Ultimate 357 magnum revolver if you were going to have ONE?

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IRT "Wearing out" a revolver. Before his death, we were shooting and we talked about how many rounds he had through his Mod 19. He estimated roughly 250k over 40+ years of use and in a couple of decades of competitive shooting. He said he'd removed the side plate only a few times in all of that time and rounds. He actually built it at S&W while he was going through their armorers course because at that time he was a firearms expert for the state of California's crime lab. He went ahead and did a trigger job on it while there as well. A very slick shooting pistol! Most of those Smiths had great triggers but it's amazing how much better this one feels in comparison to the others I have which are basically "stock".
 
vsteel said:
Those were stock photos but this one isn't. The trigger and the feel on this is something to be experienced. This thing is way more accurate than I am. My short review is WOW!

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This ain't no stock photo either and the MR73, while being a great gun, is not perceivably more accurate than a S&W M15. The main difference is in the build quality.

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PzGren- You wipe the babies with a diaper and Sing soft music to them?
They look very nice. Absolute Beauties! What’s the S&W far left in photo?
 
Back in June I listed as the "one and only"
either a Smith 586, Python 2020, a Manurhin
or a Korth.

For some reason I didn't mention the
Ruger GP100. Yes, that could also
be my "one and only" revolver.

As can be seen, I'm eclectic in
my choice(s).
 
I guess if I had to only have one it would be a GP100, the triggers are great with a Wolff spring kit installed and they're durable enough to last five lifetimes. Stainless finish for easy upkeep and yeah, that would be the one. The 4.2" balances the best but I have a soft spot for the 5" GP100's.
 
S&W-Keeper
38? Wow!
I only have 5, and I thought I had one for each occasion. You must have more occasions than me, but I'm working on it. My favorite is the GP100 my wife keeps under her pillow. I hope she leaves it to me in her will when she goes, because it has a buttery trigger in single and double action and shoots like a dream. It's a stainless 4.2" bbl, 7 shot.
 
I paired my Win 73 in 357 with a Uberti El Patron. Both are very accurate and extensions of my hands at this point. I don't have a huge collection but I know every gun I have intimately. Loads are worked up for accuracy so there is no doubt where the bullets are going. I really don't need anything else in 357.
 
S&W-Keeper said:
My favorite caliber,I like all things .357.I have 38 of them.
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I'm a shooter, not a collector.

Have one each, a Uberti Cattleman SA and a S&W 65 DA, in .357 and feel I'm covered.

Must be a nice collection, but I don't know what I'd do with 38 of the same caliber.
 
The ultimate 357 magnum, IMO, is a Lew Horton S&W 27-8 registered magnum. I like the python but I'd prefer this 27-8 over the snake.
 
JanzEM357,

While I appreciate the expected
quality of the Janz, ditto for the
Korth or Manurhin, I merely
listed "the one" .357 as being
any with the L-frame, I-frame,
GP100 frame.

Anyone who has taken notice knows
my favorite revolver is the Smith
Model 15 in .38 Special.

A .357 would just be a seldom-used
gun stuffed in a safe just to have one
and maybe shoot it on rare occasions
with .357s.
 
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