jeffegg2
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I am 55, and love my Ruger SR9c!!! 
10+1 round clip installed, 17 round backup. Thats 28 shots in a jiffy.
10+1 round clip installed, 17 round backup. Thats 28 shots in a jiffy.
I notice now most of us older guys (50+)
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I am probably one of the truly OLD dudes around that still is an active shooter. I am 77, former Marine weapons instructor and retired cop. Yep, I have done a bit of shooting. I own and shoot "wheel" guns and have hunted with them, but NOW I mostly carry and shoot semi-automatics.
I know the jams and failures of prior years was mostly related to SPRINGS or dirty weapons. The semi-autos of today are much improved and very reliable. I like the versatility of semi's, quick reloading, mag capacity and RELIABILITY. Many of the old guys I know love the ease of inserting magazines into a semi over the FUMBLE FACTOR with revolvers. Arthritis and other issues are not a problem for them when loading, etc.
I know the jams and failures of prior years was mostly related to SPRINGS or dirty weapons. The semi-autos of today are much improved and very reliable. I like the versatility of semi's, quick reloading, mag capacity and RELIABILITY. Many of the old guys I know love the ease of inserting magazines into a semi over the FUMBLE FACTOR with revolvers. Arthritis and other issues are not a problem for them when loading, etc.
stand watie
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to all,
64YY here w/39+ years "pinned to the badge" & i wouldn't take love or money for my much beloved Sig P6. = it fits me, is always within reach & 9 shots of "9mm flying ashtrays" is just fine with me.
otoh, the handgun that i'd really like to have again was the first duty gun that i wore as a LEO. (unwisely traded it & about a month's salary for a Python in 1966.)= a .38SPL S&W M&P (pre-WWII) for which my mother paid 40.ooUSD (complete with a Sam Brown belt, holster, cuffs/cuffcase & a partial box of ammo), when i was sworn in at a "red hot 18YO" as a Deputy Constable in AR.
yours, sw
64YY here w/39+ years "pinned to the badge" & i wouldn't take love or money for my much beloved Sig P6. = it fits me, is always within reach & 9 shots of "9mm flying ashtrays" is just fine with me.
otoh, the handgun that i'd really like to have again was the first duty gun that i wore as a LEO. (unwisely traded it & about a month's salary for a Python in 1966.)= a .38SPL S&W M&P (pre-WWII) for which my mother paid 40.ooUSD (complete with a Sam Brown belt, holster, cuffs/cuffcase & a partial box of ammo), when i was sworn in at a "red hot 18YO" as a Deputy Constable in AR.
yours, sw
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bushmaster1313
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Revolvers are so fuddy duddy
Who could possibly find anything appealing about a revolver
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Who could possibly find anything appealing about a revolver
Oops, must have hit the wrong key
Double Oops, must have hit the wrong key twice:
Legionnaire
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50+ and I like revolvers. Here are a couple of my newest: an 1847 Walker, and an 1848 2nd Model Dragoon, repros by A. Uberti.
Swiftyjuan
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63+ here, and I own several pistols, probably more semi's than revolvers, HOWEVER; revolvers have a certain "class" about them that only a few autoloaders have. The other day I was in a gunstore in the mountains, and noticed a 6" model 19 looking at me. $300 and 10 days later, she came home with me to join her family, including a 642, 586,686, Taurus 605, 6" stainless Python, .44 magnum Ruger Blackhawk and the 8" .44 magnum Dan Wesson. There will be others...
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Lord Teapot
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is 21 a youngster? in anycase i own 3 revolvers and love them, almost as much as i love the ak clones
Doug Add
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Since this discussion has been revived with some gorgeous pictures, I guess I can finally post to it (wish my photos were of the same quality).
I still have a few months before I hit 50, but I do love revolvers. If you don't count the Beretta 92 FS I am holding onto for my son until he turns 21, then 75% of my handguns are revolvers.
Here is my 1995 Ruger SP101, which shares carry duty with the SIG P228:
And here are my two S&W L frames, a 1985 586 with modified underlug, and a 1997 686:
I still have a few months before I hit 50, but I do love revolvers. If you don't count the Beretta 92 FS I am holding onto for my son until he turns 21, then 75% of my handguns are revolvers.
