Spohr .357

[cowboyjoe97]

I recently purchased a Spohr 286 Comp from gunbroker. I had little to go off when making this decision, but decided to move forward anyway. Yes it is a bit expensive, and comparing it to other larger frame guns (S&W, Rugers, etc). I wanted a .357 for some long range competitive shooting. Some of the other shooters have S&Ws and do a lot of gunsmithing and add-ons to their S&Ws that end up costing just as much.

I wanted this specific model so i could add a scope (not red dot optics, but actual magnification). The rail on top of this gun is a 3.5" picatinny mount. Most scopes have the adjustment turrets in the middle and are about 1". With good rings bumped up against the turrets i was not able to actually mount the scope to this little rail. Also when mounting with dual rings the eye relief was hard to achieve. So i opted for a single mount offset type (vortex) to fit the rail and allow for scope adjustment. It seems to work quite well. I did put a Burris handgun scope on this BTW.

My question is related to other experiences with Spohr. Does anybody else have one? Are you learning any specific techniques or finding any parts or gunsmiths to possibly add a compensator for recoil?
How do you adjust the trigger? The owners manual is in english, but broken german translation. They don't use some of our terminology so a bit confused how to adjust the trigger. Also would like to get a comp grip for this too. The factory grip is very nice but would like a bench grip on this for those real long distance shoots.

My overall impression of this gun is pretty high. Out of the box with some factory ammo I am able to achieve 1" groups (iron sight) at 25yards and 2" at 50 yards with the scope.

I'm building up some home loads with both 140 and 158gr pills to try and tighten my groups, but want to consider the compensator and trigger adjustments.

 

[Onty]

Congratulations! How much you payed it?

No personal experience with German revolvers, but the gentlemen in Germany, who is big time in shooting, told me that Spohr is considered as the top quality revolver. These days prices are going from about 3600 euros to something close to 4500 euros, depends what customer wants. There is a website where you could built revolver you want, and weight and price come automatically. Will check my WhatsApp (it' down now) and will post the link.

 

[cowboyjoe97]

Congratulations! How much you payed it?

No personal experience with German revolvers, but the gentlemen in Germany, who is big time in shooting, told me that Spohr is considered as the top quality revolver. These days prices are going from about 3600 euros to something close to 4500 euros, depends what customer wants. There is a website where you could built revolver you want, and weight and price come automatically. Will check my WhatsApp (it' down now) and will post the link.

Paid what is listed on gunbroker. Easy transaction with MMBI. I had to wait a few weeks, but also got that same info from folks in Germany. The Spohr is considered top quality and for comp, and now that i've shot with it ... i agree. Top quality out of the box with no need for filing or mods. My friends with S&W or Rugers have to do some smithing to get theirs to this quality. The "smithing" they talk about is pretty intense in my opinion and i do not want to replace springs or file components. This seems tuned for each cylinder and the barrel itself is quite a bit thicker than a smith or ruger. Seems well built but not finding much other info currently. Their US website is 'coming soon' but has said that for a year or more. I don't see much updating or info about these and they (Spohr) do not seem to be going to shotshow.

 

[CoalCrackerAl]

Nice looking gun! Hope it serves you well.

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[Onty]

Here is that website where you can build your version of Spohr revolver https://club30-konfigurator.de/?Code=3YHKAM3C14 .

 

[UncleEd]

The design of the gun's hammer/trigger mechanism seem
to be dead-on copies of the well-known S&W design.
The coil hammer spring is a feature that used to be done
on some S&W competition guns.

My only thought is that sometimes high quality revolvers have
such tight tolerances that it doesn't take a lot of powder
fouling to slow them down. Real good quality ammo with
clean burning powder is a must.

 

[Onty]

My only thought is that sometimes high quality revolvers have such tight tolerances that it doesn't take a lot of powder fouling to slow them down. Real good quality ammo with clean burning powder is a must.

Probably, the most important step in reloading for high quality revolver, with very tight tolerances, is to use clean burning powders, without any filler that creates birdseed. I learned my lesson with 45Colt Bisley and very small barrel to cylinder gap, using 4227 powder. Also, if carrying a revolver for hunting or defense, minimal gap should be .004". I found somewhere that some custom smiths, when building big bore revolvers for hunting, or defense from big creatures, refuse to make revolvers with very small gap.

 

[PzGren]

As far as I remember Spohr is the brain child of some German Club30 members. The Club30 are S&W trained armorers.