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.357 snubbies tend to be steel framed, and the additional weight makes them MUCH more pleasant to fire .38 through.
Most of the .38 snubbies that I've seen lately have been lightweights.
This alone might be worth the extra money
I've got a half dozen snubbies, Colt Detective Special, S&W 38 airweight bodyguard, Ruger SP-101, etc, etc. By far the most comfortable one to shoot is the heaviest one, the SP-101. It's a pussycat with even the hottest 38+P and it's falls well short of "brutal" with full house 357. Try that in a scandium S&W 357 snubby and you'll start carrying the emergency number for an orthopedic surgeon in your wallet. The SP-101 is also the least pleasant to carry due to it's weight.
For me a snubby is a BUG, which means it needs to be light and either pocketable or carried in an ankle holster. A heavy gun like an SP-101 is, IMO, not a good choice for that. And due to it's 5 shot design, it's not really a good main carry piece either in these days of mob violence.
I think if I really wanted a snubby as a main carry gun, one carried in a holster, I'd find or make a 3" S&W K frame 357. But to be brutally honest, I'd still take a Glock 26 over it any day. Or better yet, a Glock 29.