Guillermo
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one may be able to discern my handgun preference
Still in love with my old S & W revolvers
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Scrumbag
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I do like a good revolver! Have a SW17 and a 25 in .45 Colt. Looking for a Model 19 to go with my 17...
I like shooting revolvers!
ATB,
Scrummy
I like shooting revolvers!
ATB,
Scrummy
788Ham
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Hey G,
Is that Smith, third from the left, that new 38-44? Nice one if it is amigo!!
Is that Smith, third from the left, that new 38-44? Nice one if it is amigo!!
I've "ruined" several Glock/S.I.G./H&K owners with my older S&W and Colt revolvers. It's amazing how many of them have never handled and shot older American revolvers. When they pull the trigger on an American classic it's like another world has been opened up to them. I'm not knocking modern autos (I have 7 CZ pistols) but a lot of younger shooters just don't know what they're missing.
rikman
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I am with you. I love my S&W wheel guns. Always bring one to the range. When I go window shopping at my LGS it's at the wheel gun sections. The only semi auto I love more is my beloved 1911.
Guillermo
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It is my policy to introduce as many young people, not only to guns, but to wheelguns.
Here is a fellow I took to his first IDPA match and loaned him a model 15.
But you have got to let them play with tacti-cool stuff too
Here is a fellow I took to his first IDPA match and loaned him a model 15.
But you have got to let them play with tacti-cool stuff too
CajunBass
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I grew up in the era when the revolver ruled. I flirted with semi's back in my IPSC days, then again when I first got my CHP, but revolvers were always my first love. I had a couple of dozen of them at one time. Today I've sold most of them off but have kept a few of the best around. Smith & Wesson are my favorite, but I won't turn my nose up at others.
27-2, 357
24-3, 44 Special
12-2, 38 Special (my carry gun)
The others.
Colt Python, 357
Dan Wesson 22.
The only semi around here these days, is a Ruger MK II.
27-2, 357
24-3, 44 Special
12-2, 38 Special (my carry gun)
The others.
Colt Python, 357
Dan Wesson 22.
The only semi around here these days, is a Ruger MK II.
Yes, I agree....
K frame - model 19's - are fine guns...
N frame ....model 27's are spectacular guns ! ....especially a very nice 27-2 4" Nickel that I picked up a year or so ago / its a gun that is hard to leave at home when I head to the range....
K frame - model 19's - are fine guns...
N frame ....model 27's are spectacular guns ! ....especially a very nice 27-2 4" Nickel that I picked up a year or so ago / its a gun that is hard to leave at home when I head to the range....
I am an unrepentant revolver guy. I like them all, particularly Colts and Smiths. By far the older revolvers were just better made with silky smooth actions right out of the box.
A few Smith and Wessons:
Model 29 no dash
1948 K22 Masterpiece
1950 K38 Masterpiece
Model 66 no dash
And the newest member of the tribe, a 629-4 Classic
A few Smith and Wessons:
Model 29 no dash
1948 K22 Masterpiece
1950 K38 Masterpiece
Model 66 no dash
And the newest member of the tribe, a 629-4 Classic
rswartsell
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Count me in;
1910 production M&P Mod. of 1905 Target,
1963 Mod 14-2,
1970 Mod 15,
???? Mod 19-3,
aww heck lets throw the 1892 Safety Hammerless in there too. Underpowered, inaccurate at any distance but a way cool break-top belly gun and a fine as a Swiss watch clockwork that ejects spent rounds as it breaks open.
That don't count a few old Colts and a '70s Dan Wesson. I do like my Kimber 1911 too but I think of that as "old school" by design at least. If I don't have the bug I sure don't lack for symptoms.
1910 production M&P Mod. of 1905 Target,
1963 Mod 14-2,
1970 Mod 15,
???? Mod 19-3,
aww heck lets throw the 1892 Safety Hammerless in there too. Underpowered, inaccurate at any distance but a way cool break-top belly gun and a fine as a Swiss watch clockwork that ejects spent rounds as it breaks open.
That don't count a few old Colts and a '70s Dan Wesson. I do like my Kimber 1911 too but I think of that as "old school" by design at least. If I don't have the bug I sure don't lack for symptoms.
wanderinwalker
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Grimshaw said:
Well, a little of both. They are all pretty much the same, at least in terms of functional layout. But a model number tells you the caliber and frame size and finish of any given S&W.
