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Yes, I was firing some of the barricades s/a then d/a.
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I took a cumulative 48 hours of revolver-specific training at three different schools last year. I would have done the same this year if things hadn't been different. I'm hoping to make it up next year. When I do continue my training, it will be exclusively with a revolver but I doubt I will take any more revolver-specific classes. One time I took a 3-day class where I was the only revolver. In fact, I was the only non-Glock shooter (out of ~15). "Revolver" classes can be worthwhile, but the things unique to revolvers are limited and don't take dwelling upon endlessly. Once you get the double-action trigger down and you figure out your reloading it's not hard to keep up with any class. I haven't encountered any practical or combat type course where the course of fire involves 15-round mag dumps. Most of the courses of fire are routinely completed by people with 7-round 1911's or 8-round, and revolvers will hold as many. I use moon-clips and I find myself less busy than the Glock guys during breaks because I bring 40 clips already loaded and they typically bring 3 to 6 magazines that they've got to refill at every break. I always have plenty of time to help them pick up their brass at the end of the day too.
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Sistema1927
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My 3" Kimber K6S doesn't have an exposed hammer, but I really love the fact that I can stage the trigger to get SA results if needed.
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Sistema1927
I can do the same exact thing with my S&W Model 686.
I can do the same exact thing with my S&W Model 686.
shoebox1.1
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I love this thread! I can not wait to get a wheelgun on a range in idpa or a class instead of just punching paper. I’ve shot idpa many times but not with a revolver. I’m ready! DR505.. I love those stocks
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ontarget
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Now you're talking. One can spin it many ways but I like this one the best so far.
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I regularly carry a Ruger SP101 with 158gr HP. Backed up with a J-frame 638 with 148 WC. Just a prefetence thing for me. I have a Performance Center Shield in .40 and an HK VP9SK that I carry once in a while instead of the Ruger. The j-frame is like underwear, I don't feel dressed without it.
375supermag
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Hi I...
I never took a handgun combat training course.
I usually carry a 1911 in .45ACP and usually run at least two magazines through it each range trip which is nearly every week.
I also tend to shoot my double action revolvers in all calibers out to 25yds as quickly as I can acquire a good sight picture.
As I age, I can't keep all shots inside the 8 or 9 ring offhand at 25yds like I did years ago when I was shooting competitively. My eye sight was never good enough to win matches consistently but I was able to win some matches when I had a really good day.
I never took a handgun combat training course.
I usually carry a 1911 in .45ACP and usually run at least two magazines through it each range trip which is nearly every week.
I also tend to shoot my double action revolvers in all calibers out to 25yds as quickly as I can acquire a good sight picture.
As I age, I can't keep all shots inside the 8 or 9 ring offhand at 25yds like I did years ago when I was shooting competitively. My eye sight was never good enough to win matches consistently but I was able to win some matches when I had a really good day.
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I have sat in the South, the East, as well as the West, but I'm a traveling man.
I started carrying with a Charter Bulldog Pug in '86. In '96 S&W introduced the 696 and I got one of the first ones. Still carry it today. (I really really like the .44 Spatial) In the '90s I shot a lot of USPSA and pin matches with 1911s AND S&W revolvers - mainly a 625 and and a 57. I shot a USPSA Match one time with the Charter and the guys thought it was hilarious. It did finish the match. I did not win. I almost never shoot DA revolvers single action. Double action is so much more fun and faster. Though I absolutely love the 1911 and built and competed with them for years I will never trust any magazine fed gun to carry. Too many things can go wrong and - I have seen just about all of them.
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Those were made by Kim Ahrends when he was still in business...the wood is Cordia.
Mark 40
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It's great the instructor encouraged you to use you 66. Time well spent.
Riomouse911
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Well done, glad to see revolvers still out there showing people that despite being around 125 years old the S&W DA system is still an effective tool for defense!
Your loads are right in the wheelhouse of my favorite mid-range .357 loads:
Eggleston 158 gr LSWC over 6.2 gr Unique...
Extreme 158 gr PRNHP over 6.5 gr Unique.
I find that powder weight range with Unique to be a great combo for fun .357 shooting without being hard on me or my guns
.Stay safe.
