AN 8-3/4" SAMPLE. A second .357 barrel length unknown was sent to agent Frank Baughman THE .357 WAS SO MUCH MORE POWERFUL THAN ANYTHING THEY HAD BEEN CARRYING. AGENTS WENT FOR THE 4" VERSION AS WELL. 23 different barrel lengths were available in increments of 1/4" from 3-1/2" to 8-3/4" IT WAS NOT The Model 27 until 1957. When it arrived in 1935 it was simply "The .357 Magnum" just as the .44 was simply "the .44 Magnum" when it arrived in late 1955.
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a question for John Taffin. A young man asked me this
- Gary Reeder, 2022-12-30, 15:32
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PROBABLY ADOPTED. S&W SENT HOOVER
- JT, 2022-12-30, 16:09
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As I recall Patton’s 357 was a 3 1/2” and
- Grover Sr, 2022-12-31, 19:24
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That is correct. Unlike his
- JT, 2022-12-31, 22:35
- Thanks John, always enjoy hearing your - Grover Sr, 2023-01-01, 14:49
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That is correct. Unlike his
- JT, 2022-12-31, 22:35
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Thanks John! (nm)
- Gary Reeder, 2022-12-30, 16:21
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THE 3-1/2" .357 IS
- JT, 2022-12-31, 08:36
- Three and a half inch.... - james, 2022-12-31, 12:55
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THE 3-1/2" .357 IS
- JT, 2022-12-31, 08:36
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As I recall Patton’s 357 was a 3 1/2” and
- Grover Sr, 2022-12-31, 19:24
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PROBABLY ADOPTED. S&W SENT HOOVER
- JT, 2022-12-30, 16:09