This Smith & Wesson 65-5 .357 Magnum was bought as a home defense firearm.
Its perfect for our needs because it is highly effective, easy to use, controllable, accurate and reliable.

In my mind these are the most important qualifications that must be met for a firearm to be considered an effective home defense gun.
Please take a look at the Home Defense Page for my detailed reasons for choosing the Smith & Wesson 65-5 .357 Magnum.

Really there is not too much else to say about it. The Smith & Wesson 65-5 .357 Magnum is not cool or glamorous or hot or trendy or any other thing that would make it of interest. It simply is effective at what it was intended to do. Plain and simple.

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