Whats your favorite .357 mag Smith?

[USMCbrat]

My Mod 19

 

[NT430]

OOOHHH...Mine would be the following two .357 Magnum's...
Pre-27 .357 w/ Red Ramp & WOR - shipped May 21, 1959

and
Model 27-2 Originally shipped to my home town - Casper, WY in Feb. 8th, 1977

 

[Shelby554]

The model 66/W 4" barrel. What a beautiful gun!

 

[jimmyjoe]

How 'bout a 520 (357mag)...

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[The Last Standing Knight]

Model 28-2, four inch, pacymeyer grips.
Would carry it everyday but kinda hard to hide a reolver that big.

 

[tailgunner6]

I love my 586:

 

[mray77]

I'm kinda partial to my Model 19-3, vintage 1975. Beautiful as hell and a trigger like butter. And it's a tack driver...

 

[larryf1952]

Originally posted by bigt5150:
686 w/ 6" barrel...

I'd have to concur with this one. I've also got a Python, Trooper MKIII, and a Ruger Security Six...all 6" barrels, and all blue except for the 686. I'd have a hard time giving up the Security Six, but if I could only keep 1, it'd be the 686. It's just a great all around .357.

 

[Penquin]

For me it's my M65-3 3", but that M520 that Jimmyjoe put up looks strictly business. I could work that one!! PEN

 

[jimbo-indy]

That would be my first S&W, a 686 w/ 8 3/8" and adjustable front sight. Ordered it the way I wanted it. Had to sell it to pay medical bills. Very accurate pistol. I've never been able to find one like it for sale. BUT, I did find a Performance Center 686 Hunter for a good price at a local store. It's in lay-away. Put 3 other guns (GP-100, High Power and a P-38) on consignment to pay for it. I think the heart-ache is gone after 20 years.

 

[thomasinaz]

It's the 8 shot, 4", 627 Pro Series.

 

[flagaman]

I like the Mod. 66 very much, but my favorite is the 686 with a 3" barrel.

 

[Smithist]

Really like the 586-4 with a 2 1/2" barrel, or...

 

[ronftw]

Another vote for the 686. I have a 2 1/2 and I just got a 4 inch thursday. Both are SS and I have shot about 900 rounds in the 2 1/2 most were .357 with a few .38 specials. Both are 686-6 plus models, and lock or not I wouldn't trade them for anything.

 

[stevieboy]

My 686-6 6" is by far my favorite handgun. I bought it new a couple of years ago. It ain't elegant -- it's not even pretty -- with its Uncle Mike's rubber grips, but boy, does it ever shoot!

 

[likestoshoot2]

Thats not a fair question, sorta like when the wife asks "does my butt look fat in these jeans".
So I am not going to say which one I like best except to say the one that is with me at the range.

I'm trying to stay out of trouble here.

 

[vytoland]

For me, that's an easy question.....my 686-4pp. It's accurate, fun to shoot, easy to clean and with the care I give it, will outlast all of us.

 

[Red Tex]

Whats your favorite .357 mag Smith?

Mine is the S&W K-frame; Model 13 or Model 65, as I prefer fixed sights. They're just the right size, weight, and configuration to be able to be shot accurately and comfortably with minimal practice.

 

[deckert]

At the moment, probably my 4" 327PD... tough to beat an eight shot light enough to carry all day.

I also love my 4" 686-3 in factory Midnight Black teflon or my 686P. And my dehorned, DAO 3" Model 66 too.

But perhaps my favorite .357, isn't a true .357. My daily CCW is a 242... 7 rounds of .38+P in an airweight centennial L frame is an ideal package for me. Not a "true" .357, but I probably wouldn't carry full .357's in it anyway. Does that count?

 

[Gress]

For me its my PC's M66 3" carry comp.
It is just right size and weight. Compensator works quite well too.