Here is my 1995 Ruger SP101, which shares carry duty with the SIG P228:
And here are my two S&W L frames, a 1985 586 with modified underlug, and a 1997 686:
I'm 20 and love my EDC G23.....my best shot right now was 15 rounds through the size a little bigger than a quarter at 10yrds free standing.
But my FAVORITE gun to shoot is my SW617 4" 10shot .22lr I could do that alllll day
The beauty of 10
But my FAVORITE gun to shoot is my SW617 4" 10shot .22lr
I could do that alllll day
The beauty of 10
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I'm 25 and I dislike autos. They just seem... Tacky to me. Also, I'm a film nut. The good guys almost always had revolvers, and the bad guys had autos. Unless it's a Western, and then everyone's a bad guy, and everyone had revolvers.
sixgunner455
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goodbomb, you're watching the wrong Westerns if everybody in the ones you're seeing is a bad guy.
andrewstorm
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aproaching 50
I have never owned a semi auto handgun although id like a ruger .22 lr for plinking cause ammo is so cheap, and it looks like a luger but i still prefer a wheel gun.
I have never owned a semi auto handgun although id like a ruger .22 lr for plinking cause ammo is so cheap, and it looks like a luger but i still prefer a wheel gun.
Spec ops Grunt
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I'm 20 but somewhat of an Antiquarian.
I replied to this thread like a year ago, but it still holds true.
I like revolvers. I acknowledge that many semi-autos are good, reliable handguns and that revolvers can fail.
Having said that, I know beyond a doubt than when I put rounds in the chambers of my revolvers, unless the ammo is bad or the gun flat out breaks, it is going to go off when I pull the trigger. If it fits in the chamber it is going to get loud.
Not all semi-autos inspire the same confidence.
I like revolvers. I acknowledge that many semi-autos are good, reliable handguns and that revolvers can fail.
Having said that, I know beyond a doubt than when I put rounds in the chambers of my revolvers, unless the ammo is bad or the gun flat out breaks, it is going to go off when I pull the trigger. If it fits in the chamber it is going to get loud.
Not all semi-autos inspire the same confidence.
revolversrbetter
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I qualify, I'm 50+
if I want to savor the experience, I'll take a revolver
if I just want to put a bunch downrange, I'll take a semi
more often than not, I'll take a revolver because I feel revolvers have far more character
I find it a far more satisfying experience to spend some time with a revolver
if I want to savor the experience, I'll take a revolver
if I just want to put a bunch downrange, I'll take a semi
more often than not, I'll take a revolver because I feel revolvers have far more character
I find it a far more satisfying experience to spend some time with a revolver
jimbo-indy
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Just one of the "young guns" here at 62.
Our local bowling pin shoots often come down to a few guys with 629, 610 and a 625. The autos sometimes win but more often then not is a good wheel gun that wins. I find I do better with my 6 1/2" 610 than with the Kimber Gold Match.
At the public range with paper, the 686 or 610 punches those tiny groups that the young guys marvel over.
Our local bowling pin shoots often come down to a few guys with 629, 610 and a 625. The autos sometimes win but more often then not is a good wheel gun that wins. I find I do better with my 6 1/2" 610 than with the Kimber Gold Match.
At the public range with paper, the 686 or 610 punches those tiny groups that the young guys marvel over.
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I'm 59, did 3 years in SouthEast Asia, some of that as 'the nightime security augmentee at the point of the back fence'. I carried an S&W Model 15, an FM brick radio, and an M-16. Having been a member of a military base Junior NRA program, as a GI Brat, I knew what my GI revolver could do, more so than my 'twangy buttstock spring' M16.
Now, I own 2 Model 15's, and 3 Taurus revolvers, one a Model 82, and two snubbies, Model 905IB first generation, and Model 850. I do own 2 Browning Hi-Powers, too.
I have made the choice to 'leave in the hangar', all but the 2 snubbies., and here is why:
1. I have 5 dedicated missiles to launch at strategic impact points, instead of the
concept of MIRV-deployed missiles, release dependent upon position of launching
tube.
2. I am not the federal government, with disposal funds at my leisure for the procurement of said MIRV missiles in bulk, therefore, I must adhere to the elder USMC train of thought - "One shot, one kill", although acknowledging that 'the Mozambique Drill' might need to be exercised.
