A: Nothing wrong with the 77/357.
B: A certified rifle looney would rationalize the purchase of a new rifle w/o mutilating an existing functional piece. You might need that one down the road.
C: KISS is the best roadmap.

I am..........disturbed.

Concerning the difference between man and the jackass: some observers hold that there isn't any. But this wrongs the jackass. -Twain