My first centerfire revolver was a 19-3 purchased in 1970...put 10K rounds of Magnum ammo through it, brought it to the factory to have it tightened up and nickeled. Ran 10K more rounds though it and sold it in 1980...didn't have another .357 keeper till the early 2000s when I bought a 4" GP-100 that still have. Has one of the best and most predictable DA trigger pulls I have ever used...

If limited to one .357 that had to do everything that would be the one...

I also own:
S&W Pre-27 that lettered to the day I was born
S&W 65-3 3"
S&W 66-2 3"
S&W 60-10 3"
S&W 60-10 3" Lew Horton Small Hunter
S&W 640 PRO
Colt .357 TROOPER (1968)
...and have a Freedom Arms 97 5.5" on lay-a-way....found one LNIB for $500 under the current wholesale...

The TROOPER is a really nice shooting gun...was shooting it last week with some 38-44 loads and it was very pleasant to shoot...

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Pre-27 that lettered to the day I was born in 1952...I was in the hostital 50 miles south of the factory when it was shipped. It isn't in pristine condition...but then neither am I...

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My problem with .357s is I rarely shoot them...maybe once a year. The rest of the handgun shooting goes to .41 Magnum and .38 Super...

Bob


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