

A practice regimen of twenty 38 Specials for every Magnum is recommended by most trainers. Also, a major advantage of the 357 Magnum is the ability of the revolver to chamber 38 Special +P or stouter cartridges, but as important, softer-shooting loads as well.

With the proper loads, the cartridge is versatile and will take deer-sized game at modest distances. The 357 Magnum is a great defense cartridge and also a fine pest and varmint round in accurate handguns. In other words, we wanted the best go-anywhere do-anything revolver, not a specialized concealed-carry type, such as the Ruger SP101. So we purchased a quartet of used revolvers from major brands that included adjustable sights with 4-inch barrels capable of serving for some types of hunting and for home and auto defense. Readers have asked us to revisit the category with an eye toward picking a used wheelgun that could save them a couple hundred bucks - that is, they wanted us to go bargain hunting. Military keep the 357 Magnum in inventory for this reason. It is interesting that a number of special teams in Europe and the U.S. Also, they will stand up to long-term storage and come up shooting. Some revolver fans also favor them for concealed carry. Shooters like the 4-inch 357 configuration because these revolvers make for excellent all-round hunting, personal defense, and target guns. Those companies wouldn’t (purposefully) add a couple of dogs to their inventories. Among the most popular revolvers is the double-action 357 Magnum, and shooters can confirm this because Smith & Wesson recently reintroduced the Combat Magnum and Ruger has introduced a seven-shot GP100 357 Magnum.
