I'm prone to getting on different kicks, and have been focusing on rifles and/or Contenders for the past six months after a number of years of focusing on handguns.
As part of this most recent kick, I was thinking of selling or trading two or three of my current four .357 magnum revolvers. I've learned not to do things like that totally on impulse, and today I fired 250 or so rounds through my these guns.
The list includes:
2" Model 60 S&W with frame mounted firing pin.
3" Model 66 S&W ( Lew Horton model) with frame mounted firing pin.
4" Model 686 S&W with the square butt and hammer mounted firing pin
2 3/4" stainless Ruger Security Six
On single action, the results varied with the four different loads I tried, with the Model 66 doing the best with the hottest load. The Model 60 held it's own much better than i would have thought.
Not surprising, the 686 was the most comfortable to shoot, and it and the model 66 did equally well on rapid fire double action.
All seem to fill a niche of sorts, and as of now I plan to keep them all. As three of the four are no longer in production, that seems the best course.
As part of this most recent kick, I was thinking of selling or trading two or three of my current four .357 magnum revolvers. I've learned not to do things like that totally on impulse, and today I fired 250 or so rounds through my these guns.
The list includes:
2" Model 60 S&W with frame mounted firing pin.
3" Model 66 S&W ( Lew Horton model) with frame mounted firing pin.
4" Model 686 S&W with the square butt and hammer mounted firing pin
2 3/4" stainless Ruger Security Six
On single action, the results varied with the four different loads I tried, with the Model 66 doing the best with the hottest load. The Model 60 held it's own much better than i would have thought.
Not surprising, the 686 was the most comfortable to shoot, and it and the model 66 did equally well on rapid fire double action.
All seem to fill a niche of sorts, and as of now I plan to keep them all. As three of the four are no longer in production, that seems the best course.
You shouldn't be thinking of selling some as surplus, you should be thinking of picking more up.
(This said by someone with only 3, but I plan on rectifying that after I pick up a few other things)
