favorite revolver and why?
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Ala Dan
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My favorite revolver and changed from time to time,
over the course of about 35 year's. But to answer
your question honestly; right this very minute its
a 6" Smith & Wesson 686-5 that I use for plinking,
and target shooting! With a $15 WOLFF spring kit
installed; its one heck'eva firearm.
Best Wishes,
Ala Dan, N.R.A. Life Member
over the course of about 35 year's. But to answer
your question honestly; right this very minute its
a 6" Smith & Wesson 686-5 that I use for plinking,
and target shooting! With a $15 WOLFF spring kit
installed; its one heck'eva firearm.
Best Wishes,
Ala Dan, N.R.A. Life Member
farscott
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My personal favorite revolver is a K-22 Masterpiece that was made in 1956. I am not the first owner, and the revolver is far from pristine; however, it is a shooter. This revolver, like no other, provides me many hours of pleasurable shooting. I last shot it on Saturday, putting a bit over two hundred rounds downrange.
My favorite and best shooter is a 5 screw K38 Combat Masterpiece (pre model 15) made in 1949. It shoots like a dream for me and for everyone else. Everyone that has shot it liked it and shot better than typical for them with it. IT is what a fine revolver should be. I have plenty of others, the only ones that even come close to the old K38 are a 5 screw K22 Combat Masterpiece from 1951 and a heavily used M19-4 from somewhere around 1980. The M19 is my regular blaster and gets better every time I shoot it. It has well over 20K through it, but it really gets outclassed handily by the K38 in all aspects except power. The only bad thing about my K38 CM is it shows you just how poor the other guns really are.
Marshall
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My favorite revolver, for reasons more than just numbers is, my 7 1/2" .44 Magnum Ruger Redhawk. It has an AimPoint red dot scope mounted on it and Houge rubber. I have taken mucho game with this gun, from heavy Whitetails to big tom Bobcats. I feed it Winchester 210gr Silvertips, it's scary accurate with this round. Other rounds just don't shoot with the accuracy I get out this one. It's a gun I can pick-up with one hand, put the dot on target and know it's going to hit square on, up to 75 - 90 yards tops. Many things go into a "favorite handgun", memories, trust, what it's used for, etc. Is it the best handgun I own? No. Well, wait a minute, let's define "best". 
ACP230
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I'm in a buying phase with Smith N frames as the main target.
My favorite revolver has to be a smaller Smith, however.
It's my M649. It's my "almost always gun." I carry it everywhere I can legally do so, and shoot it for fun now and then too.
My favorite revolver has to be a smaller Smith, however.
It's my M649. It's my "almost always gun." I carry it everywhere I can legally do so, and shoot it for fun now and then too.
Quantrill
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A 1969 model 28, 6 inch that I bought new for $98. I carried it for a living for a while, I hunted with it and I even won a few PPC matches with it. Wrapping my hand around that gun is like shaking hands with an old friend. Quantrill
Ala Dan
Member in memoriam
Greeting's Again Ron
The WOLFF spring kit doesn't light'en the primer
strikes; but it does light'en the DA trigger pull. I
changed the main spring; and stopped with the
13 lb. trigger return spring, as I didn't see a need
to go any further!
In the old day's, adjusting the main spring tension
screw was a way to light'en the DA trigger pull; but
get it too light, and you ended up with light primer
strikes.
Best Wishes,
Ala Dan, N.R.A. Life Member
The WOLFF spring kit doesn't light'en the primer
strikes; but it does light'en the DA trigger pull. I
changed the main spring; and stopped with the
13 lb. trigger return spring, as I didn't see a need
to go any further!
In the old day's, adjusting the main spring tension
screw was a way to light'en the DA trigger pull; but
get it too light, and you ended up with light primer
strikes.
Best Wishes,
Ala Dan, N.R.A. Life Member
Josey
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My 4" nickel Colt Trooper MKIII 357 Magnum. If it could talk.
Pappy John
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S&W 696.....L-frame with a 3" barrel gives it carryability without loss of accuracy. And I love the big bore.
Carryability.....is that a word?
Carryability.....is that a word?
OH25shooter
Member
Any revolver made by S&W!
