Just added to my revolver stash yesterday - a mint 1969 made Ruger Super Blackhawk 44 mag. Still 3 screw and not converted. I'll shoot it today!!
Just added to my revolver stash yesterday - a mint 1969 made Ruger Super Blackhawk 44 mag. Still 3 screw and not converted. I'll shoot it today!!
Collector and shooter of guns and other items that require a tax stamp, Lead and brass scrounger. Never too much brass, lead or components in inventory! Always looking to win beauty contests with my reloads.
No debate from me. How many first generation Glocks do you see around any more? Plenty of them haven't survived. I doubt my grandkids will ever see a 50+ year old Glock, let alone fire one. But there are plenty of 100 year old revolvers (and autoloaders too) that still work fine.
Seriously? First of all, do you have any idea just how few first generation Glocks were produced and imported into the US? About 70,000. That's six years of sales, beginning in 1986.
Second, Glocks were first sold in 1982 and began being imported into the US in 1986. So they've been around for nearly 40 years with tens of thousands still functioning just fine. Please explain to me how they will begin suddenly no longer functioning in another ten years?? And while you're at it, why don't you give me an example of a Glock wearing out solely due to age. How many revolvers have gone to the wayside due to rust and frames cracking?
And if you really, seriously think that polymer weapons won't last 50 years, do you not realize that the Remington Nylon 66 was first produced in 1959 and there are plenty of those still working just fine 60 years later?
I get that you don't like polymer pistols. Fine. But don't just make up ridiculous reasons and say crazy things that have no basis in reality or fact.
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"Luck don't live out here. Wolves don't kill the unlucky deer; they kill the weak ones..." Jeremy Renner in Wind River
I hope you are right and they do last. I have one plastic gun not a glock and its a neat little gun but i am old school and just prefer wood and metal. I don't even like plastic grips. I have seen plenty of different plastic seem to dry out and crack with age. This may not happen to guns but i am just not convinced. If you like glocks then thats just fine. Guess thats why they make different kinds of guns.
I have two Glocks and two Nylon 66s. Also a couple of polymer AR lowers. But unlike some people, I'm not a fanboy who believes that polymer doesn't deteriorate from heat and UV exposure. I know for a fact that it does, and I don't feel a need to debate someone who demands that I "prove" it.
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I started out with nothing and I still have most of it left.
Paralyzed Veterans of America
Looking for a Hensly &Gibbs #258 any thing from a two cavity to a 10cavityI found a new one from a member here
+1 for making them.
Sometimes life taps you on the shoulder and reminds you it's a one way street. Jim Morris
Well I admit, I didn’t intend to put down my semi autos, I love them too. I’m not a “one or the other” type of guy. I appreciate them all, guns, cars, motorcycles, women, no type all around better than another. Revolvers are awesome and so are glocks! AK’s are awesome and so are AR’s! The only exception to this rule is women, sorry boys, I have the best one!!
Has the machining and production practices that improved current semi auto been applied to revolvers that are now being produced. I really don't spend alot of time looking at new anything. I do love my revolvers, but there is a level of quality control and finish that is apparent. S&W are better than Taurus. At least for the ones I own. Does that hold true for current models. I have been itching for a 41 magnum but have not found one that has come home with me. I might have to start looking at new.
I shoot autos but I love revolvers. Since I started casting about a year ago I got excited all over again about revolvers. My Ruger 357 SBH hasn't seen this much lead through it in several years. I got excited again when I saw this one and I just couldn't resist. 9 1/2" barrel and I love it! I showed it to a young man, he turned up his nose and said "Wow, that looks kind of redneck". Sometimes I think good firearms are wasted on youth!
Claybirds @ 50 meters were turning into dust pretty good with a S&W500 today.
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |