My First Revolver

[Pietro Beretta]

Well: my dad is "retired" and handicapped. He needed a little extra money, so we talked and I ended up buying his S&W model 60 .357 Magnum 5" barrel. He bought it about 4 years back and only fired it a total of 6 times.

Can you believe my own father charged me a tad more than FULL price at $600

It did have Crimson Trace Grips on, which I promptly took off. (Those will be up for sale soon enough.) (who knew my dad is such a wussy; Laser Grips! )

Anyway, I never have owned a revolver, is there anything anyone would want to warn me about or suggest; since I've been a semi-auto only guy?

 

[Resto Guy]

Warning - revolvers are addictive.

 

[david_the_greek]

I have to agree with Resto. I am 22 years old, playing mall ninja is the standard M.O. for people my age. I have my nice Kimber 1911, my high cap cz pcr (well, 14rnds used to be high cap...), my S&W mp15 with a surefire rail and foregrip light.... and after taking my cpl course I picked up a revolver. Since then, the lights have come off the AR, the revolver gets most of my attention, and today on a whim I picked up an old S&W model 36, despite having an AR project in the works for 2 months and the extreme desire to buy a compact 1911.

I never thought I'd like revolvers, nor did I think they were practical in this day of high cap/tiny auto loaders. Boy was I wrong....


*On a note, I actually bought a slew of nice WWII guns BEFORE any of the shmancy new tacticool stuff!, I'm not completely classless! ;-)

 

[bflobill_69]

Absolutely addicting... nothing wrong with a good auto, but revolvers just "Feel" right!

Bflobill

 

[oneounceload]

I would suggest doing lots of practicing on your trigger pull - both single and double action - odds are it will be like nothing you've ever shot before. If you reload, I would get dies and components - 38/357 is tough to find at the moment, and expensive when you do. Revolvers can be difficult for most to master the grip immediately - you might want to think about installing a Tyler T grip (use google to find). Personally, I would start with 38's - cheaper and less painful to your hand than a 357. Don't forget to get the proper cleaning equipment as well.

 

[Fumbler]

He needed a little extra money....Can you believe my own father charged me a tad more than FULL price at $600

Just think of it like this; you gave him $300 for the gun and you also gave him $300 because he's your dad and needed some money.
That solves the problem because you got a great deal on a model 60 and you're a great son for giving him some pocket cash

Anyway, I never have owned a revolver, is there anything anyone would want to warn me about or suggest; since I've been a semi-auto only guy?

-Don't slam the cylinder closed
-Don't worry about carbon rings around the cylinder
-Don't overlube it
-Go have fun with it. The model 60 is a great gun.

 

[pharmer]

You're a good son for kicking your dad a bone. Max karma points award. Joe

 

[Pietro Beretta]

-Don't slam the cylinder closed
-Don't worry about carbon rings around the cylinder
-Don't overlube it
-Go have fun with it. The model 60 is a great gun.

Thanks for that

 

[C-grunt]

Dont shoot straight thumbs like that one guy did and blow your thumb off.

Revovlers are excellent weapons. Im also fairly young at 25 and much prefer a nice revolver. There's just something classic and simple about them. Plus they tend to very very accurate.

 

[BamaHoosier]

My first wheelie was a Ruger Security-Six .357Mag back in 1983.Currently,I have a Charter Arms Off-Duty .38SP and a S&W Mod.66.Both are snubbies.The former has Pachmayer(sp?)grips and the latter has factory wood finger-grooved grips.Someday,when I learn how to post pics,I'll show 'em on here

 

[ArchAngelCD]

Can you believe my own father charged me a tad more than FULL price at $600

The MSRP for a M60 is now up to $830 but the street price for a 5" M60 is $599. Add another $200 or so for the laser grips and I would say you got a very good deal on a revolver that was only fired "a total of 6 times."

I'm a revolver guy myself and I would say you bought a good revolver. I have only 4 J frames but I don't have a M60. I do however have a M36 of 1975 vintage that is probably my favorite J frame that I own.

Oh, one other thing about that M60 and this thread ....

 

[frankiestoys]

No doubt auto's are cool, but revolvers are my favorite. I don't think there's anything better looking then a wheelgun. The problem is, you just can;t have one.

 

[kle]

No doubt auto's are cool, but revolvers are my favorite. I don't think there's anything better looking then a wheelgun. The problem is, you just can;t have one.

Too bad conversion kits for revolvers are impractical. My 'conversion kits' for my revolvers are...other revolvers =)

 

[Beagle-zebub]

Well, certain Blackhawks and Dan Wessons convert in some manner, right?

 

[kle]

Well, certain Blackhawks and Dan Wessons convert in some manner, right?

Sure, but just between similar calibers--in the case of the Ruger Blackhawks, it's .357 Magnum <-> 9mm, and .45 Colt <-> .45ACP. In the case of the Dan Wessons, I'm not totally sure...barrels of different lengths can be swapped pretty easily, but I don't know about changing calibers.