A good quality .357 mag revolver

[mjoekingz28]

After buying and selling(barter) I have got in my sights two guns I want to own. A 30 alt six for hunting and long distance sport and a revolver. I want the revolver first and foremost.


What I want is a six shooter, non-blued finish, aka nickel or SS, and I think I have settled on a .357 for its stopping power and ability to fire rounds of 38s.


My main criteria is I would like wood grip and don't want any plastic/polymer and need it for a fair price. I don't have much to spend, but I plan on keeping these firearms forever, so I will wait and save up for a gun that is of good quality (aka wont rust or misfire, etc).


And for a 30-06 I prefer bolt action.


Thanks for your time

 

[OneEyeJack]

One of these might work.

 

[cashmoney]

Suggest you find and buy a lightly used 10 year old Ruger .357 in stainless with either a 4 or 6 inch barrel. The Ruger revolvers are super robust, very smooth and acurate, trouble free, built like tanks and will last 2 lifetimes.

 

[RISUPERCREWMAN]

Good Ole S&W!

 

[JHZR2]

S&W 686 4" should be ideal.

 

[nwjones18]

Ruger Security Six, Speed Six, Service Six, GP100, Smith wesson 686, 681, 65. All fine choices. I have all of them except the Service Six and the GP100.. haha Keep an eye on gunbroker for some good deals, especially on the more unusual ones like the security six's and the 681's.

 

[Jim_Truett]

S&W 686 or Ruger GP100. The Ruger will be a little cheaper, but the build quality is still excellent IMO.

 

[Robenstein]

Hogue makes wood grips for revolvers with plastic and rubber grips. I have a Ruger Security Six and love it. That or a used S&W would work, but some people are happy with Taurus revolvers also. I know people rail against them as inferior but the 44mag Taurus I had never gave me an issue and was accurate as any of my others.

 

[mjoekingz28]

Originally Posted By: OneEyeJack
One of these might work.



Dude! They are all more than a grand. I thought I could find one for the same price as my once had P95. Those sure are good looking arms though.


I may have to wait until there is a gunshow around.

 

[NormanBuntz]

I also vote for the Ruger .357 four inch. I carried one until my agency switched to Beretta 9mm. The agency offered us our old Rugers for $99 when they did the transition. I made a big mistake not taking that deal. Just plain foolish.

 

[mjoekingz28]

Please excuse my ignorance, but what differences is there between a single action revolver versus a double action one?


Edit: I always thought a dual action had a hammer and a single action did not. But when I look online, they both have hammers.

 

[cashmoney]

Wood grips on revolvers looks nice. On a .357 that is going to be used for real life tactical purposes I used Pachmayr combat grips. Blood is very slippery and a .357 has a nice stout kick.

 

[Robenstein]

Originally Posted By: mjoekingz28
Please excuse my ignorance, but what differences is there between a single action revolver versus a double action one?


Single action means you have to manually cock the hammer before firing it with the trigger. Double action means the trigger both cocks and fires the gun.

 

[hotwheels]

Originally Posted By: Robenstein
Originally Posted By: mjoekingz28
Please excuse my ignorance, but what differences is there between a single action revolver versus a double action one?


Single action means you have to manually cock the hammer before firing it with the trigger. Double action means the trigger both cocks and fires the gun.



In western movies you more often than not see single-action hoglegs. Usually, you will see a gunfighter "fanning" the hammer with the side of his hand for rapid cocking and for advancing the cylinder.

I have always wanted an early 20th century Webley self-cocking automatic revolver, but it's out of my price range.

hotwheels

 

[mjoekingz28]

So, a single action you could leave loaded and it could kind of have its own safety. On a double action I could leave loaded and rely on its heavy pull as a safety, no.


Which do you prefer?

 

[Robenstein]

Some revolvers you have to leave on an open chamber as when the hammer is at rest it is against the primer of the cartridge and could go off if dropped(I have a single action colt replica like that). Some have a blocking bar/transfer bar safety to prevent this unless the trigger is pulled all the way.

Most modern 20th century revolvers are going to be double action.

 

[ZeeOSix]

Originally Posted By: mjoekingz28
So, a single action you could leave loaded and it could kind of have its own safety. On a double action I could leave loaded and rely on its heavy pull as a safety, no.


Revolvers don't really have a "safety" per say. Keeping the hammer down is the "safety" on a modern revolver with a hammer block. That feature is something that makes a revolver a simple gun to operate.

But as mentioned above, some old revolvers could go off if dropped with the hammer down (ie, old Ruger Red Hawks I believe could do that), so you would have to carry it with no round in the cylinder hole that was lined up with the hammer.

 

[mjoekingz28]

Z06, so in an emergency I would have to squeeze twice to get one round off? That is if I kept it on an empty cylinder.

I was thinking to have a full six in there and depending on a heavy pull as the safety. I had a shotgun that had a hair trigger, I don't want that in a revolver nor do I want to worry about dropping it, not that I wouldn't treat it as a 24kt gold bar.

 

[mjoekingz28]

Oh yeah,

Thank ya'll for schooling me

 

[Robenstein]

No...even with the hammer down on an empty cylinder, when you cock the hammer on a single action or pull the trigger on a double action, the mechanism will rotate the cylinder and put a fresh round inline for firing.