There can be only one! What S&W .357 Revolver would you choose?

My no dash 8 3/8" 686
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I've been keeping up with this thread from the beginning. I even posted that my "one" would be a Blackhawk .357 convertible. And I only just now saw the "S&W .357 revolver" in the the title. Oops.
 
Pre-lock 627 8-shot .357.
Looks like a chamber count of 6. ICBW.
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There are pre-lock 8-shot 627's out there. Rare. And, expensive, but they are out there. I bid on two and lost by almost $1,000 on each of them.
 
At or around $600.00? I'll leave the 27s out of the picture, but it would still be the 340pd, it's the only gun I own that can fill that roll.

 
Ask me & I'd reply that the Model 27 is the BEST .357 Mag ever made. Period.

Ask me & I'd reply that 4" barreled revolvers have a natural point.
 
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Pre-lock 627 8-shot .357.
Looks like a chamber count of 6. ICBW.
Click to expand...

There are pre-lock 8-shot 627's out there. Rare. And, expensive, but they are out there. I bid on two and lost by almost $1,000 on each of them.
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Yes, but is the gun pictured actually a 6 shooter?
 
I've owned a few .357 Mag revolvers. Years ago I bought a 2.5" Model 66. Trying to control that thing with magnum rounds was just about impossible. Worse, out of a short barrel, a .357 Mag round was really a .38 Special +P+. I sold it. A Model 60 made a lot more sense.

I had a 586. It was made during S&W's problem era. It had more utility as a paperweight, and even at that I feared malfunction. It got the boot.

S&W got it right with the Model 27. That weapon is a .357 Mag as opposed to a .38 Special that will fire .357 Mag rounds. And it's damned accurate. The Python is a good handgun, but I'd take a Model 27 every time.
 
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