.38 Special Revolver, is there still love?

[lejarretnoir]

I grew up with them back in the 70's and still own a Model 14 S&W .38 Special which is still a very accurate target pistol.

With advent of polymer frame, tactical, bigbore, magnum and tricked out autos, is there still a place for old school S&W .38 Special revolvers?
I like PPC style .38 revolvers, 1911 45 and 9mm autos too, but when I was a kid a local officer let me shoot his .38 issue Smith revolver and I was hooked for life.

 

[cote_b]

I still shoot my 1965 Colt trooper. Blued finish, 6" barrel, wood grips. Its a .357 mind you, but I pretty much only feed it .38.

 

[lone ranger]

wheel guns forever!!!!

 

[CV32]

Picked up a S&W 14-2 just recently. Loving it.

 

[silverfoxdj]

Ruger Blackhawk for wife a nice gun, she loves it !!

 

[TACTICAL111]

My main shooter in IPSC is a 625. It's all I really want to shoot.
Wheel gun passion is still alive and well. At least for me.

 

[coldestcanuck]

I love shooting PPC. I have a model 10 and 2 model 14's. Super accurate guns and such a joy to shoot. I like my 45's and 9's but I love my 38's!

 

[ampegor]

my go to ipda/odpl gun is my 4.25" model 15 - i especially like beating the bottom feeders with it

 

[Chuckbuster]

I have a number of .357 wheel guns and a smattering of .38s. All of them are Smiths and I just made a deal with another member for yet another Smith .38Spl.

 

[Pancake81]

Love my model 10!

 

[MIRAMICHIER]

Nicest looking revolver I ever had was Colt Diamond Back in 38 special.I should never have sold it.

 

[samsplacci71]

You can thank the "walking dead" series, revolvers are once again cool! I think the younger generation of shooters only gains respect for these once they get a chance to shoot them. They are extremely accurate.

 

[graydog]

I have five S&W 38 guns. They are hands down one of my favorite guns to shoot.

Graydog

 

[mmattockx]

I have an S&W Model 66 I shoot regularly, almost all of it with .38 Special wadcutter loads. It is fantastically accurate and a joy to shoot. I especially like shooting the wheelguns in the winter, it avoids having to pick any brass out of the snowbank and is a great change of pace from semi's.


Mark

 

[Brutus]

I have three non-magnum calibre revolvers (other than the 45 ACP sixguns) that are extremely accurate & fun to shoot:

-S&W Heavy Duty in this calibre made in 1940 (5 inch barrel fixed sights)
-S&W Model 64-2 retrofitted with a six inch barrel and adjustable sights
-S&W Model 624 in the other Special calibre

There are no plastic/polymer guns under this roof.

 

[sillymike]

I especially like shooting the wheelguns in the winter, it avoids having to pick any brass out of the snowbank and is a great change of pace from semi's.


Mark

 

[Mark-II]

Next year I want to buy a .38, since I do not have one right now. I want to do something a little different and the Uberti colt open tops and conversion revolvers have caught my eye.

I've drifted more towards single actions lately. I love the easy pace, the grips, and the elegant 7" barrels.

Great trade credit at the range too when someone else has a gee-whiz gun that I'd like to try

 

[gyped]

My wife has 2 target model .38 spl revolvers. A smith and a colt, both vintage and both are fantastic shooters, stupid accurate, great guns!

 

[BCRider]

I hang out with a crowd that likes DA/SA revolvers a lot. Of them all the vast majority are chambered in .357Mag. But near as I can tell 99.5% of the shooting done with those guns is .38Spl. And in a few cases the reloaders have a stock of .357 brass which they load to .38Spl pressures.

I'm in the same boat. I must shoot 300:1 38Spl:357Mag. Yet out of 5 revolvers with that size bore only one of them is a Model 10 in .38Spl only. But if I were to trip over a Model 14 at a fair price that was in great condition I'd jump at it.

 

[NorthCoastBigBore]

Switched to a GP100 for IDPA last year, all I shoot in that is .38. Very accurate with .38, fast follow-up shots, cheap reloading, what's not to like?