3. If you were to watch the 'Dirty Harry' series, and then 'Last Man Standing', the lesson, even though it IS Hollywood, is clear. Putting your launched missiles at the most precise point of aim, or launching multiple missles (more shots were fired than 1911 magazines hold, I've counted them), it is the most precise aimed missile that gets the job done, quickly.
4. The quickness of grasping and aiming a snubbie from its blanket resting spot in the dark, versus the mechanics of readying a semi-auto (even if measured in milliseconds), for an elder person's hand is inherently quicker, and therefore, increases the percentage of survival. Also, you cannot have a touchy trigger in that scenario with a DA snubbie trigger mechanism.
5. I'm an elder fellow. I do not perform ninja movements, with firearm in hand. I stand my ground in the face, literally, of the home thief or invader, or the street thief. I do not have 'time', in operation of semi-automatic mechanisms that just might be at that point, finicky, as they can be.
6. Lastly, as it was on that morning, after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, broadcast live across the country, the best advertisement for a snubnose revolver ever occured, better than the old Timex watch advertisements, proving that a lowly old delapidated design (as the new kids with the tupperware plastic banana pistols think) .38 Special lead no-hollow-point bullet will bring down a human being, when properly delivered.
Now, I own 2 Model 15's, and 3 Taurus revolvers, one a Model 82, and two snubbies, Model 905IB first generation, and Model 850. I do own 2 Browning Hi-Powers, too.
I have made the choice to 'leave in the hangar', all but the 2 snubbies., and here is why:
1. I have 5 dedicated missiles to launch at strategic impact points, instead of the
concept of MIRV-deployed missiles, release dependent upon position of launching
tube.
2. I am not the federal government, with disposal funds at my leisure for the procurement of said MIRV missiles in bulk, therefore, I must adhere to the elder USMC train of thought - "One shot, one kill", although acknowledging that 'the Mozambique Drill' might need to be exercised.
3. If you were to watch the 'Dirty Harry' series, and then 'Last Man Standing', the lesson, even though it IS Hollywood, is clear. Putting your launched missiles at the most precise point of aim, or launching multiple missles (more shots were fired than 1911 magazines hold, I've counted them), it is the most precise aimed missile that gets the job done, quickly.
4. The quickness of grasping and aiming a snubbie from its blanket resting spot in the dark, versus the mechanics of readying a semi-auto (even if measured in milliseconds), for an elder person's hand is inherently quicker, and therefore, increases the percentage of survival. Also, you cannot have a touchy trigger in that scenario with a DA snubbie trigger mechanism.
5. I'm an elder fellow. I do not perform ninja movements, with firearm in hand. I stand my ground in the face, literally, of the home thief or invader, or the street thief. I do not have 'time', in operation of semi-automatic mechanisms that just might be at that point, finicky, as they can be.
6. Lastly, as it was on that morning, after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, broadcast live across the country, the best advertisement for a snubnose revolver ever occured, better than the old Timex watch advertisements, proving that a lowly old delapidated design (as the new kids with the tupperware plastic banana pistols think) .38 Special lead no-hollow-point bullet will bring down a human being, when properly delivered.
OldCavSoldier
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Own both revolvers and autos. First gun was an S&W M28 back in 1975. Second gun was a Colt Combat Commander back in 1976. Twenty-five pistols ago...Carry a snubbie revolver and two speed loaders 95+% of the time and an auto (SIG P239 or Cbt Cdr) if I think I'm gonna need "more" shots and to reload quickly. Sooooo many choices....ain't it great
jdietz
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53 & shoot both
I think both have their place.
I use a 9mm or .40 when shooting action pistol or IDPA.
I use a revolver when shooting PPC.
My carry is a .40 Taurus PT940 my wife's carry is a Smith Bodyguard .38.
The only time I had a complete failure was with a Taurus PT99 and the lug on the bottom of the barrel broke in a match.
Taurus replaced the barrel and I had the pistol back in 5 days.
I think both have their place.
I use a 9mm or .40 when shooting action pistol or IDPA.
I use a revolver when shooting PPC.
My carry is a .40 Taurus PT940 my wife's carry is a Smith Bodyguard .38.
The only time I had a complete failure was with a Taurus PT99 and the lug on the bottom of the barrel broke in a match.
Taurus replaced the barrel and I had the pistol back in 5 days.
JoelSteinbach
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I'm 68, shoot both, my CCW is a Kimber Ultra Raptor with a S&W Bodyguard 38spec BUG.
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