Maxicooper
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Just picked it up this afternoon. My S&W 66 F-Comp PC.
Your favorite S&W 357?
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Just picked it up this afternoon. My S&W 66 F-Comp PC.
OpelBlitz
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S&W M327PD.
Nico Testosteros
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The only one I have. Yet.
Model 681.
4" stainless with fixed sights and cocobolo Hogue grips.
Beautiful and accurate!
Model 681.
4" stainless with fixed sights and cocobolo Hogue grips.
Beautiful and accurate!
Can't decide between this 5" pre-27:
or this 4th Model 44 Hand Ejector:
By coincidence both N-frames were made in 1954, the 5-screw era for Smith production. The 357 Mag is all original including the diamond Magna stocks that are numbered to the gun. The 44 Special was once a 6-1/2" but a previous owner chopped the barrel down to an un-even 3-1/4" with a poorly replaced front sight. A gunsmith friend who came upon it replaced the butchered original barrel with a 24-3 4" barrel, then bead blasted the whole thing to make the finish match. I bought it as a shooter, which it does very well.
Dave
or this 4th Model 44 Hand Ejector:
By coincidence both N-frames were made in 1954, the 5-screw era for Smith production. The 357 Mag is all original including the diamond Magna stocks that are numbered to the gun. The 44 Special was once a 6-1/2" but a previous owner chopped the barrel down to an un-even 3-1/4" with a poorly replaced front sight. A gunsmith friend who came upon it replaced the butchered original barrel with a 24-3 4" barrel, then bead blasted the whole thing to make the finish match. I bought it as a shooter, which it does very well.
Dave
Cocked & Locked
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Both are nice but the 5" .357 (especially with the number matched wood) would be my choice, plus it's unmolested.
roaddog28
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Model 66-4 4 inch. It handles the best for me and I can shoot one handed with the revolver. And the accuracy is great.
Good luck,
roaddog28
Good luck,
roaddog28
orrwdd
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Model 19 4 inch. It was Bill Jordan's brainchild, as a perfect service weapon for the border patrol.
And he was correct. Perfect in balance, not too heavy or bulky to wear all day, Excellent trigger. Use 38 Spcl for practice and carry 158gr 357 for duty. Easy to control either.
Bill
And he was correct. Perfect in balance, not too heavy or bulky to wear all day, Excellent trigger. Use 38 Spcl for practice and carry 158gr 357 for duty. Easy to control either.
Bill
I just purchased a plain 686 and shot 50 rounds of 38 special and 50 of sellier and belloit (not sure of spelling) and have to say the single action trigger is great. One of the best i've had the pleasure to use. The double action is good and can probably be improved but I can shoot well with it so I probably won't bother.
It's very accurate. The recoil from the 357s i shot was so mild that I shot better one-handed than with my usual 2 handed grip.
Great revolver! I will probably shoot this a lot, along with my sp101 327. Also a great piece. FYI, the 327 sp101 recoils much harder with mags than does the 686. Both really fun to shoot however
It's very accurate. The recoil from the 357s i shot was so mild that I shot better one-handed than with my usual 2 handed grip.
Great revolver! I will probably shoot this a lot, along with my sp101 327. Also a great piece. FYI, the 327 sp101 recoils much harder with mags than does the 686. Both really fun to shoot however
jad0110
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The ones I don't own, and likely never will: The rare Registered Magnum, rarer Non-Registered Magnum, and the rarest of them all, the 357 Magnum Transitional Postwar.
More within my reach, I'd really love to own a Model 27 one day (any barrel length), but particularly a 5".
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