which revolver have you never had a problem with

[The Real Hawkeye]

By the way, I have to add a couple of guns to my growing list of revolvers I've never had a problem with. They would be a couple of N-Frames. I wish I could say that the K Frames have never been a problem for me, but I have had three of them, only one was problem free, and that was the K-22. The Combat Masterpiece and the old FBI-style gun both had some problems.

Did I mention that I had one Dan Wesson that I never had a problem with?

 

[MCgunner]

I don't think he was making a theological assertion. Soul is used in other senses besides the strict theological one. He meant soul, I suspect, in the sense that there is something you can become attached to about it, i.e., something that appeals to the emotion, sort of like an aesthetic appeal, like an old Smith and Wesson Model 1926 has.

Yeah, well, I hear that "soul" thing a lot and I just don't relate to mechanical devices that way and don't buy something for those reasons. I buy things for practical, logical reasons. Being emotional is a good way to waste money on things that don't work or don't work as well as others. That might not be the case, but could be.

My number one thing with firearms is accuracy. Even if I have no real used for whatever it is, if it's accurate, I keep it. I also like guns I have a use for. My Kel Tec P11 is such an example. If I were a 1911 freak that wouldn't consider anything with a polymer grip as "soulful", I'd never know the joys of having a 14 ounce 11 shot, +P loaded, accurate, reliable little cannon on my hip if the stuff goes down. I'd be limping around all day with 40 ounces of jammamatic on my hip because it has "soul". I once bought a Triumph Bonneville for emotional reasons, worst mistake I ever made! Sold the house, don't have to worry about the oil stains all over the garage anymore. Wore out all the oil stained pairs of jeans, too, distant memory, but I learned my lesson from that.

 

[farscott]

I have had the luck to experience an issue with each brand.

I had an S&W PC M681 that went out of time within the first two hundred rounds. S&W fixed it, and it continues to run well -- in the hands of the friend who purchased it from me.

I had an electroless nickel .22 LR Colt Trooper MK. III that would lock up because the fired round would back out of the chamber and wedge against the standing breech. The usual fix of cleaning the chambers and making sure there was no oil in them did not work for more than a cylinder or two. It went to Colt for repair and came back with the same issue. That one was sold to a fully-informed buyer. Too bad as it has one sweet action and was much more accurate than I.

I had a Ruger Blackhawk that would not eject the fired brass from one charge hole. A little time with a drill, a bore brush, and some metal polish fixed that one.

I had a Rossi .22 LR that shed its front sight under the ferocious .22 LR recoil. The sight literally tore out of the sight base. It would have been funny if it was not so sad.

 

[The Real Hawkeye]

Yeah, well, I hear that "soul" thing a lot and I just don't relate to mechanical devices that way and don't buy something for those reasons. I buy things for practical, logical reasons. Being emotional is a good way to waste money on things that don't work or don't work as well as others. That might not be the case, but could be.

My number one thing with firearms is accuracy. Even if I have no real used for whatever it is, if it's accurate, I keep it. I also like guns I have a use for. My Kel Tec P11 is such an example. If I were a 1911 freak that wouldn't consider anything with a polymer grip as "soulful", I'd never know the joys of having a 14 ounce 11 shot, +P loaded, accurate, reliable little cannon on my hip if the stuff goes down. I'd be limping around all day with 40 ounces of jammamatic on my hip because it has "soul". I once bought a Triumph Bonneville for emotional reasons, worst mistake I ever made! Sold the house, don't have to worry about the oil stains all over the garage anymore. Wore out all the oil stained pairs of jeans, too, distant memory, but I learned my lesson from that.

I have several 1911s that never malfunction in any way. They are what I carry, one at a time, of course. One of them is lightweight, even. With the right holster, even the full weight ones don't feel heavy for all day wear, however, because of the shape and weight distribution of the 1911. They tend to hug to you so well that their weight is well supported, and you don't notice it. They also do not have a cylinder, so pressure against your body is evenly dispersed, rather than focused on one area, resulting in greater comfort in an IWB holster. As for jamomatic 1911s, I don't own one, but I hear tell of them enough that I assume they really do exist, somewhere.

 

[MCgunner]

I have several 1911s that never malfunction in any way. They are what I carry, one at a time, of course. One of them is lightweight, even. With the right holster, even the full weight ones don't feel heavy for all day wear, however, because of the shape and weight distribution of the 1911. They tend to hug to you so well that their weight is well supported, and you don't notice it. They also do not have a cylinder, so pressure against your body is evenly dispersed, rather than focused on one area, resulting in greater comfort in an IWB holster. As for jamomatic 1911s, I don't own one, but I hear tell of them enough that I assume they really do exist, somewhere.

