Recent content by mitchshrader

the strongest .410 is a 5 00 buckshot (stacked in line) and it equates to a light/medium .38 special load. you could use a .410 slug, lighter and faster and about the same energy. or you could just load .38s in that .357 (which i recommend for indoors).. OR you could put some decent...

i am Really glad they aren't making one in .357 . really really really. i hope they don't think of it. :eek:

i happen to think that wadcutter is just fine and might agree tweaking the powder charge a bit is possible, or powder type even. there's some snappy clean powders now that work well in snubbies. i'm envious, and i don't even LIKE snubbies. .. but it is a blued S&W.. can't fault your...

IMO the three inch barrel is the minimum size for reasonable accuracy and controllability, for many folks. there's a reason that the FBI issue .357 (model 13) came in 3 and 4 inch barrel length. now, carry ammo is your call, of course, but MY method is to train with what i'm going to shoot...

good shoot. convenient for all concerned. could have done a lot more damage if it'd been put off. hope any who practice similar home invasions wind up as conveniently dead. i will attempt, if required, to follow the good example this american citizen has provided for protecting my...

I go with HKS and havn't found any reason to gripe yet. fast enough so far and they're Positive..

GP100s are strong pistols, but.. smiths might be a little smoother and MAYBE more accurate (or at least, easier to Shoot accurately) out of the box.. and if you shoot either one enough to wear it much you'll be older when it happens.. i'd suggest that shooting lightweight uberfast .357s...

IMO.. the 'ideal' revolver barrel length, meaning 'best for the most folks' .. at 'practical accuracy' (meaning plain iron sights) offhand, is 6 inches. longer MAY help for extreme ranges, but within 100 yards, 6 inch barrels are hard to beat.. course, everybody shoots different. lots...

i can tell you something.. no matter anyones opinion. . it's your gun, your eyes, your hands, and your life maybe. so it's your decision. if you want JUST the collectors and passionate lovers of revolvers point of view, you have that. I sure won't dispute it. if you intend to live or...

tis a gem.. may the good lord bless and keep all your eardrums safe .. I always had some trouble with snubbies cause they was Loud. . might explain my lack of high caliber pistols.. :uhoh:

yes. it's hideously easier to make rational comments with facts as a basis.. guesstimates are fine for bar bets, but don't work exceptionally well for firearms. IMO, of course. :neener:

agreed with many that manly isn't first criteria.. and my standard arguement is ' get what you know best '.. and accept there's NO PERFECT ANSWER.. if you're absolutely deadeye dick with an old arisaka and have a bunker fulla ammo, shoot it. don't let ME get in the way of success...

ditto 200$ used 38's are easy found, and .357's are possible to find. might have to take a bit of worn blue.. since he's got plenty of hand strength, i'd say the .357. you might look at used .357's on gunbrokers and get a clue what is possible. and as for 'beating up on it'.. well...

i'm sort of BARELY a gun owner. two revolvers, one bolt action rifle, one pump shotgun, one autoloading 22. the bare minimum. all you OTHER people are just ... scary. :neener:

ya'll sure get irate over the blatherings of idiots. my blood pressure is glad i'm a liberal. i just figure idiots act like idiots, and it's not my business to judge em for it. they can't, after all, help it. AND.. there's a social benefit. The folks who admire em are ALSO (possibly...