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Webleymkv · October 21, 2011, 05:08 PM

Your selection of revolvers will certainly be much wider in .357 Magnum. Only a handful of revolvers have ever been made in 10mm and .40 S&W. The only revolvers I know of in 10mm are the S&W 610 and 310 Night Guard as well as the Ruger Buckeye convertible SA in 10mm/.38-40 Winchester. The only revolvers chambered specifically for .40 S&W that I know of are the S&W 646 and Charter Arms Pit Bull.

A .357 Magnum revolver is also available in smaller packages and, for the same size gun, can give you 1-2 more shots than a .40/10mm. The smallest revolvers available in .357 Magnum are S&W J-Frames and others of similar size such as the Ruger SP101 and LCR and the Taurus 605 and its variants. .40 S&W, on the other hand, is at its smallest in the Charter Pit Bull which, as I understand it, is about the same size as the Charter Bulldog .44 Special (in between a S&W J-Frame and K-Frame in size and fairly similar to a Colt D-Frame). The S&W 646 was built on the L-Frame making it not particularly small.

A gun the size of a Charter Pit Bull such as the Colt Magnum Carry or S&W models 13, 19, 65, and 66 can be had with 6-shot cylinders in .357 Magnum as opposed to the Charter's 5 and a S&W L-Frame like the 686 can be had with either a 6 or 7-shot cylinder.

10mm revolvers are almost always built on a large frame like the S&W N-Frame. Both the S&W 610 and 310 Night guard have 6-shot cylinders while .357 Magnum N-Frames like the 627 and 327 can be had with 8-shot cylinders.

October 21, 2011, 05:08 PM	#3
Webleymkv Senior Member Join Date: July 20, 2005 Location: Indiana Posts: 10,446	Your selection of revolvers will certainly be much wider in .357 Magnum. Only a handful of revolvers have ever been made in 10mm and .40 S&W. The only revolvers I know of in 10mm are the S&W 610 and 310 Night Guard as well as the Ruger Buckeye convertible SA in 10mm/.38-40 Winchester. The only revolvers chambered specifically for .40 S&W that I know of are the S&W 646 and Charter Arms Pit Bull. A .357 Magnum revolver is also available in smaller packages and, for the same size gun, can give you 1-2 more shots than a .40/10mm. The smallest revolvers available in .357 Magnum are S&W J-Frames and others of similar size such as the Ruger SP101 and LCR and the Taurus 605 and its variants. .40 S&W, on the other hand, is at its smallest in the Charter Pit Bull which, as I understand it, is about the same size as the Charter Bulldog .44 Special (in between a S&W J-Frame and K-Frame in size and fairly similar to a Colt D-Frame). The S&W 646 was built on the L-Frame making it not particularly small. A gun the size of a Charter Pit Bull such as the Colt Magnum Carry or S&W models 13, 19, 65, and 66 can be had with 6-shot cylinders in .357 Magnum as opposed to the Charter's 5 and a S&W L-Frame like the 686 can be had with either a 6 or 7-shot cylinder. 10mm revolvers are almost always built on a large frame like the S&W N-Frame. Both the S&W 610 and 310 Night guard have 6-shot cylinders while .357 Magnum N-Frames like the 627 and 327 can be had with 8-shot cylinders.