Revolvers are Old Fashioned

[Michael Tinker Pearce]

A Rhino of course!

An interesting engineering example. Butt ugly but hear they work well. The barrel is on the bottom. So, muzzle flip is reduced.

Just so- it's a Chiappa Rhino. The barrel aligns with the bottom chamber of the cylinder so the bore-axis is in-line with your arm. It really does reduce muzzle-flip and the recoil management is amazing. Recoil from full-house .357 Magnum loads feels like 38 Special +P out of a steel J-frame, and .38 special loads feel like a .32. I load it with Buffalo Bore .38 LSWCHPs (designed for short barreled guns.)

I like to tell people I ripped off Jane Cobb's BUG...

You can find my full write-up of it here: https://tinkertalksguns.wordpress.com/2016/04/13/ugly-is-as-ugly-does-the-chiappa-rhino/

 

[RealGun]

Of course some are more old-fashioned than others...

Neat, but I thought immediately that the old ones used to make bigger holes.

 

[PainlessWolf]

Did someone mention Black Powder? The revolver I keep at my desk for Bear and Sasquatch incursions is a Colts Walker. I usually leave it stock but can drop in a cartridge cylinder if needed. Apologies for jumping onto the revolver thread train. I miss my new fangled revolvers at times. Had to give them up and switch to BP because of the big 'T'.
regards!

 

[PabloJ]

Nonsense, revolvers are NOT outdated. Among three handguns I own there is one stainless 9x19 revolver. Trust me, I would never own anything outdated.

 

[Driftwood Johnson]

I thought this thread needed reviving.

Here is an old fashioned revolver you don't see every day. A Smith and Wesson Ladysmith. Forget those J frames S&W is making today and calling ladysmiths, this is a real Ladysmith. Built on the tiny M frame these seven shot revolvers were chambered for the 22 Long cartridge, not the 22 Long Rifle. Made from 1902 until 1921, this 3rd Model Ladysmith left the factory in 1910. There is a legend that when Daniel Wesson heard that these little guns were favored by ladies of the evening, he ordered them discontinued. But Daniel died in 1906, long before production stopped.

Comparing the size of the Ladysmith to a J frame Model 36.

 

[Hanshi]

Old fashion they surely are; but ain't they nice?

 

[Drail]

"Once you go rotary - you'll never go back...."

 

[Litlman]

I have a couple semiauto side arms, Browning, S&W, Colt, Beretta, CZ, and Arsenal, to name a couple and, 9 times out of 10 my 442 is in my pocket! Went to the range a couple months back and my buddy brought a bunch of revolvers, snubs , 3 inchers and 4 inchers, 22 cal and 38. S&W, Taurus and Rossi. The only revolver I had on me was my 442 in my front pocket. We had a ball shooting the revolvers. We put away the semi autos. I even threw about 25 rounds down range with the 442. It was a GOOD day! 442 is in my front pocket now

 

[Kendal Black]

When I began, a revolver was a perfectly reasonable choice, used generally by police and often, as alternate issue, by the US military.

I do not see it as an unreasonable choice today. It is simple to operate. If certain well-known inspections are performed at intervals it is as reliable as a wrench. It is almost indifferent to variations in bullet weight and ammo brand, factors that stymie some auto pistols. It does not, though, hold seventeen shots, which I take to be the key factor in its decline from favor.

 

[Fiv3r]

I can't help but gravitate toward wheel guns. While I keep a higher capacity semiautomatic by the bed, and I recognize that such a gun makes more sense to someone in the line of service or one of those "what if it all goes sideways" mental exercises, I still prefer a revolver for my self defense needs.

A snub nose 3" .357 is such a versatile weapon. I can carry it on a walk through town, on my hip to dinner, or even on a hike through the woods. It can be stoked with low mass .38 +p for controllable personal protection or rip snorting heavy hard cast .357 for protection from most any likely trail threat.

