We Ranked Every .357 Revolver From Worst to Best — The Winner Costs Half What You'd Expect

A man brought a fifteen hundred dollar revolver into my shop in June. Timing off, cylinder dragging, and he wanted to know why a gun that cost that much was giving him trouble at four hundred rounds. On the bench behind him sat a seven hundred dollar revolver left for new sights. That one had somewhere north of eight thousand rounds through it and had never been opened up. Expensive revolvers are frequently excellent and I am not going to tell you otherwise. What I am telling you is that in this category the relationship between price and performance breaks down harder than almost anywhere else in firearms, and it breaks in a direction that surprises people. Here is the fact that decides most of this list. The .357 Magnum is hard on the guns that fire it, and a great many revolvers chambered for it are not built to be fed a steady diet of it. They will fire it. Run several thousand full-power rounds through a light one and the timing goes off. That is why frame size matters more than anything else, and why the lightest, most convenient options sit at the bottom. Twelve revolvers, worst to best. Plus the thirty-second check anybody can run at a counter, the barrel length trade nobody advertises, and why grips are the most under-appreciated upgrade available. 📗 Smart Money Gun Manual — first link below and pinned in the comments 💬 If you could keep only one off this list, which and why? And tell me if I put the collectibles in the wrong place. #357magnum #revolver #handguns #firearms #gunreview #wheelgun #selfdefense #buyproven #gunshop #shootingsports