Before I lost my mind and sold it, I had a .357 Automag with an 8 1/2" polished barrel. It was amazingly accurate. My deer load was a Sierra 150gr JHC at 1855 fps. For jackrabbits and coyotes, I used the Sierra 90 gr 9mm JHC over a compressed load of 33.0 gr of WW296. It chronographed consistently at 2496 fps. That load would kill a coyote in his tracks and turn a jackrabbit into a thin pink cloud.
The muzzle flash was impressive. The only light in this pic is from the flash.
I had a custom scope mount made from T6 aluminum and mounted a 1.7X Hudson Handgunner scope.