you dare to call yourself "ruger357" :confused:

[ruger357]

Ruger is the name of my dog.:D

[Jason Demond]

http://www.thehighroad.org/attachment.php?s=&postid=35623

[Sisco]

I don't know if it's the "ultimate" but I sure like mine.

http://www.thehighroad.org/attachment.php?s=&postid=172888

[dude]

.....when you all are done slumming with your crude .357mags, come on out to Oregon and send a few downrange on Big Dan.........I'll buy the ammo.


BD is a compensated (not ported) 6" fixed barrel Dan Wesson

[ruger357]

Jason that is one sweet looking gun.

[JCM298]

Sorry to disgree but my 1965 Royal Blue Colt Python makes these current guns look like second place finishers. Bought it new in '65 for $100. Carried it for 20 years but had to switch to a Sig 220 in '85. I still have the box and the bill of sale.
NO, it is not for sale. Don't even ask.
Sorry I can't post a picture,
John

[RON in PA]

To each his own, to me it's the Smith 28-2.

[Jason Demond]

Thank you, ruger357.

[The Mayor]

Find the Ruger in this picture.


.http://www.thehighroad.org/attachment.php?s=&postid=173258

I'm still looking, but when I find one it will be stainless with a 3" barrel

Jim March:

No prototypes here just bad photography

top-early 70's Python
next-Dan Wesson (model # unknown, been in family for decades)
bottom-S&W 340PD

[WonderNine]

I'm pretty sure my father's 6" inch S&W Model 19 is "the ultimate .357". But then, I haven't yet shot or handled an old Python.

[python1340]

http://www.sssnakepit.com/sw586.jpg

[DMK]

I just bought this one yesterday. My very first 357.


Please excuse the semi-auto.

http://www.gunsnet.net/album/data/500/17971Classics-med.JPG

[Jim March]

Mayor: what the HELL is that? Some kinda prototype!?

[coonan357]

how many 357's we got here ?? spegetti more like swiss cheese !! the coonan is at the top , the black semi auto is a lda 14 -45 , Lew horton Pc in foreground, then we have 3 rugers , and a tauri 608

[Standing Wolf]

Here's one I'm partial to.

[DE44mag]

When I had a 357 it was the smith 28-2 Highway patrol moldel (whine, moan, groan, tears, ) but I let it go, now I want one again.

[Min]

Here's mine. I shoot full power magnum loads through it all the time. In fact, it's my favorite range gun. ;)

http://image1ex.villagephotos.com/1865227.jpg

[Sisco]

Standing Wolf; is the apple in the photo a "William Tell" overature?
Pun intended. :rolleyes:

[stans]

All great 357's!!! My collection includes a Smith 640 and a 19-3, Ruger GP-100 stainless, six inch full underlug; Colt Python, blue 6 inch; and a Colt Python, blue 8 inch. Not a dog in the bunch!

[Rob96]

For me, the ultimate 357 magnum is the Ruger KGP-141. I als have a SP-101. Haven owned a S&W 686 and a Taurus , but can't remember the model.

[coop57]

I have 4 .357s this one is my favorite. S&W 19, Pinned and recessed. One sweet shooter.

[YodaVader]

Here is my oldest 357 with 50 yard target results. Also have a 6" 686.

[foghornl]

My ultimate "fun gun"

[xring]

-N- Frame Highway Patrolman circa 1978.

[makarov]

Jim March,

TheMayor's Dan Wesson appears to be a very early version model 15. I have one too, mine is the pistol pack and has different grips. Mine also has a target rear sight, but same gun I believe. The earlier models (12 and 14) had exposed barrel nuts and the later ones have a full underlug barrel shroud. Mine has probably the best trigger I have ever felt on a revolver.

[The Silver Bullet 1719]

Here is my Colt Trooper Mark III with Silvertip goodness. Sorry for the shameless plug for the Blue Devils :evil: .

[cslinger]

Smith PC627. 8 shots of .357 on tap, moonclips for fast reloads compensated or not your choice at no extra charge.

http://www.thehighroad.org/attachment.php?s=&postid=181498

[Tamara]

Okay:
http://thehighroad.org/attachment.php?s=&postid=98674

[Bullet Bob]

http://fototime.com/40CDD5A98F506C8/standard.jpg

[Randy63]

Here's the ultimate and 1st .357.
A Registered Magnum from 1935
http://www.hunting-pictures.com/members/Randy63/DVC00055.jpg

K22

[colubrid]

Tamara
What the heck is that? I mean whats her name.... I am in love!!!
.......absolutely beautiful!

[Brian Williams]

I am kinda partial to my Mod 13 similar to Tamara's pc 13

[JohnK]

Well now, those are all fine revolvers, but none (except maybe the Freedom Arms) will top this one as the ultimate strongest 357 revolver. :)

[461]

I can't top it, but I can sure as hell match it.

Well maybe I can in a minute :rolleyes:

[mec]

the 6" gp's are pretty neat. Sometimes even neat enough to carry concealed - like in this old Bianchi X2100

[461]

Maybe I can now.

[mikey357]

...hhmmm...I LIKEE the "Registered Magnum"...the old Pythons are cool, too...Is it just ME, or is it hard to think of a RUGER as the "Ultimate" anything???...FWIW, MY nomination would be ANY pre-Model-number S&W N-frame .357....mikey357

[461]

Yes Mikey, It's just you. :D I understand what you're saying but when you're talking modern production over the last 20 years, Smiths and Colts have not kept up with Rugers. The Ruger of today outclasses any other revolver made today.

[mikey357]

...oh, PUH-LEEZE...the Rugers of TODAY are serviceable, but...hardly the "ULTIMATE"...ask any Ruger collector...just like everything else, Rugers ain't what they used to be...and, IMHO, they NEVER WERE the "ULTIMATE"...my two cents' worth, anyway....you wanna' talk REFINEMENT, let's talk mid-60's Pythons and pre-Model-number Smiths and Korth revo's--if anybody can AFFORD 'em...the Rugers are kinda' like a VW Bug or Timex...they'll take a lickin' and keep on tickin', but REFINED they're NOT....mikey357

[Nightcrawler]

Depends on your definition of "ultimate". In terms of a magnum revolver, I'd consider the "ultimate" one to be the one that was strongest and could handle the mostest, hottest loads. In that regard, the Ruger is tops.

If you consider aesthetics, trigger, and refinement to be the determining factors, then other weapons might be your first choice.

[JohnK]

I really like the Rugers, but I won't go so far as to say they outclass any revolver made today. If any can outclass any other revolver that would be the Freedom Arms revolvers. Few if any other handguns are made today with that attention to detail or close tolerances. They certainly have a strong claim on "strongest" with the M83 versions as well.

Asthetics will of course be subjective and if single actions aren't your thing they aren't likely to fit your bill for ultimate.

[461]

I would heartily agree that the Freedom Arms products are the hands down quality champion. I would also not put them in the same league as Colt, Ruger and S&W though. I would have to put Freedom Arms in a semi custom category based on the much lower production numbers and the premium price. I would expect a custom shop piece from Colt or S&W to be in that league, even though they are sadly not.

[redmule]

I like them in pairs.