What do you consider to be the ultimate fighting revolver

[dscampbell]

One that the shooter has complete confidence in !

Can handle profeciently.

Can reload qwikly.

But most of all , will have it on her/his person when needed!!

Personally , I`ve never felt under gunned with a 38 +p round .
Less flash in low lite.

3 " k frame S&W Works for me


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[sgt127]

Yeah, for a pure "oh crap, I need to shoot someone who is trying to kill me, right now!" The 3" 65 may be about as good as it gets.

 

[lowercase]

I'm pretty fond of 6-shot .357s in 3 or 4-inch configurations. I like stainless revolvers with fixed sights and non-serrated triggers, too.

I've been on the hunt for a good RB Model 65 with 3" barrel, but those things are hard to find in my neck of the woods.

Here are my contributions to the thread:




Ruger GP100 3"

S&W 681-1 4"

 

[PabloJ]

Without a doubt Webley & Scott .38/200 (.38S&W) revolver.

 

[Boxhead]

If I had to choose based upon what I own it would be my 4" M66.

 

[HexHead]

I'll go with this one...

 

[40-82]

I'll go with any of these three: N-frame S&W, a Colt New Service, or even a single-action.

 

[RealGun]

horsemen61 <>"you missed out on the glory years of revolvers" the group all agreed that a 4 I ch barrel would be preferable over anything else long or short and that if if didnt start with a 357 or a 44 mag or 44 special 45 colt they do not meet the right criteria to make the perfect fighting revolver so I ask you what do you think makes the perfect fighting revolver.

Underlying the conversation is the generation difference. Younger people don't generally dress to conceal and wind up with smaller, less effective guns, satisfied with better than nothing (and perhaps a false sense of security). The subject needs to be within the confines of concealed carry, or it becomes a different conversation.

My personal choice is the Ruger SP101 3+" in .357 Magnum and loaded accordingly. It's not a fun-at-the-range gun with defensive performance level ammo, but it would be serious about defense when loaded and carried accordingly.

 

[Delmar]

Maybe I am reading the title wrong, but when I think of a "fighting" revolver, I think of one I am not going to try to conceal. So that would be an N frame S&W or a Colt New Service in 45 Colt or ACP. Some of the newer designs would include the Colt Anaconda in the same caliber or the Ruger Redhawk.

 

[Skyshot]

4" stainless Colt Python .357

 

[CraigC]

A fixed sight, 4" N-frame in .44Spl or .45ACP.

IMHO, fighting weapons and concealed carry weapons are not necessarily the same thing. Too many concealed carry guns make too many compromises in effectiveness.

 

[Vern Humphrey]

I carried a Colt M357 with a 6" barrel on my first tour in Viet Nam and used it twice.

 

[oldrevolverguy]

S&W Thunder Ranch 325 45 ACP with full moon clips - authoritative cartridge and fastest revolver reload
Ruger Police Service Six 4" with 357 125 JHP and speed loaders - statistically the best possible stopper in a light but controllable package
S&W 642 with CCI 38 spl 135 JHP and speed strips - This lives in my strong side front pocket. I can have a full firing grip without alarming anyone. Lightning fast draw.

 

[RealGun]

Delmar - Maybe I am reading the title wrong, but when I think of a "fighting" revolver, I think of one I am not going to try to conceal.

To me, that would be confusing "hunting" with "fighting". Soldiers don't usually carry revolvers, and the rest of us don't have the "privilege" of walking around on the street with Old Bessy openly on our hip.

 

[BlindJustice]

S&W N-Frame in .45 ACP - Full Moon Clips

I'm off to the range in Lewiston Idaho at 10 AM
with my S&W 625, & 10 pre-loaded .45 ACP ful moons
and I have some .45 Auto Rim heavy loads

Skeeter Skelton once wrote of 2 LEOs he knew who worked in
El Paso - rough town in the early '50s. They carried
S&W M1917s cut down to 4" with .45 AR 250 gr. SWC in the gun,
and reloads of .45 ACP 230 gr. FMJ in half moon clips as reloads

Randall

 

[back40]

may not be the ultimate (don't really care for that word), but it's what i've got that best fits the role.

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[MCgunner]

IMHO, fighting weapons and concealed carry weapons are not necessarily the same thing. Too many concealed carry guns make too many compromises in effectiveness.

A handgun is a HUGE compromise. If you're headed for a fight, take a rifle or shotgun. The handgun's shining quality is that it's there when you need it. If you must conceal it, a concealable handgun is what you'll have when you need it. No one assaulted Omaha Beach armed only with a 6" Python or registered magnum. GS Patton wasn't on Omaha beach and I don't know that he ever used his revolvers for other than show.

 

[CraigC]

A compromise but I think "huge" is overstating and probably more dependent on the individual wielding it than anything. The handgun has the distinct advantage of ALWAYS being on your person and most place frown upon carrying rifles into the local convenience store. I think it should be rather obvious that a 4" K, L or N frame is far better suited to a gunfight than a 2" J-frame or .380 pocket pistol. Which is kinda the point of the thread.

What is appropriate for storming beaches is entirely irrelevant.

 

[Baba Louie]

Colt New Service that went through the hands of Mr. Fitzgerald... but them things is dangerous!

I got to fondle one... once (I think it was a real Fitz but didn't really know). Like the Lone Wolf Gonzaullas' 1911s, they simply look... bad to the bone. Unsafe for some. Dangerous when need be in the hands of a serious fighter.

 

[LeonCarr]

MC,

I believe then 2LT Patton shot and wounded three "Villistas" during the 1916 Punitive Expedition to Mexico with a SAA Colt .45, I believe the same SAA he carried throughout his career. He was commanding a unit consisting of 10 men, and the three Villistas ended up getting killed including Pancho's #2 Julio Cardenas, but it is unknown if Patton did the actual killing.

So I believe he has "Been to the Circus and seen the Elephant" with a revolver. He traded in his M1911 for a SAA .45 due to a previous incident when he was carrying his M1911 "Cowboy Style" in his waistband and it discharged.

Just my .02,
LeonCarr

 

[tipoc]

I tend to agree with what R C Model said in post #5.

A fighting revolver is one you'd take into battle or into an actual gunfight if you knew one was coming. Not a backup gun but the primary handgun. Not a CCW self defense piece either.

A revolver you might use in a fight and a fighting handgun are two different things.

Concealment is not a major consideration.

It's a the gun you'd take with you if you were gonna start some trouble or finish it. You'd bring a shotgun and...

It's the wheelgun you'd want to have on your hip in "The Valley of Death", along with your rifle, mortor and whatever else.

Big enough to handle well without fumbling so we start with K frame sized guns and the similar sized Colts and go up.

38 Spl. and up, at least 6 rounds.

4" barrel at least.

Steel construction to soak up recoil.

Steel cuz the gun itself is a weapon and hitting folks over the head is part of what a fighting handgun has to be able to do.

tipoc

 

[SharpsDressedMan]

Hard to do better than this: S&W 1917 as modified

 

[Delmar]

To me, that would be confusing "hunting" with "fighting". Soldiers don't usually carry revolvers, and the rest of us don't have the "privilege" of walking around on the street with Old Bessy openly on our hip.

I don't know about now, but aviators carried revolvers up through the Viet Nam war. Military Police, medics, Tankers, NCO's and officers are routinely issued sidearms even today, although not revolvers.

 

[Iggy]

This old timer ain't too shabbby.

S&W Model of 1917 45 ACP/AR
With a pocket full of moon clipped ACP's, it's pretty durn quick.

 

[fxstchewy]

GP100 4", cause that's what i have.........