American Finn
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It's not a full size combat revolver, but my everyday carry is now a Ruger LCRx 3" barrel.
I like this revolver; it's lightweight, pretty much indestructible (to corrosion), easy to manipulate, fits my hands, and most importantly it is an awesome shooter. It will shoot 1.5" groups from the bench at 25 yards (those are Hornady American Gunner .38 Special 125 grain hollowpoints); at the range I go to they have steel plates at 25 yards and I consistently hit them. I like the ease of use and lack of complexity that a revolver offers.
For the longest time I was carrying a SIG P250SC and a Glock 42. I liked them both and they were good shooters; the SIG tended to get a little heavy after a few hours; the Glock I would leave loaded in my speed safe when at home. I could never get over my concern with having a magazine loaded or the Glock being cocked due to spring compression (none of those worries with a revolver). Maybe I am being paranoid, IDK. I just find that the LCRx does what I need it to do; I don't envision myself going into hostile environments with it (if I knew I was going into trouble I'd take my 1911 or the aforementioned SIG). I have watched both Clint Smith and Massad Ayoob on the topic of revolver reloads; I find Clint's techniques are a better fit for me. While watching TV at night I practice loading the Ruger both single rounds and the speed strips (snap caps); not as fast as an autoloader but with the practice I have become much faster.
Now, if I can only find .38 Special so I could get some more trigger time.
I like this revolver; it's lightweight, pretty much indestructible (to corrosion), easy to manipulate, fits my hands, and most importantly it is an awesome shooter. It will shoot 1.5" groups from the bench at 25 yards (those are Hornady American Gunner .38 Special 125 grain hollowpoints); at the range I go to they have steel plates at 25 yards and I consistently hit them. I like the ease of use and lack of complexity that a revolver offers.
For the longest time I was carrying a SIG P250SC and a Glock 42. I liked them both and they were good shooters; the SIG tended to get a little heavy after a few hours; the Glock I would leave loaded in my speed safe when at home. I could never get over my concern with having a magazine loaded or the Glock being cocked due to spring compression (none of those worries with a revolver). Maybe I am being paranoid, IDK. I just find that the LCRx does what I need it to do; I don't envision myself going into hostile environments with it (if I knew I was going into trouble I'd take my 1911 or the aforementioned SIG). I have watched both Clint Smith and Massad Ayoob on the topic of revolver reloads; I find Clint's techniques are a better fit for me. While watching TV at night I practice loading the Ruger both single rounds and the speed strips (snap caps); not as fast as an autoloader but with the practice I have become much faster.
Now, if I can only find .38 Special so I could get some more trigger time.
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I carry semi autos primarily in the summer, but i actually shoot revolvers better. Feces strikes the oscillator, I'll grab a .357 revolver first as I hit the bricks.
I have really come to appreciate my 686+ snubnose. It conceals well enough to be a viable carry piece yet has enough in the wheel to put my firepower on par with a small single stack.
I can't think of a more versatile handgun in my collection. If I could only keep one gun it would be a 12 gauge pump. However, if i could only keep 2 or had to pick a handgun, a double action .357 revolver would be my choice.
I have a little weekend trip up to MI coming up next month. Its a light trip with the wife meeting up with socially distant friends at a cabin. Couple pairs of clothes, good boots, nice weight jacket and decent hat to ward off the full autumn chill I am not used to until late November down this way. I really need nothing more than a pocket knife for what little camp chores I anticipate and a good multitool for any repairs that may need to be made.
...and that 686+ riding on my hip the whole way. A heavy fistful of thunder that I shoot well chambered in a cartridge that will handle most anything I am liable to run across on the trip up there or the stay itself. Hang out with old friends, enjoy a glass of local wine around a fire at a group cabin that is larger than my house, and be comfortable knowing I have a very reliable piece of protection should we need it hanging right on my hip under my flannel.
Light trip
...the 12 gauge 590a1 is still stowing away in the trunk though.
I have really come to appreciate my 686+ snubnose. It conceals well enough to be a viable carry piece yet has enough in the wheel to put my firepower on par with a small single stack.
I can't think of a more versatile handgun in my collection. If I could only keep one gun it would be a 12 gauge pump. However, if i could only keep 2 or had to pick a handgun, a double action .357 revolver would be my choice.