Tamara
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Three-inch, round-butt, fixed-sight, heavy-barrel K-frames do it for me:
Top to bottom:
1982 65-2
1983 10-8
1995 PC-13
Top to bottom:
1982 65-2
1983 10-8
1995 PC-13
LAH
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M-17 S&W or my old K-38, both 6 inch guns.
James Bondrock
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Of the revolvers currently in my possession, I would say my Colt Python, a six-inch matte stainless made about 1982, for its appearance, smoothness of action out of the box, and accuracy. Honorable mention: 6 1/2" nickel S&W 29-2, Ruger Blackhawk "Old Model" .45 convertible (interchangeable .45 Colt and .45 ACP cylinders. (It is hard to pick just one. )
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Smaug
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My S&W Model 29, w/ 8 3/8" barrel.
I have a nice bunny-fart load cooked up for it:
With this load, it is about the same level of recoil as a super small 22 pistol, but cuts those nice big clean holes in the paper. This load would probably be adequate for a defense round too...
At this pressure level, the brass lasts FOREVER.
On the other hand, I'm confident that I could put a scope on it and take deer out to about 100 yards with it when I load the full magnums.
I have a nice bunny-fart load cooked up for it:
- Meister 180 gr. flat point bullets (Midway item 719-746, $24/500)
- 5.6 gr. of Bullseye
- Winchester WLP primers
- crimped with Lee Factory Crimp die to insure that the pressure builds up enough to get the bullet out of the barrel at such low velocities.
With this load, it is about the same level of recoil as a super small 22 pistol, but cuts those nice big clean holes in the paper. This load would probably be adequate for a defense round too...
At this pressure level, the brass lasts FOREVER.
On the other hand, I'm confident that I could put a scope on it and take deer out to about 100 yards with it when I load the full magnums.
Jeff Timm
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S&W Bodyguard. .38 Spec. 5-shot. The shrouded hammer version. Companion for a long time. The definition of body pistol.
Geoff
Who likes it with a side of shot rounds, just in case of snakes.
Geoff
Who likes it with a side of shot rounds, just in case of snakes.
PlayTheAces
Member
Quantrill - you got a better deal than I did! I bought mine in '73 and paid $129 for it. That's inflation for ya.
I feel the same way you do - that 28's always been my ol' buddy and the one I shoot best with.
HogRider
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The Redhawk - because I always liked tanks!
Standing Wolf
Member in memoriam
I'm partial to Pythons. They fit my hand well, deliver wonderful accuracy, and can be slicked up to produce light, truly crisp single action trigger pulls and smooth double action pulls.
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Marko Kloos
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My favorite revolver is the S&W three-inch heavy-barrel, fixed-sight K-frame Magnum...either the blued M13, or the stainless M65. The best fighting sixgun ever made by anyone.
P95Carry
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Very tempted to join HogRider .. loving my Ruger ''tanks'' as I do but .....
Fave has to be ..... M27-2 .. the one with 5" barrel .... it replaced my first ever M27 ... is old enough to still have the grace of pinned and recessed .. and the 5" is IMO the ultimate for proportions.
Oh so sweet and a joy to shoot .... mind you .. there is some stiff competition but ... yep, M27-2 wins.
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Fave has to be ..... M27-2 .. the one with 5" barrel .... it replaced my first ever M27 ... is old enough to still have the grace of pinned and recessed .. and the 5" is IMO the ultimate for proportions.
Oh so sweet and a joy to shoot .... mind you .. there is some stiff competition but ... yep, M27-2 wins.
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No good ... just gotta add the pic of my ''lovely''
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grendelbane
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Smith & Wesson Model 58!
Pachmayr Grippers are the only modification.
Accurate, powerful, as reliable as any wheelgun.
Impossible to knock the sights out of adjustment.
Pachmayr Grippers are the only modification.
Accurate, powerful, as reliable as any wheelgun.
Impossible to knock the sights out of adjustment.
shep854
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Second Jeff Trimm's motion. Of course, my Bodyguard is the only revolver I have right now. For overall feel and fun, the K-frames can't be beat. I had one of the original Rossi 971s, six-inch and unfluted cylinder that I liked a lot, but let get away; in fact I think I traded it for a S&W 10, 4 inch pencil barrel. That is one of the prettiest guns around.
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