Sometimes You Just Need to Shoot a Revolver

Mark_Mark said:
.44 Tracker is a beast! especially with the ports. My brother brought down his, with warm .44 mag HC. I could not get enough of shooting that stout monster
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All I ever shoot pretty much is mid range stuff. Those paper targets don't take a lot of killing. Today's load was a moderate charge of Unique, backing a 220 grain Berry's plated, TC bullet, PMC brass. The gun really liked them. I was happy to find out the noise of the ported barrel wasn't too obnoxious. I fired 50 rounds at 7 yards, hitting in the 9-10 ring on the B-27. Then I made a sight adjustment, and things looked up the last few rounds leaving just a ragged hole in the 10 ring. I was impressed by the stock Taurus grips. I didn't think I'd like them, but I've had my mind changed at least for now.

I might pick up a box of magnums just to try them for grins and giggles. Not too often though. My arthritis doesn't like that too much.
 
I shot a few different handguns before my first purchase, but my first revolver was a s&w 29. I still shoot a revolver better than an auto after learning da and recoil management with that Smith. I miss that gun, but I traded it off after I wore it out. Didn't know back then that timing could be fixed by a gunsmith...
 
I start every shooting session with a 22 revolver. Used to always bring the same number of revolvers and semiautos to the range, but am learning to embrace my favoritism. Having decent revolvers that are fun to shoot in the semauto calibers (9mm, 40, 45acp) is helping me for now, since I don't reload yet. My favorite 45acp holds six:

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I haven’t shot in a lonnnngg time. I just got a membership to a new (better) range and revolvers will be in my range bag when I get out there.
 
Tallball said:
Yesterday I went shooting with my friend. He's 50 and I'm 57. We haven't been shooting in a while because he had foot surgery and I had abdominal surgery. We both limped out to the range, got our handguns spread out on the table, and started shooting at our usual seven yards. His targets were black and I couldn't really see how well he was shooting.

It turned out he'd been shooting poorly and was getting frustrated. He'd gone to a lot of effort to arrange the trip, and then he couldn't shoot worth squat. I pointed out that having one foot in a walking boot was not giving him a firm base, so maybe he was being hard on himself. He showed me what he'd been shooting: his Glock 43, S&W EZ, and Ruger P85.

I told him, "Brother, you have strayed from the path." Then I handed him a 3" K-frame 38 special and a handful of shells. He couldn't help smiling. He shot his first six DA and they were all touching. The second group was SA and they all went into one hole.

He shot his 9mm pistols okay after that. Pretty good for a tired guy with a wobbly foot. He had his confidence back and knew he could do it. He didn't shoot them as well as he shot the 38, but he did fine.

The lesson I learned from this is that if you grew up shooting revolvers, as he and I both did, you are just going to shoot them better and be more confident with them in general. This probably doesn't apply to very many people much younger than we are. Most younger shooters are exposed to semiautomatic pistols a lot more than we were. We grew up in a barbaric region (Texas) where we shot 22 single-action revolvers as young men, and our dads had 38's or 357's, and that's what there was. Even though we've both been shooting semiautos for ages now, I don't think they're hardwired into our nervous systems like revolvers are.

So if younger people sometimes wonder why older people "irrationally" stick to revolvers, that's one reason. I don't think I have enough time left to train my semiauto muscle memory up to where my revolver muscle memory already is. I know for sure that I can't afford that much ammo.

This was the revolver. Nothing fancy. A police surplus 3" Taurus Model 82 with fixed sights. I got it for $300 OTD or something like that, within the past year or so.

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Inspired me to hit the range with DA only… well my 1st time with DA only revolver… I need practice and lots of it. My trigger finger is SORE. About 250 .22 and 100 .38SP . Old Colt Officer Target.
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EMC45 said:
I haven’t shot in a lonnnngg time. I just got a membership to a new (better) range and revolvers will be in my range bag when I get out there.
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Just renewed my membership at Renton Fish & Game. Looks like they replace the old timers with a young bunch of workers there.

Looking forward to shooting on a weekly basis again
 
chicharrones said:
9.5" and I carry it with my hand. :evil:

It's only 40 ounces as you see it in the photo, and the oversize grip helps deal with the muzzle heaviness. ;)
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Ever thought about making a custom holster for it. never had more than a 6" revolver and i have been lurking around a 8" python but a 9.5" is another level.
 
Tallball said:
Thread drift: I really like his 9mm EZ. I shot it well and liked the sights and trigger. I think it's a little bigger than the G43. Maybe I'll get one to be my latest CC 9mm that I never carry because I carry revolvers instead. :)
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If you get one, I have some NIB mags and fiber optic sights I will send your way.
 
Alas, my day off (Juneteenth) and it's raining.... I will still load ammo today, as I haven't loaded in a long time.
 
Beautiful Colt, @Mark_Mark , and good shooting. I saw one of those for way too cheap in the last year or two, and should have snatched it up. Once you get used to shooting that fine revolver, it will be accurate like pointing your finger. The only negative is that most other handgun triggers will feel like rubbish after that. :)
 
Tallball said:
Beautiful Colt, @Mark_Mark , and good shooting. I saw one of those for way too cheap in the last year or two, and should have snatched it up. Once you get used to shooting that fine revolver, it will be accurate like pointing your finger. The only negative is that most other handgun triggers will feel like rubbish after that. :)
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Funny… I done lots of dry firing and other $500-$700 revolvers feel unrefined! lol
 
Mark_Mark said:
Funny… I done lots of dry firing and other $500-$700 revolvers feel unrefined! lol
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Yeah. I'm lucky enough to have a couple like that. My other revolvers might be "okay" or "pretty good" or whatever, but they're just not on the level of the really nice ones. I'm chicken and don't dry fire them and just shoot mild range ammo out of them.
 
I was raised as a 1911 shooter from my youth (dad's WWI 1911). Somewhere along the path I stumbled onto S&W revolvers.

For many years I have owned and appreciated both. And given my druthers, weather and clothing permitting, that is what I carry.

I own other handguns, but these are the two types that I will own until the Good Lord calls me home.
 
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