How to choose my first (carry)revolver???

[Tachardiapsyche]

And I would not go near anything with a lock in it, so no "new" Taurus, Rossi or S&W stuff.

What I did with my handguns was to buy the nicest I could afford first, as my first never sell gun and go from there through necessity.

 

[JPG1911]

Savit260/357 Terms,

Thank you for your recommendations on the rugers. I guess there's something to be said for product recognition/association because when i hear revolver I automatically think "s&w" I honestly hadn't even thought about ruger. I've been researching the sp101 and gp100 for the last hour or so and basically had to stop to wipe the drool off my keyboard! I'm going to head out to all the local gun shops tomorrow to handle a few if I can find 'em. But I think I have just decided to buy a used gp100, blued with 6" bbl. I am IN LOVE with this gun, if it fits my hand half as well as everybody says it will, its a done deal. I found a few decent deals at gunbroker.com but I think I can do better at the gun show when it comes back to this area.

Now i have to go back to the sheriffs office and get another pistol permit. I thought I still had one left but totally forgot that I had used it to buy an Uberti cattleman SAA in .45colt. I had to sell the gun two days later b/c my truck decided it didn't like it's fuel pump anymore. Thank God I live in a state/county where you can get a pistol permit the same day you apply for it. The last two I got took less than 20 minutes each to acquire.

- J

 

[harmon rabb]

Pistol permit? Sounds more like you're living in the northeast than the south. Lol.

 

[Drew78]

I have had a chance to shoot both a Smith 642 and a Ruger LCR.

I now have 2 LCR's in both .38 and .357.

They are wonderfully acurate AND easy to shoot...

-Drew

 

[Madcap_Magician]

If you're looking to build skill with DA revolvers, I would start with the medium frame guns, i.e. Ruger Security-Six, GP100, Smith K-frame. Easy to shoot, possible to carry comfortably OWB. On the small end, you could also get a 3" barrel SP101. Very easy to carry, but still way easier to shoot than any of the J-frame .357s.

 

[JPG1911]

Pistol permit? Sounds more like you're living in the northeast than the south. Lol.

In North Caroline, one is not required to have a permit to posses or open carry a pistol. Only to purchase one. Its called a Permit to Purchase Pistol. NC does not have any silly mandatory waiting period, its up to the individual county sheriff as to how long you have to wait. In some of the more populated counties it can take 5-6 days simply because it takes the sheriff's office staff that long to process the paperwork(at least that's what they tell citizens - the truth is that the sheriff just wants to be a bully and make people wait because he can) In Forsyth County where I live, you just walk up to the special pistol permit window in the lobby of the sheriff's office and hand them your driver's license. They run your background check while you are filling out the 3 page application and usually have the permit printed out and notarized by the time you are done filling out the app. You give them $8 ($5 for the permit and $3 for the notary fee) and they hand you a purchase permit. You can then walk out the door, down the street to the nearest person/dealer selling a handgun and buy it.

The last one I bought, there were 3 other people getting theirs at the same time. The one deputy asked the other " I wonder why we are so busy, that's the 10th one this week(it was Friday)"

The other deputy answered "There's a gun show this weekend"
"Oh, that explains it"

 

[TUBBY1]

Ruger sp101 in 3" is a great choice but if you have a big hand, gp100 would be better .both are as good as it gets at a good price.a bianca m3 behind the back holster and the sp101 are my favorite in a wheel gun.

 

[harmon rabb]

In North Caroline, one is not required to have a permit to posses or open carry a pistol. Only to purchase one. Its called a Permit to Purchase Pistol. NC does not have any silly mandatory waiting period, its up to the individual county sheriff as to how long you have to wait. In some of the more populated counties it can take 5-6 days simply because it takes the sheriff's office staff that long to process the paperwork(at least that's what they tell citizens - the truth is that the sheriff just wants to be a bully and make people wait because he can) In Forsyth County where I live, you just walk up to the special pistol permit window in the lobby of the sheriff's office and hand them your driver's license. They run your background check while you are filling out the 3 page application and usually have the permit printed out and notarized by the time you are done filling out the app. You give them $8 ($5 for the permit and $3 for the notary fee) and they hand you a purchase permit. You can then walk out the door, down the street to the nearest person/dealer selling a handgun and buy it.

The last one I bought, there were 3 other people getting theirs at the same time. The one deputy asked the other " I wonder why we are so busy, that's the 10th one this week(it was Friday)"

The other deputy answered "There's a gun show this weekend"
"Oh, that explains it"

In most states, you just walk into the store and buy a gun. No permits needed. In Florida, since I have a concealed weapons permit, I don't have a waiting period either.

I see that it's not a big problem, but it's still a little annoying, you have to admit.