Whiterook808
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The only solution to this dilemma is to buy BOTH!!
LOL come shoot a USPSA match with me and I will pay the match fees. Who ever looses, Colt vs S&W picks up the beers after the match. Never been beat buy a Colt yet.No, the cylinder release on the Smith goes the wrong way. That will get you killed on the streets.
And some cylinders rotate discwise while other rotate widdershins.No, the cylinder release on the Smith goes the wrong way. That will get you killed on the streets.
Just curious, but how do you KNOW when you're going to walk into a combat situation?
I carry a pistol for defensive purposes, not for match competition. In my whole life, I've only had to shoot two men with a handgun, and both times it was with a Colt.LOL come shoot a USPSA match with me and I will pay the match fees. Who ever looses, Colt vs S&W picks up the beers after the match. Never been beat buy a Colt yet.
I carry my revolvers for defensive purposes too, and competition purposes, and hunting purposes and general utility purposes. The same revolver that is my woods gun is my IDPA revolver. The same revolver I competed with in USPSA for several years was also my hunting revolver for several years.I carry a pistol for defensive purposes, not for match competition. In my whole life, I've only had to shoot two men with a handgun, and both times it was with a Colt.
The cylinder release on the Colt goes the wrong way. That will get you killed on the streets.
As I said later in the thread a more fair comparison is the Colt Detective vs a Model 10 Snubnose. The J-frame is a significantly smaller revolver. Those two revolvers Colt Detective and Model 10 are both 6-shot revolvers of nearly the same size (they can share speedloaders) and I will take a Model 10 over a Colt anytime.The extra round the Colt brings to the fight more than makes up for any perceived "wrong way" cylinder release the Detective Special supposedly has.
The J-frame is a significantly smaller revolver. Those two revolvers Colt Detective and Model 10 are both 6-shot revolvers of nearly the same size (they can share speedloaders) and I will take a Model 10 over a Colt anytime.
The K-frame Smith may be a fairer comparison to the Detective Special than the J-frame is but it is interesting to note that when comparing the J-frame, Airweight Smith (the lightweight version of the Chiefs Special, identical in every other respect in terms of size), the Airweight is an appropriate comparison to the Colt Cobra (the lightweight version of the Detective Special, identical in every other respect in terms of size)) in terms of their sizes and weights, the two revolvers weighing the same but the Cobra carrying an extra round while having a cylinder that is only 1/10th of an inch wider (1.397 vs 1.305).
Except they don't make the aluminum cobra anymore