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Hey everyone,
So, basically I like the look of the more old fashioned "skinny barrel" revolvers, the way they used to look a few decades ago (the ones that look more "cowboy" style rather than "tactical")
The problem is, I am only 25 years old, and worse still, I have only just recently become interested in revolvers, since I used to be strictly a rifle person till just recently.
So, I don't know anything about any of the older models of any of the main revolver brands (s&w, colt, and ruger).
All I know is just the guns they have in their current lineups on their websites (for s&w and ruger, that is (for colt I don't even know anything, since they don't even have revolvers anymore).
So, I noticed that both ruger and s&w have these special old fashioned style models, which are pretty expensive, that they intentionally make look old fashioned style, with the skinny barrels, and old fashioned grip style, and just general cowboy style or old fashioned style to them.
However, the selection/variety of their old fashioned style current revolvers is pretty small (the one I like the most is the s&w model 27, which is exactly the type of look I like, except for the grip, which although still cooler looking than the modern tactical grips, isn't quite as cowboy looking as maybe I'd like (although, that said, if it goes too far the other way, like ruger's "vaquero" models, although I LOVE that type of look, since it looks very old western movie style, their unfortunately are just a little TOO short-gripped, I like that sharply hooked, bell bottomed shape, but, I just wish it was a tad longer so that I could get ALL 5 of my fingers wrapped around the gun, instead of just 4, or 4 and a half, it's a pet peeve of mine).
So, I figure, instead of spending a small fortune on a s&w model 27, which costs approximately the same exact price as a 10-acre private island off the coast of Dubai (ok, maybe not, but still...), maybe I should just like... you know... learn about older models of colt/ruger/s&w from back a few decades ago back when their regular models actually just plain looked that way... NORMALLY, not for their retro special additions, but rather, just plain actually looked that way, since it was long enough ago that this retro look WAS the look back then.
The thing is, since I wasn't around back then, I have NO CLUE what models looked like, year by year, back then, to know what models looked like what, depending on the decade, and even specifically the year, or several year time-period for various models, so that I'll know what to look for when I go hunting for a used gun of my dreams that has that great old fashioned western movie look that I like so much.
What would be awesome is, if anyone knows of a website somewhere that has photographs of every model of the main revolver brands (colt, ruger, s&w) YEAR BY YEAR, from say, the start of the last century to the end of it, like 1900 through 2000, or something like that. Where I can just pick a model, and year, and it shows a photo for that year for that model, so I can actually see what they looked like.
Or, if no such website exists, then maybe if you know of any books where I can see a photo archive of this sort, to learn up about older model revolvers, isntead of just only the most current active lineup only, which is all I know of right now unfortunately.
And also, another thing is, I keep seeing people on here constantly saying "Man... I wish s&w still made their revolvers like they used to. Back in s&w's prime years, their revolvers were AMAZING, nothing like they make them today, nowawadays s&w is just running off the reputation it built for itself back a long while ago, and now their guns are just mediocre by comparison to the quality that they used to be back in the day"
Okay, I believe it, but, the problem is, I am just a youngster and I wasn't AROUND back then and I have no clue which years the good years were, or which models the good models were for which years/time periods. I feel like this is the same sort of thing as with wine, where wine experts are like "Ah, yes, 1972, a great year for such and such merlot" or whatever. Those in the know, know. Those who are new to the scene (me) have no clue.
So, I figure, I should just learn what the gun models looked like, year by year, so I can even know what time period I like best to even know where to start, when I look for a used older model revolver, and then, also learn which ones were supposed to be the "best" most "high quality" years/models from back in the day, so that I can figure out, between which ones look the prettiest, and which ones are mechanically supposed to be the best, how to find a gun that is great in both of those two categories, to find myself a good old revolver to buy.
What are some good websites where I can look up this sort of stuff, and/or books, if there aren't any websites that have anything like that for me to research?
So, basically I like the look of the more old fashioned "skinny barrel" revolvers, the way they used to look a few decades ago (the ones that look more "cowboy" style rather than "tactical")
The problem is, I am only 25 years old, and worse still, I have only just recently become interested in revolvers, since I used to be strictly a rifle person till just recently.
So, I don't know anything about any of the older models of any of the main revolver brands (s&w, colt, and ruger).
All I know is just the guns they have in their current lineups on their websites (for s&w and ruger, that is (for colt I don't even know anything, since they don't even have revolvers anymore).
So, I noticed that both ruger and s&w have these special old fashioned style models, which are pretty expensive, that they intentionally make look old fashioned style, with the skinny barrels, and old fashioned grip style, and just general cowboy style or old fashioned style to them.
However, the selection/variety of their old fashioned style current revolvers is pretty small (the one I like the most is the s&w model 27, which is exactly the type of look I like, except for the grip, which although still cooler looking than the modern tactical grips, isn't quite as cowboy looking as maybe I'd like (although, that said, if it goes too far the other way, like ruger's "vaquero" models, although I LOVE that type of look, since it looks very old western movie style, their unfortunately are just a little TOO short-gripped, I like that sharply hooked, bell bottomed shape, but, I just wish it was a tad longer so that I could get ALL 5 of my fingers wrapped around the gun, instead of just 4, or 4 and a half, it's a pet peeve of mine).
So, I figure, instead of spending a small fortune on a s&w model 27, which costs approximately the same exact price as a 10-acre private island off the coast of Dubai (ok, maybe not, but still...), maybe I should just like... you know... learn about older models of colt/ruger/s&w from back a few decades ago back when their regular models actually just plain looked that way... NORMALLY, not for their retro special additions, but rather, just plain actually looked that way, since it was long enough ago that this retro look WAS the look back then.
The thing is, since I wasn't around back then, I have NO CLUE what models looked like, year by year, back then, to know what models looked like what, depending on the decade, and even specifically the year, or several year time-period for various models, so that I'll know what to look for when I go hunting for a used gun of my dreams that has that great old fashioned western movie look that I like so much.
What would be awesome is, if anyone knows of a website somewhere that has photographs of every model of the main revolver brands (colt, ruger, s&w) YEAR BY YEAR, from say, the start of the last century to the end of it, like 1900 through 2000, or something like that. Where I can just pick a model, and year, and it shows a photo for that year for that model, so I can actually see what they looked like.
Or, if no such website exists, then maybe if you know of any books where I can see a photo archive of this sort, to learn up about older model revolvers, isntead of just only the most current active lineup only, which is all I know of right now unfortunately.
And also, another thing is, I keep seeing people on here constantly saying "Man... I wish s&w still made their revolvers like they used to. Back in s&w's prime years, their revolvers were AMAZING, nothing like they make them today, nowawadays s&w is just running off the reputation it built for itself back a long while ago, and now their guns are just mediocre by comparison to the quality that they used to be back in the day"
Okay, I believe it, but, the problem is, I am just a youngster and I wasn't AROUND back then and I have no clue which years the good years were, or which models the good models were for which years/time periods. I feel like this is the same sort of thing as with wine, where wine experts are like "Ah, yes, 1972, a great year for such and such merlot" or whatever. Those in the know, know. Those who are new to the scene (me) have no clue.
So, I figure, I should just learn what the gun models looked like, year by year, so I can even know what time period I like best to even know where to start, when I look for a used older model revolver, and then, also learn which ones were supposed to be the "best" most "high quality" years/models from back in the day, so that I can figure out, between which ones look the prettiest, and which ones are mechanically supposed to be the best, how to find a gun that is great in both of those two categories, to find myself a good old revolver to buy.
What are some good websites where I can look up this sort of stuff, and/or books, if there aren't any websites that have anything like that for me to research?
