easyrider604
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Spray from Revolver
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Cocked&Locked
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actually, i've shot revolver from retention. In low pressure rounds (38 45acp) it's no biggie, but you do get good black streaks on your jacket. 357, if the cylinder gap opens up will slice the jacket if its synthetic or very light cotton.
I'm not going to bother trying it with 44 mag, but i wouldn't worry about doing it with 44 spl or 45 colt at normal pressures.
That being said, i also know the revolvers in question are in time and don't shave or spit. That is NO fun to be beside. I spent some time on a course once and got staged beside a joker with a out of time gun and took shrapnel for a few shots untill i moved. happy i had glasses on.
In the right situation a small revolver as a carry gun (if we where allowed such things here) is not at all a bad choice. Sadly we don't have to worry about such things.
If your python is spitting that much it sounds like you have a timing issue. Gunnar is not at all a bad choice if he has time. Good luck, nice gun you've got there. (almost as good as a Smith
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I'm not going to bother trying it with 44 mag, but i wouldn't worry about doing it with 44 spl or 45 colt at normal pressures.
That being said, i also know the revolvers in question are in time and don't shave or spit. That is NO fun to be beside. I spent some time on a course once and got staged beside a joker with a out of time gun and took shrapnel for a few shots untill i moved. happy i had glasses on.
In the right situation a small revolver as a carry gun (if we where allowed such things here) is not at all a bad choice. Sadly we don't have to worry about such things.
If your python is spitting that much it sounds like you have a timing issue. Gunnar is not at all a bad choice if he has time. Good luck, nice gun you've got there. (almost as good as a Smith
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easyrider604
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
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- Greater Vancouver, BC
If your python is spitting that much it sounds like you have a timing issue. Gunnar is not at all a bad choice if he has time. Good luck, nice gun you've got there. (almost as good as a Smith
This man speaks the truth. Pythons are for fondling, Smiths and Rugers are for shooting, with emphasis on Rugers
.When you look at a 357 revover you will see some with recessed cyl and some with not,
When even the model 19 took the recessed cyl away they took on a longer cyl and
had to flatten the bottom of the forceing cone to make the crain fit .
Then the light weight 115 and 125 grain manstoppers beat the hell out of the cones.
My model 28 and ruger SS have a round forcing cone .but would not shoot a steady
diet of light wieght bullets through them .
The blow back might be the shells used in them,but you didn't mention whom you got it
from and how many rounds were shot in it (they are like anything else they wear out).
Bob
When even the model 19 took the recessed cyl away they took on a longer cyl and
had to flatten the bottom of the forceing cone to make the crain fit .
Then the light weight 115 and 125 grain manstoppers beat the hell out of the cones.
My model 28 and ruger SS have a round forcing cone .but would not shoot a steady
diet of light wieght bullets through them .
The blow back might be the shells used in them,but you didn't mention whom you got it
from and how many rounds were shot in it (they are like anything else they wear out).
Bob
This man speaks the truth. Pythons are for fondling, Smiths and Rugers are for shooting, with emphasis on Rugers
S & W designed the 586/686 guns as a cheaper competitor to the Python. Back in the day the Colt was considered the stronger and more accurate revolver, hence Smith's decision. I doubt very much that the Python goes out of time any more often than the Smith, but they are much more difficult to fix. Any semi competent gun plumber can fix a Smith, not so with the Colt. The Ruger on the other hand is stronger then all it's competition. FWIW - dan
Colts required much more hand fitting than the Smith and were consequently more expensive to produce. I would at least contact Colt and see if they have somebody who performs warranty work in Canada. Pythons are generally considered the Rolls Royce of revolvers and require a skilled individual for repairs. If there is not a lot of play in the cylinder when it is locked up, in my uninformed opinion, there probably not much of a problem. In normal use there is considerable blow by emitted from the cylinder gap.
