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Post by Whocares on Apr 21, 2004 20:17:15 GMT -5
Is it possible to have just one?
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Post by Whocares on Apr 22, 2004 16:55:01 GMT -5
Yes; It is possible to have just one, especially if it's your first.
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Post by flatpik on Apr 24, 2004 20:33:24 GMT -5
I have a 6" S&W 686 Plus (seven shot). Just a wonderful gun. Couldn't ask for more.
Mike
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Post by Whocares on Apr 24, 2004 21:35:22 GMT -5
The 686 is one of those just "Ones" to own, excellent choice. Any double action revolver collection would have a empty space in it without a S&W L frame 686; I do not care how many other revolvers one has, this is one of the best to own, along with the original Model 27 and Colt's Python.
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Post by sixgun55 on May 12, 2004 16:30:52 GMT -5
My favorite would have to be my old Model 19 blue four inch. I got it when I learned the magnum was more manly than my model 10 military. I then was issued a model 66 when stainless came to town. I had a nickel model 19 that I was pretty proud of. I could shoot them all, just that raising kids on a 13 thousand dollar salary, I couldn't afford to keep the many guns that ran through my fingers. I read an Elmer Keith line that said, "Beware of the man that shoots but one gun". I quit trading around so much and did become a better shot. Now I figure a 2 inch snub will place a good shot as long as my focus is present. Never got the Colt Python, but that was the envy of all back 25-30 years ago. I kinda think Rugers were the best for the money, hell they all cost an arm and leg now.
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Post by Whocares on May 12, 2004 21:03:18 GMT -5
sixgun; I think Bill Jordan would agree with you on the 19.
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Post by Misfit on May 16, 2004 8:08:14 GMT -5
Well, I only have the one - a Model 66 S&W I bought brand-new fairly recently. Got it instead of a brand new 686, and passed up a 4" 586 that was used (darn it!) because I wanted something "all my own." I bought it at the same time I bought a Model 92 Rossi lever-action - the copy of the Winchester 1892. Both are in stainless. I'm at the point in my career now that cost isn't so much of an issue, overcoming my buyer's remorse when I handle any gun worth more than $400 is! ;D
However, I'm trying to go the opposite direction in my collection - instead of owning every piece of gun eye candy I can afford and that catches my eye, I want to trim it down to a few guns I'm really good with and which are high quailty.
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Post by sixgun55 on May 19, 2004 6:20:59 GMT -5
Misfit, seems like we are on a similar path. I recently purchased a used Winchester mod 1894 30/30. I wanted to puch around the occasional coyote that comes into the back yard. I purchased a square butt nickel model 36 S&W for backup,covert, and off duty. It was NIB and just too beautiful at the price the private owner asked. It points and handles much better than the round butts I have owned. The same guy has a new model 19 six blue steel that I will own. Wheel guns have always been a mainstay. I do love the duty Glock 40 that I was issued though. It is definitely the best all around defense handgun I've ever handled, at the price they cost.
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Post by Speedpig on May 24, 2004 14:13:33 GMT -5
I used to own a Ruger GP 100. Excellent revolver! I traded it to my brother for a rifle: bad move. I still suffer from "big brother syndrome:" always helping out the brats.
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Post by KrustyBurger on May 27, 2004 1:51:25 GMT -5
Current:
New S&W 686-plus ss .357 7 shot: Excellent, surprisingly good trigger pull and shoots single ragged holes - and I thought I couldn't shoot revolvers all that well.
Ruger Security Six .357 4" bl: The former best shooter I had, now my practice-it-to-death with magnums gun.
Colt Python 6" bl: A disappointment considering all the glowing hyperbole I'd read. I'm keeping it to help finance my retirement, lol.
Colt Cobras .38 2", nickel & bl: '70s straight shooters and alloy light. Too bad they can't take a steady diet of +Ps. The best snubs I've ever shot.
Colt 1917 .45 acp Service bl: Late dad's gun in WWII, courtesy of Uncle Sap. A memento keeper & heavy enough to club the Japs with.
Former:
S&W M-19s, 4" & 2.5" bl: Never more than mediocre in my younger hands. Long gone & not missed.
Colt Trooper Mk III .22 bl: A misanthrope - heavy and inaccurate despite much reworking. A turkey, & I hope whoever got it doesn't kneecap himself w/it, lol.
Colt Detective 2" .38 bl: Also late dad's gun, early '90s final run vintage. The sights weren't properly cut, and the trigger pull was lawyer-approved. A shame how this model went downhill. Traded in toward a much better CZ-75B 9.
Guess like Lay's potato chips, I can't just stop at one. ; )
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Post by thedeef on Jun 23, 2004 16:33:43 GMT -5
does anyone own a Comanche revolver? they seem to be really cheap, but i wonder if they're any good?
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