SuperMan
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...or just screw a Python barrel on a 586/686...
Fantasy Build -- the perfect belt carry revolver
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"Smolts" and "Cougers" (Colt barrel on a Ruger frame) were very popular in my area for "gun guy" cop guns back in the 80's. I have always wanted a Couger badly.
Arik
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Curious why would a different barrel make a difference on a revolver? Was it the length they were going after? Say if Ruger didn't make any 4 in barrels but everyone wanted one.
gkitch
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The barrel affects the accuracy, balance, looks, controlability, and carryablity of a revolver. Length is just one thing.
Also "rumor" was the Python barrel tapered ever so slightly towards the muzzle ..... for better accuracy!!!!
Who knows ..... but they sure looked cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Who knows ..... but they sure looked cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
.455Eley
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Mine would be in .45 Colt.
First would be a fixed sighted N-frame with a 4" tapered barrel.
Second would be a 3.5" Model 25, with all the finery of a like Model 27.
First would be a fixed sighted N-frame with a 4" tapered barrel.
Second would be a 3.5" Model 25, with all the finery of a like Model 27.
2ndAmendmentNut
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No, the python had more going for it than just the vent rib barrel. Colt got something right aesthetically when they made the python.
2.5 inch barreled model 65 on a pre 98 frame with a shrouded hammer ala model 49/649.
KarmannGhia
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Model 646 with a 2.5 inch barrel (pachmayr compac professional grips)
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nebmike
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Ok, I'll play. 
I bought the 627 Pro Series specifically as a an 'ultimate' carry revolver - and I carry it frequently. Changed out the sights to a set of Cylinder & Slide fixed 3-dot, changed the cylinder latch and stippled the back strap to give a bit more traction with the smooth grips.
If I want something a little smaller to carry, it would be the Wiley Clapp mod'd GP-100. Fixed Novak sights, chamfered chambers, smoothed edges and a trigger that rivals any S&W I've ever shot.
I bought the 627 Pro Series specifically as a an 'ultimate' carry revolver - and I carry it frequently. Changed out the sights to a set of Cylinder & Slide fixed 3-dot, changed the cylinder latch and stippled the back strap to give a bit more traction with the smooth grips.
If I want something a little smaller to carry, it would be the Wiley Clapp mod'd GP-100. Fixed Novak sights, chamfered chambers, smoothed edges and a trigger that rivals any S&W I've ever shot.
Texas Star
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Because you can get it in stainless as Model 66, which is even more perfect.
If concealment is needed, the M-65 or the three-inch barreled M-66 is about right, or if concealment is even more needed, Model 60, probably one of the Jovino guns with three-inch barrel, a stainless version of the M-36-1. Works really well with factory rosewood service/Magna grips and a Tyler adaptor.
My four-inch M-66-3 was my most carried duty gun from 1990-retirement in 2012. It worked very well on a Bianchi River Belt with their Model 5BHL holster, although I also wore a similar Safariland Model 29 on a different belt. El Paso Saddlery has very similar items, and I now recommend them. (I had a bad experience with a Bianchi spokeswoman when I asked about a holster for a Model 60-4, and their current holsters seem to be made in Mexico.)
Don't overlook the Ruger SP-101 with three-inch barrel, either. It's certainly the smallest .357 that I plan to fire.
Guess I better change my answer to a 2.5" 686 with Pach Pro Compac grips......
Since that is what I now carry!
Since that is what I now carry!
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