Ridgerunner665
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I'm a slow learner I guess... I've been carrying for 25 years, and only just now I've found what I've been looking for the whole time.
A good old fashioned wheel gun.
I'm not sure exactly what took me so long, but I'm blaming it mostly on "capacity envy".
I never cared for revolvers much, never shot them much, just really had no interest in them. Then a few months ago I found a like new Ruger Blackhawk 41 mag in the gun store, it was produced in 1998 but is still in like new condition... I brought it home...it taught me that I can shoot revolvers a lot better than I ever could a semi-auto, and I do OK with semi-auto pistols.
I like the recoil, the solid but not painful "thump"... Makes me smile every time... Revolver recoil is like revolver triggers, clean and crisp... Glock recoil is like Glock triggers, "spongy".
It was months in the making, but the big Ruger single action convinced me to buy a double action for carry. I started researching Ruger and S&W, I eventually settled on a Ruger SP101 3 inch 357 mag.
I had to have all steel because I shoot a lot, I appreciate the weight and its advantages in a 357 revolver, and if I run out of ammo I can hit them over the head with it.
A fun fact... At 32 ounces loaded the 3 inch SP101 is 4 ounces lighter than my Glock 32... Its no pocket gun to be sure, but I don't pocket carry anyway.
I mostly carry appendix (1 o'clock) , and the SP101 carries WAAAAAAY better than the Glock 32 in that position, on me at least. It just disappears under a t-shirt, completely. There is no beavertail poking me when I bend over either.
I did have some trouble finding an appendix holster for it, I ended up using a Glock 32 holster that it just happens to fit decently well with the retention screw removed... A High Noon Mr. Softy holster (~$32)...it is a little short to fully cover the barrel so I ordered one for a Glock 17, longer and covers the barrel, but otherwise the same.
I also ordered a Milt Sparks Versa Max 2 for it, I should get sometime before I qualify for social security (quoted 20 weeks)...the last belt I got from them took 8 months, but it was worth the wait, that was 11 years ago and I wore that belt every single day up until I outgrew it last year... I tried to say the belt shrunk, but nobody believed me.
I shoot the Ruger like I've been shooting them all my life... Even double action there is no low and left to struggle with. It just knows where I want them and puts them right in there....I guess its just a better fit.
I let my wife shoot it... She likes it too... She sent me a text earlier today being all sweet and thanking me for her anniversary present (I'm out of town working, truck driver)... I replied "You're welcome, I'm glad you like it.... What did I get you?"
Apparently I bought her a S&W 640 for our 17th anniversary.... Nothing says "I love you" like a new gun, right?
Anyway... We're all wheel gun crazy now... Not sure what took us so long, but at least we finally got here.
A good old fashioned wheel gun.
I'm not sure exactly what took me so long, but I'm blaming it mostly on "capacity envy".
I never cared for revolvers much, never shot them much, just really had no interest in them. Then a few months ago I found a like new Ruger Blackhawk 41 mag in the gun store, it was produced in 1998 but is still in like new condition... I brought it home...it taught me that I can shoot revolvers a lot better than I ever could a semi-auto, and I do OK with semi-auto pistols.
I like the recoil, the solid but not painful "thump"... Makes me smile every time... Revolver recoil is like revolver triggers, clean and crisp... Glock recoil is like Glock triggers, "spongy".
It was months in the making, but the big Ruger single action convinced me to buy a double action for carry. I started researching Ruger and S&W, I eventually settled on a Ruger SP101 3 inch 357 mag.
I had to have all steel because I shoot a lot, I appreciate the weight and its advantages in a 357 revolver, and if I run out of ammo I can hit them over the head with it.
A fun fact... At 32 ounces loaded the 3 inch SP101 is 4 ounces lighter than my Glock 32... Its no pocket gun to be sure, but I don't pocket carry anyway.
I mostly carry appendix (1 o'clock) , and the SP101 carries WAAAAAAY better than the Glock 32 in that position, on me at least. It just disappears under a t-shirt, completely. There is no beavertail poking me when I bend over either.
I did have some trouble finding an appendix holster for it, I ended up using a Glock 32 holster that it just happens to fit decently well with the retention screw removed... A High Noon Mr. Softy holster (~$32)...it is a little short to fully cover the barrel so I ordered one for a Glock 17, longer and covers the barrel, but otherwise the same.
I also ordered a Milt Sparks Versa Max 2 for it, I should get sometime before I qualify for social security (quoted 20 weeks)...the last belt I got from them took 8 months, but it was worth the wait, that was 11 years ago and I wore that belt every single day up until I outgrew it last year... I tried to say the belt shrunk, but nobody believed me.
I shoot the Ruger like I've been shooting them all my life... Even double action there is no low and left to struggle with. It just knows where I want them and puts them right in there....I guess its just a better fit.
I let my wife shoot it... She likes it too... She sent me a text earlier today being all sweet and thanking me for her anniversary present (I'm out of town working, truck driver)... I replied "You're welcome, I'm glad you like it.... What did I get you?"
Apparently I bought her a S&W 640 for our 17th anniversary.... Nothing says "I love you" like a new gun, right?
Anyway... We're all wheel gun crazy now... Not sure what took us so long, but at least we finally got here.
