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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.
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.
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.
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
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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