To come up with a better revolver for city, county and state police officers, Smith & Wesson took their 3rd Model Hand Ejector .44 Special and chambered it for
I grew up reading about the .357 Magnum Pistols with articles of Elmer Keith, Skeeter Skelton, Ed McGivern.
My first handgun centerfire was an S&W K Frame Mdl 19 6" barrel and then an Mdl 66 then an N Frame S&W Mdl 27 & Mdl 28 Highway Patrol Then the Colt Python 357, The Trooper 357 Cobra 357. I wish I kept them all they were all good shooters and the long-barreled ones I took many a whitetail with.