Specialty pistols and what you use them for?

These are pretty specialty, a couple of PPC revolvers. They were built for one thing, to put 148gr. WC's into small groups at three specific ranges...7, 25, and 50 yards. As you can imagine they are both extremely accurate and smooth.
Please excuse the storage grease on the 2nd gun.

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Some posts bring up the question of weather or not a mid grip specialty pistol is better than a rear grip. I personally never really liked the look of the mid grip, but the balance might be worth it for standing shots.
 
adcoch1 said:
Some posts bring up the question of weather or not a mid grip specialty pistol is better than a rear grip. I personally never really liked the look of the mid grip, but the balance might be worth it for standing shots.
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For bench or prone only the use only the rear grip has advantages.
For shooting from a multitude of different shooting positions (including off-hand) off of different objects, the center-grip is more versatile
 
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adcoch1 said:
Some posts bring up the question of weather or not a mid grip specialty pistol is better than a rear grip. I personally never really liked the look of the mid grip, but the balance might be worth it for standing shots.
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For hunting I prefer center-grip, but I have hunted with rear-grips with success
 
Only "specialty" handgun right now is a last model before G2 Contender and seven barrels. Uses? Not many.
22 long rifle to show kids and adults what can be done with a handgun at 100 yards.
357 for chucks. 222 same. 45 Colt for deer but unsuccessful so far. 45/410 for fooling around on the tractor and seeing a rat or feral cat. 30-30 if I want to test ear protection. 44 mag, useless as it is an 8" or so hotshot and I haven't found a choke for it yet. Blaster. I have only used the 22 and 45 barrels in the past five years. I suppose I ought to get rid of the whole thing.
Two Carbines, TCs, with a 22, 223, and 30-30 barrels get shot way more.
 
PapaG said:
Only "specialty" handgun right now is a last model before G2 Contender and seven barrels. Uses? Not many.
22 long rifle to show kids and adults what can be done with a handgun at 100 yards.
357 for chucks. 222 same. 45 Colt for deer but unsuccessful so far. 45/410 for fooling around on the tractor and seeing a rat or feral cat. 30-30 if I want to test ear protection. 44 mag, useless as it is an 8" or so hotshot and I haven't found a choke for it yet. Blaster. I have only used the 22 and 45 barrels in the past five years. I suppose I ought to get rid of the whole thing.
Two Carbines, TCs, with a 22, 223, and 30-30 barrels get shot way more.
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You might be amazed at what it’s all worth now. Contender prices are getting out of control.
 
BigBlue 94 said:
Ive got one of those too. A Colt Super 38 Automatic, reamed to 38 HBWC, with an extended Bo-Mar sight rib and Karl Nill grips. Runs from a factory Colt 38 special 5 round magazine.

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My gun is a 1950's 38 Super with a Kart 38 Special barrel installed in it. I have some after market magazines for the 38 Special wadcutter ammunition was well as some standardized magazines modified for 38 Special. The last round in the magazine does not feed but I have not worked with it for a couple years due to the pandemic.

The rounds I get out of the pistol without malfunction give tight groups. One of these days, I' get back to working on making the pistol a great shooter.
 
adcoch1 said:
Out of control is right. I want one, but $800 won't touch one around here...
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I used to buy them on gunbroker for $500 and then sell the frame, furniture, and scopes separately and would usually get a free barrel out of the deal and sometimes make a profit too, but everything seams to get big up to $1000 now. I still have two frames so I think I’ll just keep those and be content. I’ve always wanted to build one out as a carbine but I think 3 different times now I’ve bought furniture and a barrel and then I back out of it and sell them because I can’t think of what in the world I would use it for.
 
someguy2800 said:
I used to buy them on gunbroker for $500 and then sell the frame, furniture, and scopes separately and would usually get a free barrel out of the deal and sometimes make a profit too, but everything seams to get big up to $1000 now. I still have two frames so I think I’ll just keep those and be content. I’ve always wanted to build one out as a carbine but I think 3 different times now I’ve bought furniture and a barrel and then I back out of it and sell them because I can’t think of what in the world I would use it for.
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I'd LOVE to have one in 357 max, and that idea is what started my real interest specialty pistols.
 
adcoch1 said:
I'd LOVE to have one in 357 max, and that idea is what started my real interest specialty pistols.
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This one was in 357 max.

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I had MGM throat it so that I could seat 180 gr XTP's in the 2nd groove. This was probably the most accurate barrel I ever had and was a real hot rod with a full load of H110. I could get about 2100 fps out of a 180 xtp, but the bullets performed better at around 1900.

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The Nosler M48 has my attention. Now and then, one is in stock at the LGS. What would I use it for? Well, not sure, really, other than plinking on private land. A feral hog could be a pest-control target of opportunity.

For now, my specialty pistols are both LBC (Les Baer Custom) 1911 pistols. The Monolith is a 5” 1911 with a thicker, heavier dust cover that extends the full length of the slide. I bought it, largely, because steel damps recoil, making it gentler to my aging hands than my normal-weight 1911 carry/defensive pistols. (Obviously, one should do some amount of practice with one’s actual carry guns.)

My other specialized LBC 1911 is a National Match Hardball. This one can be a carry gun, after I have run more ammo through, enough to truly call it good, if I use a holster with a high-enough sight track to clear the tall, undercut front sight.
 
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