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Story said:You may have missed these threads:
http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?p=265658#post265658
http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?p=281391#post281391
http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?t=3427
Remember that there were some pre-war social prejudices, where automatics were considered 'gangster guns' and law enforcement mostly stuck with issued revolvers.
The .357 was developed in 1935 and offered in Smith & Wesson's large frame revolvers. As far as the pulp/noir writers were concerned, "Python" sounded better than a S&W model number.
Maybe a bit of clarification is in order.... The links discuss more or less discuss concealed carry (which I will not comment on as political discussion is banned); my question probably should have been phrased,
"Which firearms best exemplify/typify The Golden Age?"