I have a little weekend trip up to MI coming up next month. Its a light trip with the wife meeting up with socially distant friends at a cabin. Couple pairs of clothes, good boots, nice weight jacket and decent hat to ward off the full autumn chill I am not used to until late November down this way. I really need nothing more than a pocket knife for what little camp chores I anticipate and a good multitool for any repairs that may need to be made.
...and that 686+ riding on my hip the whole way. A heavy fistful of thunder that I shoot well chambered in a cartridge that will handle most anything I am liable to run across on the trip up there or the stay itself. Hang out with old friends, enjoy a glass of local wine around a fire at a group cabin that is larger than my house, and be comfortable knowing I have a very reliable piece of protection should we need it hanging right on my hip under my flannel.
Light trip
...the 12 gauge 590a1 is still stowing away in the trunk though.
My first love, among handguns, was the 1911, and soon after I reached age 21, in 1982, that is what I bought. At the time, I thought revolvers were quaint. By late 1983, however, I started police academy training. During the academy, and for my first year of sworn duty, I was mandated to carry only DA revolvers, so, I did the practical thing, and made a 100% effort to learn DA sixgunning as well as possible. To make a long story short, I came to prefer love revolvers fully as much as 1911 pistols.
On a good day, when trained-up with both systems, I could shoot a 1911 about as well as a medium or medium-large revolver, such as a K-Frame or GP100. On a less-than-good day, my 1911 skills suffered. Long-stroke DA is, for me, more stress-proof.
When training is curtailed, due to whatever reason, my revolving-pistols skills are less-perishable than my 1911 skills, and my Glock-ing skills become abysmal.
In these days of COVIDity, training opportunities are few, and mostly on private land, where I do not want to scatter brass, so, I am only practicing with revolvers. So, I am only carrying DA revolvers, except for one auto-loader, the occasional-carry Seecamp LWS-32, which has a long-stroke DA trigger, much like a revolver. (Not having sights, the Seecamp is very much a limited-task weapon.)
On a good day, when trained-up with both systems, I could shoot a 1911 about as well as a medium or medium-large revolver, such as a K-Frame or GP100. On a less-than-good day, my 1911 skills suffered. Long-stroke DA is, for me, more stress-proof.
When training is curtailed, due to whatever reason, my revolving-pistols skills are less-perishable than my 1911 skills, and my Glock-ing skills become abysmal.
In these days of COVIDity, training opportunities are few, and mostly on private land, where I do not want to scatter brass, so, I am only practicing with revolvers. So, I am only carrying DA revolvers, except for one auto-loader, the occasional-carry Seecamp LWS-32, which has a long-stroke DA trigger, much like a revolver. (Not having sights, the Seecamp is very much a limited-task weapon.)
My Charter Arms Undercover has been my go to gun on more occasions over the last 35 years. From Intel work, to street patrol to off duty and plain cloths duty it's never let me down.
Also it's solid frame allowed me to shoot +P ammo thru it with now worries
Yeah, it's a bit worn around the edges, just like it's owner.
Also it's solid frame allowed me to shoot +P ammo thru it with now worries
Yeah, it's a bit worn around the edges, just like it's owner.
About 22 or 23 years ago, my agency transitioned to a DOUBLE ACTION ONLY BERETTA pistol, the 96D Brigadier. After that, we went to the H&K P2000, also double action only. So I do not have any trouble switching back and forth to a double action revolver like the S&W model 15, that I use for the range and the RUGER Security Six or Speed Six, that I occasionally carry. I love to shoot both of them and the Speed Six, is surprisingly easy to carry and with rubber grips, it is also easy to shoot.
BUT, my BERETTA M9A3 holds 18 rounds, has a light mounted on the rail and has night sights, so it beats any revolver for my house gun.
Jim
BUT, my BERETTA M9A3 holds 18 rounds, has a light mounted on the rail and has night sights, so it beats any revolver for my house gun.
Jim
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just picked up a S & W Model 66 2.75 inch -want to know whats a good IWB leather holster with no thumb guard -thanks
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I’d recommend Kramer Horsehide iwb perfect
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