Why is it..........?

No.

I feel like revolvers are my SOUL.

I'm getting there. I've only been into handguns for maybe 5 years. Started with a few plastic semi autos. Probably because they seemed to offer the most modern design. Then I got bored and sold those to buy steel or alloy ones. The last couple purchases have been revolvers and the ones on my next-to-buy list are also revolvers. So it seems I have been progressing backwards in terms of firearm technology. Nowadays, I realize that "old-school" is just fine.

I like the classic lines, natural feel, and simplicity of revolvers. Reloading for the bigger calibers if fun too. And I dont have to chase my brass around!

Hey Kodiak, a Colt collector buddy and I were just discussing .44mag pistolas the other day. I had it somehow in my head that an Anaconda or model 29 would make a great addition to the stable (been reloading copious amount of .44mag lately), but friend pointed out that I already have a Ruger SBH, one of the toughest revolvers ever made. Especially w/ its 7.5" bbl, there won't be much else that outshoots it or can handle more pressure 'cept maybe a Redhawk. His main point was that since I've been jonesing for a Python and Colt 1911A1 I should stay focused and not blow my 'gun fund' on other fluff like an Anaconda, 642, etc.

I am very much considering a S&W 2.5" 19 now that American Rifleman has helped juice the Python prices

---moral of the story: go ahead and buy the dang 29 or 629, then you can focus on other arms!

The engineer in me derives its respect for revolvers from the simple fact that any design which has remained relevant for nearly 200 years is worth reverence.

Okay, embarrassing confession time. My love affair with revolvers predates my ownership of one by a wide margin, for the following three reasons:

Revolver Ocelot, a character from the PlayStation game Metal Gear Solid.

Roland Deschain of Gilead, from Steven King's Dark Tower series.

Mordecai, from Borderlands.

But do you ever feel like revolvers are an obsession for you?

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Ahh no he-he, no, why would you ask, he-he-he

Never mind the 14 revolvers in the gun safe - no it's not an addiction he-he

But do you ever feel like revolvers are an obsession for you?

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Absolutely not! That’s why I’ve only bought 31 S&W revolvers in the last 5 or so years.

Been slowly coming back around to wheelies myself, got 8 or 9 kicking around. I could fancy another .44mag, but I'm a long-barrel guy, 6" or longer please. I like to shoot revolvers at targets, not carry them for CCW. I'd carry my 6" 586 for deer hunting if I got the chance, but a big .44 Ruger sounds nice. Or a 7.5" .45 Colt SAA clone.

Of course we all feel that way. My LGS has a shipping container of revolvers they know I want. They're just saving them, doling them out one at a time. As soon as I buy one, they go to the back and get another one out and put it under the counter. Then when I next pull into the parking lot, they get it out from under the counter, and put it on the shelf.

"It JUST came in."

Most of my guns are revolvers. Many of them are duplicates.

I don't have kids and my wife and I both have decent jobs, and I don't have any other really expensive hobbies, so a few years ago, my gun gun collecting was full throttle. I bought what I liked (almost always used, and for a good price...getting a deal is part of the rush for me). When it dust settled, it turned out that I'm a real sucker for Smith & Wesson revolvers (as well as Dan Wesson, Ruger, and Colt).

Well, this thread has really touched my heart strings. I'm retired now, with a reduced income BUT also much fewer expenses. I'd always liked S&W revolvers but could never afford one.

One day I was in my LGS to buy some ammo, and in the case was a used S&W 625, 5" full lug - at a very reasonable price. I thought "I can swing the expense." and bought it. After shooting it, I knew that S&W revolvers would be my life love. With a guaranteed monthly income and a high credit limit on my Visa card, I have since bought a 629, 617 (10 shot), and 686 (of course). So now I have .45, .44, .357, .22 but no .32 Magnum. I definitely can't justify the cost of a S&W .32 Mag, so I bought a Ruger .327 Fed Mag. And a New Bearcat.

I can shoot the 629 best. I load .44 Russian, .44 Special, and .44 Magnum. The .44 Russian loads make excellent target loads.

I'd say that I am a revolver man.

I started out with revolvers (a Hawes Deputy Marshall .22LR/.22 Magnum was my first followed by a Charter Arms Undercover), but soon morphed into a semi-auto pistol enthusiast. But over the last few years I have kind of grown bored with the various polymer offerings (they pretty much all look the same to me nowadays), and have been getting back into wheel guns, primarily single action models. Not really interested in playing cowboy; I guess I just find them of immense interest and satisfaction in how much fun they are to have and shoot.

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Yeah, I haven't even gotten into SA guns yet. Ruger's new offerings of 454 and 480 in their super Blackhawk have me drooling too. And a 500 magnum, and a 327 fed magnum, and a Schofield, and ........:banghead:

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So... make it easier on yourself. Give up the idea of a DA .44 for now, and go ahead w/ a .454 SBH from Ruger. You'll be GLAD to have it as you can hot load .45 ammo or shoot full on Buffalo Bore .454 Casull, either way it'll supersede the need for another BIG gun for at least a year. Then you can get other stuff later
You're welcome.

Yup, there is something about those wheel guns...

Edmo

I can definitely relate to this, I love wheel guns. But I also get the same feeling when I see a nice bolt action. So what I do is make up my mind before entering the LGS as to which of the two I'm gonna look at, other wise I end up an emotional mess by the time I walk out the door.:banghead:

GS

I have 50+ Webley revolvers and buying another tomorrow! Two S & W moderns, 25-2 and a 25-11. Just something about the innovation and enduring technology I reckon!

Tell you what, when you have big hands, you appreciate the way the medium & large frame revolvers fit and point.

I've been a revolver fan since their heyday in the 70s. To me an auto loader doesn't compare to the classic lines and the mechanicals of a fine old S&W revolver. I own other brands but, I prefer my Smiths. As a reloader, shooting a revolver allows me to collect my brass without chasing brass and losing half of it in the grass. Although auto loaders have their place, they will never be favored as much as the revolvers in my collection.