Armament Complete

I bought a used revolver the other day. It's a Taurus .357 magnum snub nosed. Why a .357 revolver, you ask? Well, let's evaluate based on the parameters in The Survivor's Guide to Firearm Evaluation:

.357 Magnum Snub Nosed Revolver
Reliability:	Very High
Accuracy:	Good up to 50', degrades quickly after that
Stopping Power:	High firing .357 mag, Moderate to Low firing .38
Time to Fire:	Low
Ammunition Commonality:	.357 is Common, .38 special is Common
Simplicity:	Very Simple
Ammunition Capacity:	Low (5 rnds)
Manageability:	.357 round is Moderate while .38 is very manageable

The big selling point on this pistol, to me, was two-fold: Reliability and Versatility. The revolver in general is a very reliable weapon type while the .357 revolver has the added bonus of being able to fire two different types of fairly common ammunition - versatility.

I bought my pistol (a Taurus .357 Snub Nosed Revolver) used for $309. Given the prices around here, that wasn't a bad deal. Now I'm done on firearm purchases. In keeping with my stupid tradition of naming my firearms, I have dubbed this revolver Harry (after Dirty Harry, of course).

As far as the Accuracy evaluation above goes, I'll admit that I am guessing. I haven't fired the weapon yet, but I have to imagine that the snubbed nose on this weapon would reduce it's accuracy at any sort of range. I'll test it and let you know for sure, though.