Question about .357 Revolvers

[lakobe1]

I noticed in asking that most Gun Stores are having trouble getting Ruger .357's. Anyone know why?
I have always thought of the Ruger .357 to be a trademark of quality revolvers.

 

[JBP55]

I noticed in asking that most Gun Stores are having trouble getting Ruger .357's. Anyone know why?
I have always thought of the Ruger .357 to be a trademark of quality revolvers.

After Korth, Colt and Smith&Wesson.

 

[Leadfoot]

I don't know that Ruger's are the trademark of "quality" revolvers...

S&W & Colt Revolvers are usually nicer pieces. Ruger builds some rock solid designs, but they're pretty plain as far as revolvers go.

The .357 has kind of fallen out of favor with the gun buying public these days, in my opinion.

With improvements in ammunition, .38 special is usually the caliber of choice in most current manufactured revolvers, since a lot of the revolver market is for CCW pieces.

Have you ever shot a full power .357 snubby?! Not something I want to do a lot of. Most people who have .357s shoot .38s out of them anyway.

I like the .357, it just seems it may be too much round for a lot of folks.

Ruger has come out with a lot of new models recently, such as the LCP, LCR, SR Series, the 10/22 models. They only have so much production capacity and have shifted to
making their newer line products and have put revolver manufacturing to the back burner.

 

[Robhic]

I have a Taurus .38/.357 that was sent "on vacation" back to Brazil. I called Florida to see why it was taking so long and I was told the gun was approved for replacement but they didn't have any small 5-shot revolvers to replace it with! A friend was also looking for one like it for his daughter and couldn't find one anywhere in this southern LA area. Maybe small revolvers are selling big and no one has stock?

 

[Garandimal]

Ruger is swamped and way behind on their current orders.

Last I heard they quit takin' new ones.

Expect this condition to exist 'till long after the approaching Election and subsequent Civil unrest, and extend through the Zimmerman/Martin case and subsequent Civil unrest next Spring.

Look for'em around this time next Year.




GR

 

[lakobe1]

Thanks everyone for your thoughts.

 

[Gus McCrae]

Ruger did suspend all new orders for a few months in order to catch up with demand. This went for all Ruger guns and especially hand guns. The market dried up a little during that time. I think they are taking orders again, but Ruger is quite popular. They make very strong .357 wheel guns and are quality pieces, but aren't as nice as S&W, Colt, Dan Wesson... etc.

You just about can get new prices for used GP100s and SP101s.