I'm sure yours works fine. My point really is that I'd be remiss if I carried a 1911 that jammed a lot because it had "soul" and shunned a P11 or Glock or whatever because "it doesn't have soul". I suspect some here would do just that!

I've had two jammamatics, myself. They were both fine with hardball, but I carry hollowpoint for SD and will always and forever prefer hollowpoint to hard ball. Neither that auto ordinance nor that AMT would handle hollowpoint. They weren't Ed Brown specials, but then, if I spend 2500 bucks on a gun, I'd better be able to ride it to work and get 50 mpg.

 

[The Real Hawkeye]

I'm sure yours works fine. My point really is that I'd be remiss if I carried a 1911 that jammed a lot because it had "soul" and shunned a P11 or Glock or whatever because "it doesn't have soul". I suspect some here would do just that!

Perhaps. I wouldn't carry an unreliable gun regardless of how much soul it had.

I've had two jammamatics, myself. They were both fine with hardball, but I carry hollowpoint for SD and will always and forever prefer hollowpoint to hard ball. Neither that auto ordinance nor that AMT would handle hollowpoint. They weren't Ed Brown specials, but then, if I spend 2500 bucks on a gun, I'd better be able to ride it to work and get 50 mpg.

Agreed. In fact, I have an Ed Brown and it happens to be unreliable, and Ed refused to back up his product, so I don't carry it. It sits in a safe. I find, however, that you can have great reliability from off the shelf 1911s made by the likes of Smith and Wesson, Colt, or Springfield Armory. Here's what I carry every day, and in the ten years that I've had it, it has never failed to go bang when I've pulled the trigger, and that includes with hollow points. It's a plain Jane Springfield Armory 1911A1. Here is where she lies from the time I go to bed till the time I wake, i.e., on my night-stand. At all other times, she's on my hip.

 

[Old Dog]

I don't think he was making a theological assertion. Soul is used in other senses besides the strict theological one. He meant soul, I suspect, in the sense that there is something you can become attached to about it, i.e., something that appeals to the emotion, sort of like an aesthetic appeal, like an old Smith and Wesson Model 1926 has.

Well said, TheRealHawkeye (and good example, too). Something about those old Smiths and old Colt's that stir something within as the more recent production revolvers simply cannot ...

I've owned many S&W revolvers, from early 1900s models through the Bangor-Punta era through today's dreaded time of The Lock. Have never, ever had a problem other than an easily repaired broken firing pin on an 1950s vintage Model 10.

Have owned a few Taurus revolvers as well and had great luck with 'em. A couple family heirloom Colt's that don't get shot, hence no problems ... No experience as an owner of Rugers, Dan Wesson, Rossi or other makers.

 

[Dr.Rob]

Never a problem with my New Service Colt.

The Magnum Carry has re-set issues.

No problems with my Ruger Vaquero.

 

[AIM_SMALL_MISS_SMALL]

S&W Model 638= trouble free gun

No complaints with S&W Model 638. flawless gun
As long as I do my job, I can make 2 to 3 inch groups at 35-40 feet.
Flawless lockup and timing.
Other guns I own:
Kimber BP [Basic Pistol--polymer frame] 10-II, .45 ACP =flawless gun
Glock Model 22 (.40 caliber)=flawless gun
Walther P1 =flawless gun
Charter 2000 .44 Special Bulldog Pug, 2.5 inch barrel =flawed gun right out of box NEW :banghead:

 

[LooseGrouper]

Only owned S&Ws (except for one "off brand," the name of which I can not remember). The off brand was a 22 single action SAA look-alike on which the cylinder didn't line up properly. Wasn't worth the cost to fix, so it got traded.

Purchased a police range gun Mod 19 that hade been traded in. Should have known better, but $165 was too good to pass up. It had probably had thousands of magnum rounds through it, and the exterior was pretty scratched/worn, but the only thing wrong with it mechanically appeared to be some end shake (which I had fixed cheap). Well, after taking it home and putting it through its paces, I found out that the charge holes were so worn that every case bulged, and extraction was a five minute process. The Mod 19 got taken back and traded for a...

Mod 686+, also used. Couldn't hit sqaut with it. Turns out the crown had been abused. Took it back to a gunsmith who milled an 11 degree crown. Now even I can shoot it like a champ.

So long story short...2xS&W with problems related to abuse/natural wear and tear. I have 2 mod 10s and a K22 that have never had a moments trouble.

 

[tc300mag1]

Never had Problems with Ruger or Smith

My colt trooper broke it trigger but unsure of ounds though it my other 5 colts have been fine though