Powerful, shootable and, above all, versatile, in pistol-caliber long guns it’s tough to top the .357 Magnum.

Sanders · 12-14-2018, 10:04 PM

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Pistol-caliber carbines and rifles generally get a bad rap. “Sure,” sing the naysayers, “they’re fun for plinking, but what else are they good for?” Generally, this sentiment bubbles to the surface because these doubtful souls target intensify on one particular class of pistol-caliber long guns — semi-automatics. If they happened to step-up to a revolver magnum, say in a lever-action, many of their complaints might very well evaporate.

https://gundigest.com/rifles/357-rifle

10 Bears · 12-15-2018, 07:26 AM

I have always regreted selling my .357 Rossi rifle.
I made a lot of 200 yard kills on Jackrabbits with it.
Now I have several thousand rounds of reloaded .357 and .38 specials
and only hand guns to digest them.

Sanders · 12-15-2018, 09:14 AM

My brother-in-law has a Marlin 1894C with the 20" octagon barrel. That thing shoots like a laser beam out to 200 yards with his reloads. One year, at Thanksgiving, we were popping 1 lb. canisters of Tannerite with it, set up at 200 yards. Hold right on the white dot (which is all you could see of the canister) and BOOM!

I plan on getting a pistol caliber rifle, but keep wavering between .44 mag and .357, even though I'm a .44 mag guy.

Eightball · 12-15-2018, 09:41 AM

I have a Winchester 94 Trapper in .44 mag. It's a great little rifle for walking around in the woods.

44044 · 12-15-2018, 09:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Sanders

I plan on getting a pistol caliber rifle, but keep wavering between .44 mag and .357, even though I'm a .44 mag guy.

Get both and have twice the fun...

I am partial to the number 44 though

Enforcer · 12-15-2018, 09:46 AM

Pistol caliber carbines are excellent for defense and most tasks people need a rifle for.

thefundamentalist · 01-12-2019, 02:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Enforcer

Pistol caliber carbines are excellent for defense and most tasks people need a rifle for.

An M1 carbine in 7.62x25 Tok!

baboon · 01-12-2019, 02:55 PM

I sold my model 27 years ago. Figured is I ever went large caliber revolver again I'd do a .41 mag.

dinkydow · 01-15-2019, 10:15 PM

I have been shooting my Winchester model 1866 in .38 special a lot. It is a sweet shooting piece.

remus · 01-24-2019, 09:59 AM

The .357 in a lever carbine is really a nice combo, but I prefer my Rossi mod.92 in .45 colt. I reload and I can get plinkers or bear busters. Love the big bullet.

Sanders · 01-24-2019, 11:33 AM

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Originally Posted by remus

The .357 in a lever carbine is really a nice combo, but I prefer my Rossi mod.92 in .45 colt. I reload and I can get plinkers or bear busters. Love the big bullet.

That's what my cousin shoots. A lot of jackrabbits have met their match with that rifle. He gets a kick out of it because the bullet goes in one side and a ring of fur poofs out the other side.

Stoned_Oli · 01-24-2019, 11:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Sanders

My brother-in-law has a Marlin 1894C with the 20" octagon barrel.

One of these days I will have one of those, if I can quit buying the intermediate round semi-autos.

CDawg · 01-25-2019, 09:22 AM

I really enjoy my Rossi .44 magnum. It's light, accurate and carries 10 rounds of .44 magnum. I haven't shot any .44 special out of it, but I'm sure it would be very soft shooting. Actually, I got the rifle for my wife. She doesn't care for the automatics. She likes her revolvers, pump actions and lever guns. I put a good looking leather lace on pussy pad on it for her. It tames the .44 magnum real well and looks good too. I would like to get one of Rossi's .357 lever guns some time. I like having revolver and rifle combinations that take the same caliber. Hell, the Dan Wesson and Ruger .44's we have weigh almost as much as our Rossi rifle.

500grains · 01-30-2019, 12:54 AM

.500 S&W rifle:

https://www.gunbroker.com/item/797894454

12-15-2018, 09:41 AM	#4
Eightball Proud WECSOG graduate Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: North Louisiana Posts: 3,601	I have a Winchester 94 Trapper in .44 mag. It's a great little rifle for walking around in the woods. __________________ Wish I didn't know now what I didn't know then.

01-15-2019, 10:15 PM	#9
dinkydow Moderator Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: The Great White North Posts: 96,482	I have been shooting my Winchester model 1866 in .38 special a lot. It is a sweet shooting piece. __________________ Our forefathers would have already been shooting...by now. "Let your plans be dark and as impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt." "Violence of action means the unrestricted use of speed,strength, surprise and aggression to achieve total dominance against your enemy...any fighting technique is useless unless you totally commit to violence of action." Burning huts in commy vills worldwide since 1968

01-25-2019, 09:22 AM	#13
CDawg slug Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Florida Posts: 12,270	I really enjoy my Rossi .44 magnum. It's light, accurate and carries 10 rounds of .44 magnum. I haven't shot any .44 special out of it, but I'm sure it would be very soft shooting. Actually, I got the rifle for my wife. She doesn't care for the automatics. She likes her revolvers, pump actions and lever guns. I put a good looking leather lace on pussy pad on it for her. It tames the .44 magnum real well and looks good too. I would like to get one of Rossi's .357 lever guns some time. I like having revolver and rifle combinations that take the same caliber. Hell, the Dan Wesson and Ruger .44's we have weigh almost as much as our Rossi rifle. __________________ "Don't fight a battle if you don't gain anything by winning" Erwin Rommel A Chief Petty Officer shall not drink. However, if he should drink he shall not get drunk. If he should get drunk, he shall not stagger. And if he should stagger, he shall not fall. And if he should fall, he will fall in such a manner as to cover up his rank so that passersby will think he is an officer.

01-30-2019, 12:54 AM	#14
500grains Soldier of Allah Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Crackerland Posts: 31,662	.500 S&W rifle: https://www.gunbroker.com/item/797894454 __________________ Racism will keep you alive.

12-15-2018, 07:26 AM	#2
10 Bears Moderator Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: E-Da-How Posts: 137,846	I have always regreted selling my .357 Rossi rifle. I made a lot of 200 yard kills on Jackrabbits with it. Now I have several thousand rounds of reloaded .357 and .38 specials and only hand guns to digest them.

12-15-2018, 09:14 AM	#3
Sanders Moderator Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 66,497	My brother-in-law has a Marlin 1894C with the 20" octagon barrel. That thing shoots like a laser beam out to 200 yards with his reloads. One year, at Thanksgiving, we were popping 1 lb. canisters of Tannerite with it, set up at 200 yards. Hold right on the white dot (which is all you could see of the canister) and BOOM! I plan on getting a pistol caliber rifle, but keep wavering between .44 mag and .357, even though I'm a .44 mag guy.

12-15-2018, 09:46 AM	#6
Enforcer Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Posts: 3,163	Pistol caliber carbines are excellent for defense and most tasks people need a rifle for.

01-12-2019, 02:55 PM	#8
baboon slug Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Out by the lake in central Texas Posts: 18,318	I sold my model 27 years ago. Figured is I ever went large caliber revolver again I'd do a .41 mag.

01-24-2019, 09:59 AM	#10
remus Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: az Posts: 3,490	The .357 in a lever carbine is really a nice combo, but I prefer my Rossi mod.92 in .45 colt. I reload and I can get plinkers or bear busters. Love the big bullet.