revolvers, yep... revolvers

[bushka]

I started with them,and lived thru the whole switch to autos,partook a few of those too.I even said yuk everytime my eyes glossed thru the glass case full of
obsolete revolvers.
But now it seems I say yuk just as much or more even when I see all that tupperware they sell nowadays.
It seems the ceiling has been hit with the handgun,and when you boil it
down,the heyday has been had back before I was even born.
Now I find myself stopping dead in my tracks when I see a mint 1950`s
Smith 357mag with 8 3/4" barrel and say WOW!! even moreso if its fully engraved.
Automatics,I stopped at the sig p210 and sti edge 2011,I cant complain there,
but you`re ammo still has to be perfect,and topping off magazines,picking up cases,etc., the revolver concept is just so much more hassle free that I convinced my 80 year old father to go with a ruger sp101 hammerless snubbie,even tho he is a ww2 vet,the 1911 is not a choice for someone who leaves it in a cowboy boot in the closet and dont practice.
Now wher is that 10 shot .327 magnum N frame at??

[missionary5155]

Good afternoon
Revolvers ! The 2 shops here in my BIG city (1.5 million) do not even bother to ask me anymore about autos... Nutten against them.. I have all sorts of .45 1911s ,40s and others stuck away up there in the North... but guess what are my 1st choice "repel borders" items... 5 or 6 cartriges rotating around a fixed shaft. Simple,safe and reliable.
God Bless you all.

[jhrosier]

"Do you feel lucky, punk?"



I think about that quote every time I handle my 7-shot 686.

Jack

[Tom Herman]

Yep, I've gone back to the joy of revolvers as well... I had an incident where a misfeed in a semiauto could have easily cost me my life. Fortunately, the four "inner city youth" didn't see what was going on, and beat feet.
Ever since that day, I've only used revolvers to defend myself. They aren't ammunition sensitive (you can load SWC's, full WC's, RN's, mild loads, wild loads etc.), the recoil seems more controllable to me, and they are just flat out fun!
Yes, I still appreciate classic autoloaders (no plastic guns, please!), but revolvers are my passion now.

Happy Shootin'! -Tom

[jhrosier]

.... 5 or 6 cartriges rotating around a fixed shaft. Simple,safe and reliable.
God Bless you all.

CARTRIDGES! We don't need no stinkin' cartridges!



(my Christmas present.)

Jack

[trickyasafox]

I'm starting to like them more and more. A while back there was a thread on the 38spl and how useful it is. Now I have an Official Police w/ a 4in tube that I got for an unbelievable steal and I am really starting to see what people meant. Its such a versatile and useful platform- I don't think I'll ever be without a 38/357 . Just too great a thing not to have around.

Still love autos - plastic or steel, I don't care.

not chasing brass is a nice change of pace.

[S.R.Custom]

Revolters and bottom-feeders are pretty much a seasonal thing with me. I shoot the revolvers in the winter and the autoloaders in the summer; it's kinda hard to find the bottom-feeder empties in the snow...

[218bee]

I always liked wheelguns better. For me, they are easier to shoot more accurately. My best centerfire semi-auto was a Sig P220 but alas I horse traded that off for a Smith 657 41mag. The only non revolvers I now own are a Contender and a Ruger MarkI target (my very first handgun).

[Heavy lead]

I really like 1911's, never got into them til about 5 years ago though, always was a wheel guy, still am, I have one plastic gun, and it's ok. But give me some steel blue or silver and a wheel, preferably a 41 caliber or larger and I'm a happy camper sa, da, 5, 6, 7, or 8 shot I don't care.

[Snapping Twig]

I've got a few really reliable autos, a 1911, a Ruger Mk II and a Sig P220, but if you're ever in the woods and you run into me, I'll be wearing a 44.

I had this one hard chromed and done up for the times I leave my rifle behind.

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This is the one I typically carry. If I'm in the woods - camping, hunting, fishing, you name it, this is in a crossdraw.

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Either way, the boolit used is a 429244 over 22g W296 and a wlp.

[Ben]

I'll drop in a nice Colt Officer's Model Match , to add with all these nice " Smith " photos. This one is a real joy to shoot ! ! :

[cajun shooter]

Ben, I remember when I first tried out for the pistol team. I was shown and told that the Colt Officer's Match was the only gun to have. That was in 1976. Ended up shooting the Python. Later the S&W 586

[Kraschenbirn]

If one were to look in the handgun rack of my safe, he would find only M1911s or revolvers...no plastic and, with the exception of my LW Commander .45, no aluminum, titanium or whateverium.

Bill

[leadeye]

I like to shoot both but most of my shooting in done with revolvers. Not having to hunt in the weeds for the cases is the main reason. Need a large flat spot with no flora and small gravel if I am going to do much with autos.

[unclebill]

i hate em!

well
maybe not so much.......

[mooman76]

I've always liked them but liked them more after I started reloading and colecting my brass. Gets tiring chasing spent brass from autos.

[9.3X62AL]

I'm at that awkward stage in my hobby life where my kids are too busy to chase brass down for me, and the grandkids aren't big enough to do so yet. It's a good time to have revolvers in the gun safe, in other words. My rollerpistols span the sublime to the ridiculous--from a Colt Pocket Positive x 6"/original nickel/32 SWL to the Ruger Redhawk x 5.5" x 44 Magnum.

[Three44s]

The best way to limit your semi's brass travel is shoot indoors .......

.......... just kidding!

I too refrain from toting a semi just because of the brass chasing .......

And with the current snow pack ..... I won't even take my semi-rifles out lately ......!

SO it's revolters and bolt guns for me until further weather developments!!

It was pretty much that way when the ground was bare though ..............

Three 44s

[454PB]

I like em both, but feel compelled to balance the photo collection on this thread.....



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[jhrosier]

I like em both, but feel compelled to balance the photo collection on this thread......

Interesting..
I thought that you couldn't shoot cast boolits in a DE?

Jack