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I grew up shooting a Single Six. My first real handgun was a Taurus Model 66. I enjoy shooting K frames and N frames and SA revolvers more than I enjoy shooting any service pistol. I shoot them better, too.
I've been "on a roll" lately. Prices have been crazy and I've only bought a few handguns in the past year or two. But recently I found three I really liked (and for decent deals). I was at the range today and starting thinking that I was pleased with my three most recent purchases. I put a box of ammo through a couple of them today and enjoyed them. Not surprisingly, they are all revolvers.
I own more semiautomatic pistols than revolvers, but enjoy revolvers much more. That's strange. I need to fix that.
Anyway, these are the recent additions. I've shot them all by now.
My LGS had a nice-looking used SP101. It had a nice trigger for an SP101, so I traded a couple of pistols I didn't want for it. I'd never gotten comfortable shooting an SP101 before, but the right Hogue Monogrips helped... and shooting more DA is helping too, I think. Anyway, I've put a couple of boxes of ammo through this and have had no problems. It's nice and sturdy, so the recoil is easy. I can shoot it about as well as any of my snubs. The moonclips were inexpensive and are easy to use. 9mm ammo is also the easiest to get right now.
I wanted a 4.75" SAA clone. My LGS had a NiB Cimarron. I gave him a handgun and some money for it. I've never had a short-barreled SA revolver before. It's a lot of fun to shoot. The action is very smooth. I shot it better the second time, after I painted the front sight with white nail polish. I've put a couple boxes of ammo through it with no problems. It shoots a little low, but I like my groups. The trigger is excellent. The short barrel is handy and makes shooting it a little more challenging.
My S&W 642 has not been reliable enough for me to carry (it needs to go back to the smith again, apparently), and I gave my Taurus Model 85UL to my FiL. Not having a j-frame was becoming inconvenient. It's a perfect fit for back pocket carry, like if I'm going to be walking the dog and know I'm not going to sit down. Anyway, I saw pictures of a very cruddy-looking Taurus Model 85 on Gunbroker. I've owned three before, and they all worked fine, so I made a modest bid on it. And I won, for $251. The pictures were terrible. When I picked it up at my FFL it looked more dirty than rusty. I spent an hour cleaning it, removing and cleaning the grips, and working on the rust spots. There are still three spots that need a little more work, and they will probably end up down to the metal. I'll just cold blue those spots. The trigger is okay, neither great nor terrible. I took it to the range with me today just to see if it goes bang. Yes, it went bang 20 times. I had a couple of flyers and the rest were tight. The trigger's better than I'd thought. I'd forgotten how easy to shoot the steel-framed ones are. It should eventually be fine for CC. I'll open it up, clean and lube the insides, give it new springs, shoot it a bunch more, and eventually probably grind off the hammer spur. It's already "pre-ruined", so I won't have to be careful with it.
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Anyway, if I'm going to buy any handguns in the foreseeable future, I should stick with revolvers. I just like them better. I've been shooting semiautomatic pistols for 40 years, and own some nice ones, but I just like revolvers better and that's all there is to it. There's no use me squandering any more of my "fun" money on handguns that are not so much my cup of tea. Some of my 22 autos and 1911's you would have to pry my cold dead fingers from (or my daughter would have to ask nicely), but the rest of them are just slide-racky little doohickies and I ain't gonna pretend to be in love with them no more.
I've been "on a roll" lately. Prices have been crazy and I've only bought a few handguns in the past year or two. But recently I found three I really liked (and for decent deals). I was at the range today and starting thinking that I was pleased with my three most recent purchases. I put a box of ammo through a couple of them today and enjoyed them. Not surprisingly, they are all revolvers.
I own more semiautomatic pistols than revolvers, but enjoy revolvers much more. That's strange. I need to fix that.
Anyway, these are the recent additions. I've shot them all by now.
My LGS had a nice-looking used SP101. It had a nice trigger for an SP101, so I traded a couple of pistols I didn't want for it. I'd never gotten comfortable shooting an SP101 before, but the right Hogue Monogrips helped... and shooting more DA is helping too, I think. Anyway, I've put a couple of boxes of ammo through this and have had no problems. It's nice and sturdy, so the recoil is easy. I can shoot it about as well as any of my snubs. The moonclips were inexpensive and are easy to use. 9mm ammo is also the easiest to get right now.
I wanted a 4.75" SAA clone. My LGS had a NiB Cimarron. I gave him a handgun and some money for it. I've never had a short-barreled SA revolver before. It's a lot of fun to shoot. The action is very smooth. I shot it better the second time, after I painted the front sight with white nail polish. I've put a couple boxes of ammo through it with no problems. It shoots a little low, but I like my groups. The trigger is excellent. The short barrel is handy and makes shooting it a little more challenging.
My S&W 642 has not been reliable enough for me to carry (it needs to go back to the smith again, apparently), and I gave my Taurus Model 85UL to my FiL. Not having a j-frame was becoming inconvenient. It's a perfect fit for back pocket carry, like if I'm going to be walking the dog and know I'm not going to sit down. Anyway, I saw pictures of a very cruddy-looking Taurus Model 85 on Gunbroker. I've owned three before, and they all worked fine, so I made a modest bid on it. And I won, for $251. The pictures were terrible. When I picked it up at my FFL it looked more dirty than rusty. I spent an hour cleaning it, removing and cleaning the grips, and working on the rust spots. There are still three spots that need a little more work, and they will probably end up down to the metal. I'll just cold blue those spots. The trigger is okay, neither great nor terrible. I took it to the range with me today just to see if it goes bang. Yes, it went bang 20 times. I had a couple of flyers and the rest were tight. The trigger's better than I'd thought. I'd forgotten how easy to shoot the steel-framed ones are. It should eventually be fine for CC. I'll open it up, clean and lube the insides, give it new springs, shoot it a bunch more, and eventually probably grind off the hammer spur. It's already "pre-ruined", so I won't have to be careful with it.
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Anyway, if I'm going to buy any handguns in the foreseeable future, I should stick with revolvers. I just like them better. I've been shooting semiautomatic pistols for 40 years, and own some nice ones, but I just like revolvers better and that's all there is to it. There's no use me squandering any more of my "fun" money on handguns that are not so much my cup of tea. Some of my 22 autos and 1911's you would have to pry my cold dead fingers from (or my daughter would have to ask nicely), but the rest of them are just slide-racky little doohickies and I ain't gonna pretend to be in love with them no more.
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