Example: My Model 19 is the same as a Model 66, but blued. Both are K-frame .357 Magnums with adjustable sights. A Model 10 is the same frame size with fixed sights in .38 Special. A Model 686 is a stainless steel, .357 Magnum L-frame with adjustable sights. The 586 I posted earlier is the same revolver in blued. In S&W the basic common frame sizes are: J, K, L and N.
And they are most definitely sized different. While a Model 27 and a Model 19 look similar with 4" barrels and both chamber .357s, in the hand the difference is obvious. (The Model 27 is noticeably bigger, being based on the N-frame.)
DurangoKid
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Lucky Derby
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My first love is S&W revolvers, and I own several, the oldest of them turned 91 this year. I have a some old Colts and Rugers too.
1911s and BHPs are the only autos I seem to care about much these days, except for a particular Sig P220 that was glued to my right hip for 12 years.
I flirted with the plastics for a while, and while they do what they are supposed to do, and do it well, they just don't move me like a quality wheelgun does.
1911s and BHPs are the only autos I seem to care about much these days, except for a particular Sig P220 that was glued to my right hip for 12 years.
I flirted with the plastics for a while, and while they do what they are supposed to do, and do it well, they just don't move me like a quality wheelgun does.
Lucky Derby
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Iggy, that 3.5" M27 is about the most beautiful thing I have ever seen.
Buck13
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That's too bad.
As a range toy or for hunting, I think there is a generational prejudice for style over substance here. Wood vs. black stocks are like Your Grandpa's Oldsmobile vs. an SUV in some peoples' minds. The difference is that a good, old revolver performs more like a new BMW station wagon than a Country Squire wagon from the '70s!
I'm 61 and I don't compete as much anymore like I once did. I've always loved shooting the various classes of both revolver and auto competition but I learned through the data that I do my best shooting with revolvers.
Once I realized this years ago, I quit reading all the gun mag bs about the greatest new brass pukers. Reality is seldom what one initially thinks.
Last year I attended an area "steel" match with five courses of fire, and there were revolver classes too! I decided to take out a "new" (to me) revolver I'd bought, a S&W M&P made in 1950. I thought it might be cool trying to spank the young guys with this "obsolete" revolver. RESULTS? My aggregate times with the M&P were the fastest of any class, revolver or auto! Wasn't really that close, and I hadn't been practicing.
The second fastest aggregate times were ALSO from a wheelgun . . . a new S&W 7-shot 686 performance center gun of some sort, superbly handled by a veteran shooter in his mid-20s. Still . . . it had to hurt for him and his new 7-shot race gun to get spanked by a guy on the other side of 60 with a gun that was a year older than the shooter! However, even with the extra shot capacity, he simply couldn't miss fast enough! LOL
No, revolvers aren't obsolete. They have better triggers, are more accurate, grip and point better, etc.
Today my high capacity bottom feeders all rest in the safe. My "always" CCW gun is my Model 37 Airweight from '71, and my larger handgun nearby is a chopped barrel custom S&W 25-2 .45ACP revolver. Yep, I trust my life to these wonderful revolvers and don't feel undergunned at all vs. high cap autos. Folks, use the tool you shoot best. For me though . . . I LOVE S&W revolvers best!
Once I realized this years ago, I quit reading all the gun mag bs about the greatest new brass pukers. Reality is seldom what one initially thinks.
Last year I attended an area "steel" match with five courses of fire, and there were revolver classes too! I decided to take out a "new" (to me) revolver I'd bought, a S&W M&P made in 1950. I thought it might be cool trying to spank the young guys with this "obsolete" revolver. RESULTS? My aggregate times with the M&P were the fastest of any class, revolver or auto! Wasn't really that close, and I hadn't been practicing.
The second fastest aggregate times were ALSO from a wheelgun . . . a new S&W 7-shot 686 performance center gun of some sort, superbly handled by a veteran shooter in his mid-20s. Still . . . it had to hurt for him and his new 7-shot race gun to get spanked by a guy on the other side of 60 with a gun that was a year older than the shooter! However, even with the extra shot capacity, he simply couldn't miss fast enough! LOL
No, revolvers aren't obsolete. They have better triggers, are more accurate, grip and point better, etc.
Today my high capacity bottom feeders all rest in the safe. My "always" CCW gun is my Model 37 Airweight from '71, and my larger handgun nearby is a chopped barrel custom S&W 25-2 .45ACP revolver. Yep, I trust my life to these wonderful revolvers and don't feel undergunned at all vs. high cap autos. Folks, use the tool you shoot best. For me though . . . I LOVE S&W revolvers best!
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