Best All-around 357 Frame Size

Best All-around 357 frame size

  • N

    Votes: 29 15.3%

  • L

    Votes: 86 45.3%

  • K

    Votes: 75 39.5%
  • Total voters
    190
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L frame is nothing more than a Python wannabe. K frame is best size for carry/shoot.
Smith made a big mistake when the 19 was dropped. Now Taurus gets all the K sales.

Nice Smith used Mod 19s are pushing $500
 
The K, provided heavy use of 125-grain magnums like the fire-breathing Remington R357M1 is not in the job description. (Those were nasty to shoot in small-frame revolvers; I used less than half the case of 10 boxes I bought and sold the rest.) The L gets honorable mention, but is large to carry concealed.
 
S&W "L" Frame

I like my 586 4" for an all around gun but the Ruger SP101 in 3" would also serve me well as only one gun.
 
I prefer the K frames, they just feel right to me. I don't shoot a lot of .357 loads though, if i did I might lean toward the L frames they are a bit stouter for digesting a constant diet of magnum loads.
 
I'd say the Ruger Security Six sized frame. I really wish they still made them.

But if I could only have one, it would be an SP-101.
 
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i've recently purchased one of these but am interested in unbiased opinions before i disclose my pick
 
I voted L frame, Ruger Six-series would work too.

If I'm going to carry an N frame at all it's gonna be needed, like in bigger calibers than .357. I have much love for the 27/28 but they are overbuilt for anything other than a high-volume range only gun.

J-frame, punishing with anything warm in true maggie style I feel they're best saved for .38+p.

Very good at what it does. If CC had been higher on the list of intended uses the K would have scored with me.

L frame shines for what he's listed, and I'd look for a blued one all day long over a SS. A 686 is fine but everybody has one. A 586 is just a little bit cooler:cool:
 
I suspect L might be the best, but I voted K because that's what I'm familiar with.
 
Is the Ruger Security Six a K frame or an L? (it seems beefier than my S&W Model 15, and it takes a different speed loader, but it fits in the same holster)
 
I have .357's in J, K, and L frames. Best all-around goes to the L frame hands down and I have several K frames that I'm very fond of and carried for many years, the key word being carried.

When planning to shoot often and put a lot of rounds downrange, the L frame excels.

I personally find the N frame unnecessary for .357 and feel it is better suited to .41, .44 and up.
 
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how about n-frame vs l-frame quality? bound to be some opinions there
 
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