What's your favorite wheel gun?
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punkndisorderly
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My favorite (and at present only) wheelgun: 4" S&W 327 PD. Sweet shooter, amazingly light, and 8 rounds of 357 on tap. It's always fun to hand it off to people. They expect the standard heft of a service sized .357 and get this funny look on their face for a second before they figure out it is a real gun and is really that light.
transatlantic
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The_Shootist said:
I got my 686-5P second-hand, in very good condition about a year ago. So I don´t know its DOB, or its previous history.
I´ve done some research on the different generations of the 686, and as I understand the 686-5 was a short-lived generation with a frame mounted firing-pin but no (stupid) lock like the later ones. In combination with the 7-shot drum, my 686 is thereby IMO “the best of the best”.
Perhaps someone can help me with some more info on my favorite revolver..?
The case label
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Radagast
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transatlantic: The Standard Catalog of S&W gives January 1998 as the date for CCMxxxx serial numbered guns.
The 686-4 Plus was introduced in 1996, with a seven shot cylinder, semi target hammer, smooth combat trigger, red ramp front sight, white outline rear, sight, Hogue rubber grip on the round butt L frame.
It was replaced by the 686-5 Plus in 1997 with the flat faced hammer and floating firing pin.
This was replaced by the 686-6 plus in 2002 with the introduction of the internal lock.
The 686-4 Plus was introduced in 1996, with a seven shot cylinder, semi target hammer, smooth combat trigger, red ramp front sight, white outline rear, sight, Hogue rubber grip on the round butt L frame.
It was replaced by the 686-5 Plus in 1997 with the flat faced hammer and floating firing pin.
This was replaced by the 686-6 plus in 2002 with the introduction of the internal lock.
Nevertoomanyguns
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I love my Grandfather's 6" Colt Python and think its one of the most beautiful wheel guns going and its a fine shooter. However, I shoot my 6" 686+ a lot better and I like the hogue grips. I find when I shoot his Python in warmer weather it slides around in my hands from the sweat, the 686 doesn't. I like my 686 for practicality and it is my primary hunting handgun, other than coyotes and porcupines I have not shot a buck with it yet.
transatlantic
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Thank you, Radagast!
It´s always nice to know more about "the one you love"...
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It´s always nice to know more about "the one you love"...
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Pistolhunter
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This is my all around favorite.
Very close second.
gb6491
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woad_yurt
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I choose my plain, worn, ol' Model 10-7.
md7
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i think the SW 686 and the Ruger GP 100 revolvers are fine examples of wheelguns. those two would be at the top of the list for me. the GP 100 fits my hand a little better so that is the one that i came home with. i love it. now i want a GP with a 3" bbl.
BHP FAN
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My 1917 s&w.
Pistolhunter
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Sure danbrew, it is a 460 w/ 12" barrel, nice trigger and very accurate. The gun is heavy, but it tames a lot of the recoil and makes it a pleasure to shoot.
gb6491
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My favorite to shoot is my .44 Magnum Bisley Vaquero:
Regards,
Greg
Regards,
Greg
bigione
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My only. Ruger Super Blackhawk 44 mag., Stainless, 10&1/2 in. barrel. Bought it for a saddle gun. Didn't want my horse falling on and bending a rifle.
Waldo Pepper
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Gunfighter123 the 610 no dash 5" is a very rare 610 and very much sought after gun. The only 610 that might be more rare is the 300 units of 3" made for Lew Horton and you DAO converted the action and bobbed the hammer!!!Hard choice --- out of all the revolvers I own , my favorite two;
A S&W 610 stainless 10mm with 5" brl. and converted to double action only;
Looks great to me. How does it shoot? Mine is stock except grips and is my favorite S&W wheel gun and a real shooter.
Gunfighter123
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Hiya Waldo,
I had it converted a few days after I bought it --- it was around 1990 or a few years earlier ----- in the almost 20 years that I've been useing it in competition { IPSC , IDPA , Bowling Pins , and Steel Challenge etc.} it is still "freaky" accurate !!! I really do not know how many rounds I've shot thru it , more then 25,000 and maybe as high as 50,000 !!!
I first used it for IPSC and as that it a fast game , I feel there is really no place for thumbing the hammer for single action ---- I have hit steel " Pepper Poppers " out to 100 yards with this gun in DAO. ----- Last year I put a Hi-Vis red fiber front sight on it --- after turning 50 years old , my eyes aren't as good as they once were.
I also have one of the first year stainless Colt Delta Elites ---- Around the same time , I had it built into a full IPSC "race gun".
Right now , my favorite 10mm auto is my EAA Witness Elite Match --- WAY MORE accurate then the Colt Gold Cup Delta Elite I had.
I had it converted a few days after I bought it --- it was around 1990 or a few years earlier ----- in the almost 20 years that I've been useing it in competition { IPSC , IDPA , Bowling Pins , and Steel Challenge etc.} it is still "freaky" accurate !!! I really do not know how many rounds I've shot thru it , more then 25,000 and maybe as high as 50,000 !!!
I first used it for IPSC and as that it a fast game , I feel there is really no place for thumbing the hammer for single action ---- I have hit steel " Pepper Poppers " out to 100 yards with this gun in DAO. ----- Last year I put a Hi-Vis red fiber front sight on it --- after turning 50 years old , my eyes aren't as good as they once were.
I also have one of the first year stainless Colt Delta Elites ---- Around the same time , I had it built into a full IPSC "race gun".
Right now , my favorite 10mm auto is my EAA Witness Elite Match --- WAY MORE accurate then the Colt Gold Cup Delta Elite I had.
Waldo Pepper
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Mine was bought from a guy who had been a steel shooter but had heart attack and ended up just doing a little fun shooter up until he died and his 610 ended up in little gun shop along with his Dan Wesson 357 Maxium 3 barrel kit gun. At the time I only had funds for the 610 and even then I had to trade my S&W 686P in on the 610 to get the gun.
I had just paid daycare and school tution for two grandsons and didn't want to charge $650 on my CC and I happened to have my 686 in the trunk that I had never taken shine to and traded even up. My 686 was only about 2 years old and had the IL on the side, but I had it in the original box with the poapers and spent case still sealed and had about 200 rounds down the pipe and the 610 looked even newer.
The 610 has the best trigger I have ever seen on a S&W and maybe better then my DW's (I have 4 DW's) my DW 44 has a better SA then any 1911 I ever shot or tried. That said I don't normally shoot SA with my revolvers unless I'm trying for ultra tight groups at the paper. This 610 is one fine point and shoot gun with just the right balance for me. Wish I had this gun 30 plus years ago when I still had shooting eyes and hands.
revolverman357
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I like my Mountain Gun in 45 Colt.
jhco
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now wearing a set of wood target grips
searcher451
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It's also my first, which might explain while it has remained my favorite through the years: an Old Model Ruger Bearcat that I paid $32.50 for, NIB, back in the day. It still makes the trip to the range with me from time to time and still brings a smile to my face every time I pull it out.
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Colt Detective Special (shrouded). It's the perfect fusion of beauty and practicality.
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