Description
The Bond Arms Roughneck 357 Magnum is a two shot break action derringer built out of stainless steel and finished rough rather than polished, which is where the Rough Series name comes from and why it costs what it does.
The Bond Arms Roughneck 357 Magnum takes both .38 Special and .357 Magnum, weighs nineteen ounces, and carries two rounds. That is the whole gun. There is nothing to go wrong with it and nothing to learn beyond opening it, loading it and closing it, which for a certain kind of buyer is precisely the point.
What the Bond Arms Roughneck 357 Magnum gives you
- .357 Magnum and .38 Special, two shots
- 2.5 inch barrel, rough matte stainless
- Stainless steel frame
- Black rubber grips
- Break action
- Fixed sights
- Nineteen ounces
- Bond Arms part number BARN35738
Why anyone buys a two shot gun like the Bond Arms Roughneck 357 Magnum
- It is flat, short and has no magazine or cylinder to add width, so it carries where a revolver will not
- Nothing sticks out and nothing catches, which matters in a pocket
- Break action means loading and unloading are visible and obvious, with no manual of arms to forget
- Stainless steel throughout, so a pocket, a glovebox or a tackle box will not ruin it
- Two full power rounds is a different proposition to two rounds of .22
Bond Arms BARN35738 specifications
- Manufacturer part number: BARN35738
- Caliber: .357 Magnum and .38 Special
- Capacity: two rounds
- Action: break action
- Barrel length: 2.5 inches
- Barrel and frame: stainless steel, rough matte finish
- Grips: black rubber
- Sights: fixed
- Weight: 19 ounces
- Drilled and tapped: no
- Series: Bond Arms Rough Series
Be honest with yourself about .357 Magnum in a 19 ounce gun
The Bond Arms Roughneck 357 Magnum will chamber and fire full power .357 Magnum. Whether you want it to a second time is another question. Nineteen ounces, a two and a half inch barrel and a rubber grip panel is not much gun standing between a magnum load and your hand, and the muzzle blast from a .357 out of a barrel this short is considerable. This is not a criticism of the pistol, it is physics.
What most owners actually do is shoot .38 Special in it, which is exactly what the chambering is there for: the same gun, far less recoil, and a round that still does the job at the distance a two shot derringer is meant for. Keep the magnums for the days you want them. If you do want full power, Ultramax 158 grain and CCI Blazer Brass 158 grain are both in stock.
The snake load nobody thinks of for the Bond Arms Roughneck 357 Magnum
A short, light, two shot handgun in .357 is a classic pocket gun for anyone who works outdoors, and CCI Hevi-Bismuth .357 Magnum shotshells turn the Bond Arms Roughneck 357 Magnum into exactly the tool that job wants. One barrel loaded with shot, one with a solid, is a combination that people who spend their days in long grass have been using for a very long time.
Barrels interchange on the Bond Arms Roughneck 357 Magnum frame
Bond Arms build the frame and the barrel as separate assemblies, so one frame can wear several barrels. We stock a 3.5 inch satin barrel in the same .357 Magnum and .38 Special chambering, which gives a longer sight radius and a little more velocity for the same gun. Ask us to confirm fit against your specific frame before you order — we would rather check than have you send it back.
Other Bond Arms pistols we stock
The Rowdy in .45 Colt and .410 is the same Rough Series idea in a bigger chambering, and the Rowdy XL stretches the barrel. For something entirely different, the Bond America 250th in .45-70 is a two shot derringer in a rifle cartridge.
Worth knowing before you buy
- Two rounds. There is no magazine, no cylinder and no reload that does not involve opening the action and putting cartridges in by hand.
- Break action with fixed sights. Not drilled and tapped, no optic option.
- Rough Series means the stainless on the Bond Arms Roughneck 357 Magnum is left with a rough matte finish rather than polished. It is a finish choice, not a defect.
- Bond Arms publishes its range at bondarms.com, and both .38 Special and .357 Magnum are standardized by SAAMI.
Why the Bond Arms Roughneck 357 Magnum earns its place
- Two chamberings in one gun, so you choose the recoil on the day
- Stainless steel construction at the cheapest point in the Bond Arms range
- Barrels interchange, so one frame can become several guns over time
- Nineteen ounces and no protruding magazine, which is the whole argument for a derringer
- Made in Granbury, Texas, and built like it
This suits the person who wants something in a pocket rather than something on a belt, and who has accepted the trade that comes with that. It suits anyone who works outdoors and wants a shot load to hand. It is not a range gun, not a training gun and not a first handgun, because two rounds and a stiff break action reward someone who already knows what they are doing. But as a thing you can put in a coat pocket and forget about until you need it, the Bond Arms Roughneck 357 Magnum is very hard to argue with.
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