My favorite .357 Magnum

[rubiranch]

I've shared this before and I'm sharing it again.


Good morning.


My Model 27, 6.5" barrel wearing Coke Bottle Stocks that was shipped March 11, 1960.













This just my own opinion but this is the epitome of .357 Magnums.

 

[THE PILGRIM]

Nice Gun! Those Grips are OK too!
They look New!
I'll go with my Model 19 that I bought in Guam.
Later took it with me to SEA.
It's the Blue one.
That Nickel gun ain't never been West of Gallup!

 

[RKmesa]

Kenny, that is a beautiful gun and I love it every time you post it.

 

[rubiranch]

Nice Gun! Those Grips are OK too!
They look New!
I'll go with my Model 19 that I bought in Guam.
Later took it with me to SEA.
It's the Blue one.
That Nickel gun ain't never been West of Gallup!

Thank you.
I had my pick out of 4 different sets of Cokes and these were hands down the nicest of them all. They do look brand new.

 

[rubiranch]

Kenny, that is a beautiful gun and I love it every time you post it.

Thank you very much.
Just something about it....
I had a comparable 6" but this one just looked more like a .357.

 

[Bald1]

Some guys might hassle you about that trigger shoe, but I love it.

 

[WCCPHD]

This is the older brother of yours. Shipped February, 1959.

 

[rubiranch]

Some guys might hassle you about that trigger shoe, but I love it.

I like it.
I was going to have a friend replace the trigger and the hammer with a matched set of target trigger and hammer but just haven't got around too it.

 

[rubiranch]

This is the older brother of yours. Shipped February, 1959.

That's a beautiful Model 27!
These are the Kings of .357s.

 

[boykinlp]

Thank you.
I had my pick out of 4 different sets of Cokes and these were hands down the nicest of them all. They do look brand new.

Kenny, I would have said, "I think I'll take……….ALL of them!" The only thing better than a pair of "Coke" grips is 4 pair of "Coke" grips!
Larry

 

[WCCPHD]

My gun came with the "Coke" grips. I had to pay $575 plus tax for it. It was at a LGS that specializes in "black" guns. That's what they had it marked at. Only time I can remember that I did not "dicker" on the price. They apologized for not having the box.

 

[rubiranch]

Kenny, I would have said, "I think I'll take……….ALL of them!" The only thing better than a pair of "Coke" grips is 4 pair of "Coke" grips!
Larry

I wish I would have taken all 4, it was kind of dumb on my part not to at least take 2.

 

[rubiranch]

My gun came with the "Coke" grips. I had to pay $575 plus tax for it. It was at a LGS that specializes in "black" guns. That's what they had it marked at. Only time I can remember that I did not "dicker" on the price. They apologized for not having the box.

I wouldn't have dicked either.
I think I gave close to $400 for just my Cokes and can't remember what I paid for the gun..

 

[Hawg Rider]

That's a beauty, rubiranch! I'm not sure that I could pick a favorite S&W .357 Magnum revolver from my modest collection...between my .357 Magnums and Model 27s, Highway Patrolman and Model 28s, and Model 19s. BTW- I like my coffee black! LOL! Enjoy.

 

[rubiranch]

That's a beauty, rubiranch! I'm not sure that I could pick a favorite S&W .357 Magnum revolver from my modest collection...between my .357 Magnums and Model 27s, Highway Patrolman and Model 28s, and Model 19s. BTW- I like my coffee black! LOL! Enjoy.

That's Irish cream in my coffee.



Here's my M28-2 that my brother gave me.
He used to let me take it rabbit hunting and he added the
Pachmayr grips because he felt they were better suited for what
I was using the gun for.
He first lent it to me when it was brand new.
He gave it to me back in 2014. He said he felt it should be mine
because I was the only one who had ever shot it.
I have shot this one more than all my other guns combined.

I had two M-19s. A 4" 19-2 shipped in 1963 and a 6" 19-2 shipped in 1967.
I sold both of them but I did keep my 66-1 shipped in 1980.

 

[Dino44]

Rubiranch, not only is your M27 a beauty to behold, but so is the package you have assembled. Leather and documentation make it perfect! I have a number of .357 magnums. Picking a favorite is very difficult. Kudos to you for doing so. The one that goes to the range the most is my M65-3, 3 inch. The one that has the most appeal to me is my M520.

WCCPHD, your revolver is stunning as well.

 

[Retired W4]

H.H. Harris sure ordered some good stuff. Your 357 + and 30 M19 Combat Magnums.

 

[rubiranch]

Rubiranch, not only is your M27 a beauty to behold, but so is the package you have assembled. Leather and documentation make it perfect! I have a number of .357 magnums. Picking a favorite is very difficult. Kudos to you for doing so. The one that goes to the range the most is my M65-3, 3 inch. The one that has the most appeal to me is my M520.

WCCPHD, your revolver is stunning as well.

Thank you very much.



I sold my M520. Not really sure why I did but I did.

 

[rubiranch]

H.H. Harris sure ordered some good stuff. Your 357 + and 30 M19 Combat Magnums.

H&H ordered a lot of good stuff.








This was my 1957 4" pre-27 that also came from the H.H. Harris & Company.
There's not a lot of these out there. I have been told there were
fewer than 25 of these produced.

I sold this one too.