What I give up in firepower, I feel that I gain in versatility and simplicity. I'll never give up my semis, but a wheel gun will always be close at hand.

 

[Armybrat]

 

[bannockburn]

Armybrat

A timeless classic of a firearm if there ever was one. Thanks for sharing.

 

[MrSpiffy]

Sure, revolvers are old-school. Probably explains why I like them, along with fountain pens, safety and straight razors, woodworking with only hand tools, etc. There's something satisfying to me about using all of those things.

I only own a 6" GP-100, but I sure hope to add at least a few more as my collection grows.

 

[JohnKSa]

Old-fashioned revolvers are old-fashioned. Not all revolvers are old-fashioned.

 

[swissfist]

I can't remember the last time I've seen a younger person at the range firing a revolver. Usually the revolver shooters are old men. The young guys are all decked out in 511 clothes, Oaklies, sport tactibeards whenever possible, and love to obnoxiously dump magazine after magazine into their zombie targets from 5 yards away.

Sadly, this is no exaggeration.

I truly do think that when the older generations are gone, revolvers of all types will end up like black powder guns. Still used at the range, but not often.

Yes I totally agree with your observations as I have witnessed them myself. IMHO, Many seem to have forgotten the discipline and control one aquires with learning proper use of a reliable wheelgun. When you're proficient with a revolver,. 3 well placed hits do the job better than spraying 17 "God I hope I hit something". Besides, I'll take the timeless design of a Smith and Wesson model 29 over some blocky looking Glock any day. Long live the Republic.

 

[GBExpat]

Old-fashioned revolvers are old-fashioned. Not all revolvers are old-fashioned.

Ayup, and some of the "contemporary" revolvers are downright fugly.

 

[Panzerschwein]

Old fashioned? Meh. Look at this SICK tactical drop holster I found for one! It's even in coyote brown/FDE and has tactical ammo compartments built in!!

1940s Webley Mk IV with period tanker holster.

 

[JohnKSa]

Ayup, and some of the "contemporary" revolvers are downright fugly.

Can't disagree. But I must say that the Kimber actually looks nice--at least it does to me.

 

[Edcnh]

Nice safe gun! I have only four revolvers right now, Two 357's, a 22 and a 38. Plan on getting more, but then I am an old guy-61 and liking wheelguns more all the time!

 

[eastbank]

i don,t carry large bore revolvers for defence very often, but when i do these are the ones. stay safe my friends. eastbank.

 

[Fast Frank]

I haven't seen an Old Army in this thread yet.

Here's mine.




If you can shoot this thing without smiling you are a sick individual indeed.

 

[Fast Frank]

My Single Six and my Single Seven.









Old Fashioned?

I don't see how a pistol cast out of stainless steel after the twin towers fell and chambered in a caliber first offered in 1984 could be Old Fashioned, but it seems that most folks think it is.

I really like these two and shoot them often.

 

[gordie57]

I can't remember the last time I've seen a younger person at the range firing a revolver. Usually the revolver shooters are old men. The young guys are all decked out in 511 clothes, Oaklies, sport tactibeards whenever possible, and love to obnoxiously dump magazine after magazine into their zombie targets from 5 yards away.

Sadly, this is no exaggeration.

I truly do think that when the older generations are gone, revolvers of all types will end up like black powder guns. Still used at the range, but not often.

I agree, the yuppie puppies show up with semi's and shoot like they have to get rid of a couple hundred rounds regardless of hitting anything. The 686+ usually gets some attention but the Trail Boss always steals the show. Really like the fact that them old fashioned wheel guns ALWAYS go bang !!

 

[gordie57]

I haven't seen an Old Army in this thread yet.

Here's mine.




If you can shoot this thing without smiling you are a sick individual indeed.[/QUO
Beautiful !

 

[RealGun]

Old-fashioned revolvers are old-fashioned. Not all revolvers are old-fashioned.

Those are some really nice guns, but to my eye the old-fashioned ones are better looking, especially the Colt SAA and the 1875 Remington.