Medium Sized Revolver That Is Double Action Only

How about this Kimber K6S with a 3 inch barrel? I've read it shoots 38 pretty good, but I have no first hand experience.

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I have the 2" K6s and it is a phenomenal firearm. Otherwise, pick up an older S&W and have a smith do the work. If you keep ytour eyes open you can usually fins one of these alread modified on an auction site. A friend of mine just picked up a Mod 64 DA only for $400.

Ru4real said:

How about this Kimber K6S with a 3 inch barrel? I've read it shoots 38 pretty good, but I have no first hand experience.

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We have a winner. Or should I say, I have a winner. My 3" K6S is, in my opinion, the ultimate all-around carry revolver. Everything I need, nothing I don't.

You might also consider a DAO Ruger SP101, but I think you’d be limited to the 2.25” barrel from the factory.

I have bobbed the hammers on both an SP101, and a GP100. No issues with light strikes, and very easy to do at home with just a hacksaw, a file, and some sandpaper.

However, I suspect that the hammer on the LCRx is much lower mass than those on the GP100 or SP101. So bobbing it could potentially effect reliability.

That Kimber does look very nice!

Even though I almost always fire double action I don't understand the allure of DAO. Why limit your options? Having the ability to fire SA in no way interferes with the double action operation of the revolver. Maybe somebody can splain it to me.

And one less thing to snag when you draw it from concealment

Jake38 said:

I feel that carrying a revolver with a single action option would be risky. For example, the hammer could be moved back if I got in a scuffle with an aggressor.

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Triply poor holster design if this is possible. First, it's all too easy to have a retention strap which blocks the hammer from being unintentionally drawn. Try thumbing the hammer, even without a retention strap, on a well fit holster sometime - it doesn't take much drag to prevent a cylinder from rolling over, and well fit holsters provide ample drag. And of course secondarily, even if the hammer WERE somehow drawn to reach the single action sear, then something would subsequently have to pull the trigger - because in the Ruger design, if the trigger isn't held to the rear during the hammer fall, there won't be a "bang." So you'd have to have three failures - no retention strap blocking the hammer from being cocked, poor fit such the cylinder could turn freely while in the holster, and finally, something was able to enter the trigger guard and pull the trigger.

But if a guy wants a DAO, standard size revolver, there are a few options out there, and bobbing the hammer and removing the SAO sear on a GP100 would be high on my list.

I am confused. I thought the STANDARD Ruger LCR was hammerless? Did Ruger drop the hammerless version?

No, but they don't make a "hammerless" with three inch barrel.

Oh, that's it. Thanks, Jim Watson!

Dframe said:

Even though I almost always fire double action I don't understand the allure of DAO. Why limit your options? Having the ability to fire SA in no way interferes with the double action operation of the revolver. Maybe somebody can splain it to me.

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I've posted this link numerous times, since it's easier than typing my own reply :

http://www.grantcunningham.com/2007/08/the-case-for-the-double-action-only-revolver/

Rhino 200D

Jake38 said:

I feel that carrying a revolver with a single action option would be risky. For example, the hammer could be moved back if I got in a scuffle with an aggressor. I think the safety concerns regarding the hammer outweighs the likelyhood of me having to make a very precise shot.

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Semi concealed hammer fixes the issue.

I dont view the LCRX as a medium framed gun, its a J frame sized category even with a 3 inch barrel, to carry a medium sized revolver I better get 6 shots, which some of the old K Frames, Ruger Security/Speed 6, and others do very well. I don't see the point of taking off the hammer, I want SA potential there should the situation require it. I can draw a j frame with a hammer or other brand identical from the pocket without having the hammer snag on any clothing, its not a device issue its a training one.

You can have a gunsmith saw off the hammer spur and file the single action notch to make most any size S&W revolver DAO.

Here's a nice S&W model 64 double action only for $249. Hard to beat the brand or the price.

http://www.southernohiogun.com/smith-and-wesson-model-64-double-action-only.html

Happy with my S&W DAOs:
Pick one.

There were tons of police trade-in DAO Smiths, usually 64 and 65's, back in the 90's and early 2000's. They still crop up occasionally, like in the link Taurus 617 CCW provided.