Oh, the fun of calling modern guns CRAP!!
Here we read, "friends don't let friends buy Ruger"
and yes, I laughed out loud, but own many Rugers, and LOVE them all, particularly their revolvers. Then we see the pinned barrel Smith crowd noses up in the air against the crush fit screw on barrels, the old 'handfit' crowd against CNC machinery, The Cult of Colt (when if fact, Colt guns were never as reliable as many contemporaries) We hear Taurus is no good, kinda good, or getting better. And then there is the constant tweaking- "Well, I would have bought that solid cylinder model 657 if they'd put it out in a 6 inch barrel instead of 7.5" We hear bemoaning of the loss of 'real woods cartridges' when no one bought enough of them when they were last introduced, causing those of us who still want them to pay through the nose today.
in short, it's all a lot of fun, and there's some wisdom and personnel preference and more than a little rabidity-
But honestly, if you were stranded in the wilderness, couldn't you make that pathetic Taurus save your life? Your ancestors did with much weaker black powder revolvers. I have a terrible triggered Lone Eagle, really, it is so bad it is a Zen exercise of control and 'letting go' to keep the sight picture on target as you pull the trigger. But I can do it. I have guns with drifting triggers, long take ups, crisp triggers, glass breaking triggers, and slow as molassas will she ever come? triggers. I can shoot them all. I get a kick out of it.
We've lost some and gained some. Yes, the old hand fit is gone- but look at Berreta's new shotgun- tolerances so tight they could not be made by human hands and there is more bearing surface on lock up.
The truth is the "good Old Days" were not that good. In a few short years, what you sneer at today will be coveted by the crowd of tomorow.
I think most reasonable cartridges in most major firearm manufacturers are pretty good. There's a strange dog released from time to time- I don't know why we have so many Super Duper Faster Than Yours rounds out today, but things are pretty damn good.
I kinda miss you gun nuts, as Jack O'Connor used to call you. But the days of falling asleep next to ballistics charts are over for me. The older I get, the more I seem to fall into the Redneck category instead. The Ranchers and Farmers in these Eastern Montana hills and plains use their weapons like tools. They are savy and often handload. But you know, they admire old weapons and like new too. They 'd be tickled pink to own many of the shortstraws you guys laugh at.
I'm with them- I think I can make almost any reasonable combo work. How about you?
munk
Here we read, "friends don't let friends buy Ruger"
and yes, I laughed out loud, but own many Rugers, and LOVE them all, particularly their revolvers. Then we see the pinned barrel Smith crowd noses up in the air against the crush fit screw on barrels, the old 'handfit' crowd against CNC machinery, The Cult of Colt (when if fact, Colt guns were never as reliable as many contemporaries) We hear Taurus is no good, kinda good, or getting better. And then there is the constant tweaking- "Well, I would have bought that solid cylinder model 657 if they'd put it out in a 6 inch barrel instead of 7.5" We hear bemoaning of the loss of 'real woods cartridges' when no one bought enough of them when they were last introduced, causing those of us who still want them to pay through the nose today.
in short, it's all a lot of fun, and there's some wisdom and personnel preference and more than a little rabidity-
But honestly, if you were stranded in the wilderness, couldn't you make that pathetic Taurus save your life? Your ancestors did with much weaker black powder revolvers. I have a terrible triggered Lone Eagle, really, it is so bad it is a Zen exercise of control and 'letting go' to keep the sight picture on target as you pull the trigger. But I can do it. I have guns with drifting triggers, long take ups, crisp triggers, glass breaking triggers, and slow as molassas will she ever come? triggers. I can shoot them all. I get a kick out of it.
We've lost some and gained some. Yes, the old hand fit is gone- but look at Berreta's new shotgun- tolerances so tight they could not be made by human hands and there is more bearing surface on lock up.
The truth is the "good Old Days" were not that good. In a few short years, what you sneer at today will be coveted by the crowd of tomorow.
I think most reasonable cartridges in most major firearm manufacturers are pretty good. There's a strange dog released from time to time- I don't know why we have so many Super Duper Faster Than Yours rounds out today, but things are pretty damn good.
I kinda miss you gun nuts, as Jack O'Connor used to call you. But the days of falling asleep next to ballistics charts are over for me. The older I get, the more I seem to fall into the Redneck category instead. The Ranchers and Farmers in these Eastern Montana hills and plains use their weapons like tools. They are savy and often handload. But you know, they admire old weapons and like new too. They 'd be tickled pink to own many of the shortstraws you guys laugh at.
I'm with them- I think I can make almost any reasonable combo work. How about you?
munk
