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

[Huntolive]

This really depends on your price range.
If I could only have one it would be a Korth
But that will cost you $5,000

But in reality I'd take a Dan Wesson 15-2 or 17-2 which is kind of cheating because then I have interchangeable barrels.
I own both of these guns and find Dan Wesson even with the variability of changing the barrels to be among my most accurate and satisfying 357 Magnum revolvers

 

[Huntolive]

BUT if the Dan wessons with three different barrels are considered cheating I'll take the second one from the bottom eight rounds of 357 in a performance center Smith ain't bad!
And a 5 inch barrel is a pretty much do it all and still handy size although I'm not going to pretend this is an easy daily carry gun but it could be and it sure as hell would make one good field gun

 

[Pat Riot]

I just found my favorite out of all the guns listed.

Or another Model 28-2, this one from around 1973.

 

[anothernewb]

I would have to chime in with the others. for me. the best all around balance would be a 4" or so barrel with a heavier frame - on the thought of a lifetime of magnum rounds. so. GP100/686/python class. As for which one? having all three, and having shot thousands of rounds through each of them. they're all a tie in my book. any would suffice.

 

[PzGren]

This really depends on your price range.
If I could only have one it would be a Korth
But that will cost you $5,000

But in reality I'd take a Dan Wesson 15-2 or 17-2 which is kind of cheating because then I have interchangeable barrels.
I own both of these guns and find Dan Wesson even with the variability of changing the barrels to be among my most accurate and satisfying 357 Magnum revolvers

Interesting. Have you shot a Korth in comparison, or a Manurhin MR73? None of them did cost me $5,000 so that might not be the only point where you go wrong.

 

[ThomasT]

Pic below: my M-66 in my carry rig here on the farm...Miculek stocks and a home brewed holster.

I really like your holster. I like high ride close to the body holsters like that. Good work.

 

[Armored farmer]

I already have a few of em, Colt Python4" Blue finish.
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My wife has the same tape measure.

 

[Llew Taranau]

I’ve got my answer in the safe: 686, 7 shot, 6”.

 

[Armored farmer]

Maybe a Rohm. It’s German so it has to be good!

Those Germans have a knack for engineering.

 

[Old_Grouch]

My ultimate would be the 3" S&W 686 that I traded off 20 years ago.

 

[Gridley]

I’ve got my answer in the safe: 686, 7 shot, 6”.

Well, that's what I was going to say, so I'll just second your choice.

The only downside of the 7-shot models is that I find reloading from a speed loader much more awkward than a 'normal' 6-shot (yes, that's direct comparison to a 6-shot 686 using the same brand of speed loaders). I can get my 7th shot off significantly faster, but my 8th is usually slower. I've also broken a few 7-shot speed loaders but never a 6; I suspect because the wall thickness of the 6's is greater.

 

[Captains1911]

686 plus, 3”. I’ve thought long and hard about this, and that’s the gun I’ve landed on if I could only have one handgun (not just 357 revolver).

 

[kidneyboy]

I have had, or have, S&W 586 and 686, Ruger Match Champion, Dan Wesson 15-2 (3 barrels), EAA Windicator, Colt King Cobra, Ruger Blackhawk and I'm sure a couple of others. If I could only have one it could be any of them.

 

[jag1954]

I only have 1, my S&W 686 6".

 

[tuckerdog1]

I'm partial to my 353.

 

[borrowedtime69]

Mine are

$$ affordable .357 = Ruger gp100 and Blackhawk

Holy grail .357 = original run Colt python (not the newer ones.)

 

[Charlie Martinez]

For my Marlin 1894 (in 44 Magnum) my companion gun is a single action in the same caliber. I would be the same if my lever rifle was chambered in 357 Mag. However if I could only have one 357 Mag I would choose the Dan Wesson because of it's high quality, accuracy, durability and ability to switch barrels.

 

[bigpower491]

If you want ultimate, and only one, do what I did.....get a Freedom Arms....
Everything else is just very good, to OK, to fair, to junk

 

[ThomasT]

My wife has the same tape measure.

My wifes tape measure would have said that was a 12" barrel.

 

[Old_Grouch]

If you want ultimate, and only one, do what I did.....get a Freedom Arms....
Everything else is just very good, to OK, to fair, to junk

Back in the late 80s one of the gun mags, I'm fairly certain it was The American Rifleman, published a review of the Freedom Arms in .357 Magnum but I don't remember what barrel length. What sticks in my mind was that they stated that it was the most accurate revolver they had ever tested.

 

[Gordon]

Colt model .357 4" with Fuzzy Combat grips

 

[PapaG]

I have mine. 6" 6 86+.

 

[Dunross]

Well, I bought my Marlin 1894 as a long-arm companion for my S&W 6" Model 28.

But, if I were doing it the other way around and could get the revolver I wanted then a 4" S&W Model 27 would be my choice.

 

[jstert]

ruger blackhawk 357/38/9 convertible.

 

[nofendertom]

Shot many different .357s through the years but I'll stay with my S&W Mod 28 4in.