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Clink Clink Clunk...thats what ya get with a Ruger...

Before you decide ya better go work the actions..

And exactly how many rounds do ya have to put through a Python before it works loose? And if ya Target Shoot the 38 spl works just fine without stressing the pistol...it all goes bang...

And if that is a concern...then there is the Mdl 27 Smith...that pistol is stout enough to handle just about anything 357...heavy enough to provide a steady platform for target shooting. venerable is the word for that revolver...The Smith Mdl 28 or Highway Patrolman is a poor mans Mdl 27..

The companion would be the Smith Mdl 29 44 Mag...in which you can s shoot 44 Spls or even god forbid downloaded 44 mags the same as Dirty Harry did...tame as a puddy cat or as wild as Tiger...same can be said of the 357 guns...38's or mild 357's...

Then there are the Smith Mdl 24's 44 spl's, Smith mdl 25-2 in 45 Acp or the Smith Mdl 25-5 which is in 45 LC. and the Smith Mdl 57 in 41 mag.

All the Colt and Smith wheel gun tech dates from the turn of the last century. same with the SAA tech...oh and the Colt 1911 is from what date again? Or the Browning HP, Walther P-38 and PP from the 1930's

So for practical purposes any of them will be fine for what our Nostatus wants it for...Now if ya were back packing up in Alaska I would probably take a Ruger, cause I wouldn't care one whit if I lost the gun or dropped it in the dirt or dragged it behind the car.