What a travesty. Must have had some purpose in its history.
What Say You Revolver People?
- Thread starter Well Armed
- Start date
BigBill
Absent Comrade
I like longer barrels so I can shoot out to 100yds accurately.
BigBill
Absent Comrade
A belly buster we called it.
Boy, howdy. I have seen this hunting. Guys rush that first shot and the guys with the semi autos seem to be the worst about this.
The idea that will have another shot right away is hard to keep out of your head I think.
My brothers and I go by the saying. "One shot, one deer, 2 shots, maybe one deer. 3 or more, nothing" Mostly it runs true.
jtcarm
Member
- Joined
- Apr 30, 2011
- Messages
- 4,422
- Reaction score
- 4,317
Amen to that. Those Ahrends look great and fell great, right up until the gun goes bang.
- Joined
- Dec 29, 2020
- Messages
- 58
- Reaction score
- 142
Butt ugly, I'd rather have an old model 10 but different strokes and all that. To me, your light weight alloy revolvers are less comfortable to shoot and hurt my hand more than my all steel pieces. If it I is what you like, want, or need, it is a nice gun. I have a 686 I found I can't love, don't use and for no particularly good reason.
I have two of those and they are badass guns. One has a smaller grip and is more concealable. When the bad guy thinks you are reloading...you're not. You have two more rounds. A standard .357 will go through a car door and still get the job done.
Ed Fowler
Member
Maybe it is just me, but does it concern you where the goes after that?
OneThing
Member
I think it looks cool. I'd own that.
That's a very optimistic assessment of both a bad guy's situational awareness in a gunfight and what any pistol caliber will do after passing through a car door, especially from a 2" barrel.
OttoLoader
Member
I like it except to grips.
Strange finger grooves sort of trying to beca round or maybe square grip.
My choice for grips.
I would put some round to square uncle mikes for use. Not a fan of houge rubber grips
Laminate round to square grips otherwise. No finger grooves
Each should select the grips they like.
Another one of those Frankenguns from the Performance Center. It does happen. You have to wonder where these ideas come from. Most likely the plot was hatched by a small band of non-shooting engineers on their lunch break while passing around a doobie.
I personally don't care for fixed sights with a nub for a front sight in a carry gun. It always seems to be a **** shoot as to where it will print. Plus Smith adds the weasel words disclaimer to not use 125 gr. loads. I seem to recall that the 125 gr. Hollow-point was statistically the most effective defense load for the 357 Magnum. I'm thinking Smith is mainly targeting the collector market with this offering.
Don't wish to be a total downer so I say to Octagon: That is one sharp pair of grips on yours. Where did you get those brother? A pair of those would look phenomenal on one of my N-frames!
I personally don't care for fixed sights with a nub for a front sight in a carry gun. It always seems to be a **** shoot as to where it will print. Plus Smith adds the weasel words disclaimer to not use 125 gr. loads. I seem to recall that the 125 gr. Hollow-point was statistically the most effective defense load for the 357 Magnum. I'm thinking Smith is mainly targeting the collector market with this offering.
Don't wish to be a total downer so I say to Octagon: That is one sharp pair of grips on yours. Where did you get those brother? A pair of those would look phenomenal on one of my N-frames!
The are Hogue bantam grips in kingwood. They were a huge improvement to the grips that came with it.
s2harry
Member
Don't Be Afraid of it.
that thing is just a .38 Super +P...real magnums start at .41 and up...
haha
that thing is just a .38 Super +P...real magnums start at .41 and up...
haha
- Joined
- Feb 29, 2000
- Messages
- 2,297
- Reaction score
- 2,483
I hadn't seen this yet. Thanks for sharing.
Definitely not for me, but I think it's good that they're trying to widen their customer base.
I love short-barreled, stainless, revolvers and the .357 Mag caliber, however a Model 65, 66, 686 with a half-shroud, or 627, all with a long enough ejector rod to fully remove the empties from the cylinder are more my type.
I know very little about marketing revolvers, but I bet they'd sell more 3"-5" Mountain Gun model 686, 617, and 627s, than that there.
I love short-barreled, stainless, revolvers and the .357 Mag caliber, however a Model 65, 66, 686 with a half-shroud, or 627, all with a long enough ejector rod to fully remove the empties from the cylinder are more my type.
I know very little about marketing revolvers, but I bet they'd sell more 3"-5" Mountain Gun model 686, 617, and 627s, than that there.
Last edited:
geekeye
Member
it does look hideous, but some reviewers are saying it is the best carry revolver available at the moment. 8 shots in a revolver puts in close to semi-auto capacity in non-free states (where mags are limited to 10), and the bigger N-frame grip is supposed to make 357 recoil much more manageable than in a light weight J-frame.
that said, still not for me. if i was going to get a light weight N-frame, i'd probably go full retard and get the 329PD.
that said, still not for me. if i was going to get a light weight N-frame, i'd probably go full retard and get the 329PD.
357 shooter
Member
I would take any Glock over that lightweight "barrel-less" snubby 357. And that's coming from someone that took nearly 30 years of shooting handguns before considering buying a Glock.
If I really need a short barrel 357 I'll stick with my 686+ 2.5".
