Hey guys, it's been a while since I posted anything(wow, Feb. 3, 2009) but I wanted to ask about this gun because it's one of a few that I've been thinking about buying. I'm not gonna post about the other guns i'm considering buying because they're not home defense guns. The first thing I have to decide is if my next gun is for home defense or fun at the range, and I don't need any advice on that. Right now I'm just interested in hearing from people who own or have fired this thing.
Just to give you an idea of my tastes my first fun was a s&w 642 for carry, my second was a sig p232 because I wanted to try carrying a semiauto, and my 3rd was a walther p22 to make my practice shooting much cheaper. I hit some hard times and had to sell two of them, so all I have now is my 642. I'm not sure if I chose to keep that one because it was my first, or because it was my favorite, but either way that's a special gun for a lot of reasons and to this day it'd be my first recommendation to anyone looking to buy a gun for conceealed carry.
What I'm looking for in the S&W Governor is a home defense gun. In other words, I don't need concealment, but I do want the following:
-comfortable in hands
-reliable(to me this is the most important feature on a home defense gun. my walther jammed up occasionally but it didn't bother me because it gave me the opportunity to practice proper grip as well as clearing jams more efficiently. a gun intended for home defense needs to go bang every single time. One failure to fire is too many. Also, one of the reasons I go with a revolver for defense is if it ever didnt go bang because of a bad round I could in most cases just pull the trigger again and get the next round.
-trigger pull?(what's the trigger pull like in double action? comparing it to the 642 would be helpful but you dont have to. what about single action?)
recoil?(I'm expecting a fairly large amount of recoil considering the loads this thing takes, but I'm still interested in hearing about it. I'm not an expert shooter and i'm not especially strong. I'm actually recovering from leukemia. But like I said it's not for range shooting it's just home defense. I don't mind taking a little beating as long as it doesn't fly out of my hands and knock me out.
One more question, this one's not really relevant, but just out of curiousity, hows it do a little further out at maybe 25 yards? the laser grips are an option so if the thing can actually hit a target i might get them. I have a feeling at that range I'd have about as much chance of putting a hole in the target as I would at writing my name on it with a really long crayon.
Just to give you an idea of my tastes my first fun was a s&w 642 for carry, my second was a sig p232 because I wanted to try carrying a semiauto, and my 3rd was a walther p22 to make my practice shooting much cheaper. I hit some hard times and had to sell two of them, so all I have now is my 642. I'm not sure if I chose to keep that one because it was my first, or because it was my favorite, but either way that's a special gun for a lot of reasons and to this day it'd be my first recommendation to anyone looking to buy a gun for conceealed carry.
What I'm looking for in the S&W Governor is a home defense gun. In other words, I don't need concealment, but I do want the following:
-comfortable in hands
-reliable(to me this is the most important feature on a home defense gun. my walther jammed up occasionally but it didn't bother me because it gave me the opportunity to practice proper grip as well as clearing jams more efficiently. a gun intended for home defense needs to go bang every single time. One failure to fire is too many. Also, one of the reasons I go with a revolver for defense is if it ever didnt go bang because of a bad round I could in most cases just pull the trigger again and get the next round.
-trigger pull?(what's the trigger pull like in double action? comparing it to the 642 would be helpful but you dont have to. what about single action?)
recoil?(I'm expecting a fairly large amount of recoil considering the loads this thing takes, but I'm still interested in hearing about it. I'm not an expert shooter and i'm not especially strong. I'm actually recovering from leukemia. But like I said it's not for range shooting it's just home defense. I don't mind taking a little beating as long as it doesn't fly out of my hands and knock me out.
One more question, this one's not really relevant, but just out of curiousity, hows it do a little further out at maybe 25 yards? the laser grips are an option so if the thing can actually hit a target i might get them. I have a feeling at that range I'd have about as much chance of putting a hole in the target as I would at writing my name on it with a really long crayon.