Colt VS Smith & Wesson

"...refering to home security..." Read the book that came with your RPAL course. Assuming you've done that. Your firearms MUST be locked up.
Home security is not a valid reason to own any firearm either. Use one to defend your home and you will be charged with a host of offences. Don't even mention self-defence when talking to the CFC. Do so and your RPAL will be denied.
After all that, I've had a GP100 since they first came to Canada. Strong, accurate and will cost you far less than the $1,000 a Python runs(if you can find one). Needs a trigger job out of the box though, but every new firearm other than the Python, needs a trigger job out of the box.
Any .44 mag is not the best choice for a new shooter either.
 
Colt vs. Smith

I've always liked the pythons, a friend had one and when I first started shooting handguns in the late 80's that was what we had access to.
I've always owned the smith though. If you ask at our club who owns a 686 most of the hands in the room go up.
They are easy to shoot, parts are easy to get (trigger kits, holsters, speed loaders, grips,etc.) I don't believe I've ever heard of anyone at the club wearing one out when you feed the .357 model with .38 loads.
As to buying lots of cheap ammo,,,,,, don't buy a thing, make them.
When I was told to start reloading I'd save a fortune I found out they lied, I don't SAVE anything, but I do shoot 4 times as much, I still shoot till i'm broke! laff.
As for home defence, after an armed robbery at work the advice of the two cops attending the scene was to keep a shotgun in the closet ready, less chance of missing when your in a panic and doesn't look as bad in the newspaper if you have to defend your family with a duck gun. Also was warned that if the bad guy was advancing to shoot him in the chest, if he turns around he is leaving and is no longer a threat to just call the police then.
And finally as to a loaded defence gun in the house, there is an article in a magazine that comes out monthly I believe the Canadian firearms journal that explained a few months ago how and why YOU CAN keep a loaded gun around the house , I believe it involved a loop hole somewhere and before trying this i'd research it for yourself but it is possible and again like you said if I have to protect my family i'd rather be judged by 12 than carried by 6

M.
 
I'd like to qualify to the statements that I made previously which were misconstrued. I am not buying a gun for self-defence. I have several guns which are completely legal and I use them for my own enjoyment in hunting situations which are also perfectly legal. The only fact that I was stating was that a handgun, which I would be using for my own recreational enjoyment, the same as people hitting golf balls or tennis balls for fun, I will be hitting a target, and heaven forbid, If someone threatened me or my family I would use force to defend them and/or myself in that situation, and if it required using a handgun, a shotgun, a butter knife or a baseball bat then thats gonna happen regardless of what the law is. I believe the law states that you may defend yourself if you fear for your or your familys life your home and any sensible person would defend their family from that abuse with anything at hand. Thats the point I was making. In the unfortunate event that something like that occured I would rather not be ripping .44 mag shells through the walls but lets try to be realistic and educate everyone that comes to this site rather than cater to people who are destroying this sport because a few criminals with misappropriated guns wish to harm others with them. On that note I chose to go with a smith revolver as I think they are a very pleasing looking gun, no different than if you were buying a car, but with the comments and the fact that I would be only target sooting occasionally, as I work alot of hours, I have no worries about the things that may happen with years of hard use. Thanks
 
How anyone can say Smith's are unreliable or have a bad trigger out of the box I don't know.

I have owned 10 or 12, and have used many, many more of them at work. What's common to them all - accuracy, reliability, and great D/A and S/A trigger pulls.

My Colt ownership is more limited. I had a new Trooper Mk III that the timing was a mile off, and which had an awful D/A but an acceptable S/A pull, and currently possess a 1957 vintage '357' which has a S/A pull like breaking glass, and a pretty fair D/A pull. It is also extraordinarily accurate.

I think that most people prefer the Smith D/A trigger, and for self defense I would choose a Smith every day, and twice on Sundays !

Auto's are a different matter. I haven't had a Smith that I liked, altho looking to buy an M&P at the moment. I'm a 1911 fan. Says it all.

TJ
 
I have owned, and still do, a number of each. It's sort of like a Ford VS Chev topic. Hard to beat the quality and workmanship of my old 1st year of production Python. From the other side, my 4" model 29 for example, I've never had a bad SA trigger pull on any of the Smith's I have, or have had. They are second to none. Like breaking glass.
 
Of course a King Cobra is a nice gun and on par in looks to a python. I would consider one but they seem far too scarce for me to buy one used. I am not afraid of any gun and to qualify I use a .303 british rifle for hunting and a 12 gauge semi with a 21" barrel small game and sometimes slug hunting. Anyone who has sandbagged fired a .303 to sight in knows thats it kicks like a mule and so does the 12 when using 3" slugs so recoil is not a problem(6' 220 lbs). As a recreational target shooter, who may shoot 500 bullets a year, a newer gun would last me a long time, with frequent maintainance. Thanks for all the replies and to all who misread my initial intentions I apoligize....BTW I would spend around probably $500-$1000 for a used gun to start out and if I liked it (which im sure I will), I would buy a second gun to ease the wear on the first. BTW2 ,MUGEN, is the black gun in the photo you posted the 586? Those are nice guns, you definitely have good taste in guns IMO....Also Johnn Peterson, you are right, guns are sometimes like cars, if you like one brand you will praise it to the roof. I love chev cars but right now have 2 fords. Ones a beater tempo and my daily car is a crown vic ,which is an ex-police car which hands down blows away all other similar cars as its built 3 times as tough as the regular production model. these cars handle like sports cars due to their HD chassis. Just my 2 cents..
 
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"a crown vic ,which is an ex-police car which hands down blows away all other similar cars as its built 3 times as tough as the regular production model. these cars handle like sports cars due to their HD chassis."

Or like the taxi cabs they really are.

Back to Colts, the KC looks similar to the Python, but that's it. The lock mechanism is completely different, and the trigger pull is no where near as good. - dan
 
Nice gun mittycat99, that is the type of gun that i like. I also like the 686 which I guess would be a little heavier and maybe be steadier for follow-up shots. Anyone prefer shooting with pachmyer grips as apposed to the wood? The wood looks classy but the rubber grips look bolder IMO...
 
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