Does anyone here shoot a revolver?
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leverlover,
Check out Gunnar at Armco . He is a sponcer here and does just amazing things with S&W's. His costs and what are included are listed on his site.
Check out Gunnar at Armco . He is a sponcer here and does just amazing things with S&W's. His costs and what are included are listed on his site.
My latest wheeler, I just think they are way cooler than autos. Gonna use this in PPC when it starts up, should get a few looks
SW 629PC competitor 6.5" limited production
SW 629PC competitor 6.5" limited production
alberta tactical rifle
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Keeping a stainless wheel gun clean is EASY!!
Clean it real well then coat it a few times with "Gun Juice" best $15.00 you will ever spend. I can clean my stainless revolvers in minutes with "Spray Nine stainless and glass cleaner"
My carry gun is 2.5" S&W mod 66, autos are cool , revolvers never fail to feed.
I have one safe full of revolvers, I have always had a thing for revolvers, I like auto's and I own a few of them also. There is lots to choose from but first I would start with how much powder do you want and what kind of price for ammo can you afford. I don't remember reading if you reload but you will soon find that if you want to get good at handguns you will need to reload. Like most people here I started off 40 years ago shooting gophers with a 4" revolver that was my dad's. When I turned 15 my dad bought me a Model 28 .357 and I started off shooting .38spl in it till I got bored of that and switched to the .357 ammo. I started reloading and had a blast. When I got older I tried my first Model 29 after the Dirty Harry craze hit and I have been hooked on .44 mag since. My favorites are S&W and Colt's for smoothness of action and excellent triggers. Rugers are fun to shoot and built strong, they need a lot of work on the innards to get them even close to a factory Smith or Colt but they make up for it with strength. Taurus makes a good product but be warned that if you need parts or service you are basically out of luck. The gun dealers are more than willing to sell a revolver but bring it back for a problem or parts and no deal. For you skeptical people out there just try calling your local dealer and ask for a rear sight for a model 90 .22lr revolver and see how far you get, or a return spring for a brand new model like a raging bull, you will get the same answer.
If you cast your own bullets then a .44 mag isn't that much more expense to run than a .38/.357 and you have the advantage of ramping it up a few notches if you really want to have fun. A box of reloads for my .357 mag is about 2.60 and the .44 mag is about 3.20 for the same kind of power level. I just went to http://www.handloads.com/calc/loadingCosts.asp and used winchester 231 as a base powder and say it costs 30 bucks a pound and primers are about 30 bucks a box of 1000. .357 mag uses about 5 grn or 231 and the .44mag uses about 8 grn for the same amount of bullet speed. When you really want to get wild then switch over to 2400 at about 21 grn and that costs you a tidy sum of 6 bucks a box of 50 to reload, and that is about a stout as 98% of the people can handle and shoot well. My favorite .44 mag is a super black hawk that I had chopped to 4 3/4" and you put in a full load of 2400 in it and man o man, when you touch off a round the revolver will be almost vertical in the air when it goes off from the recoil. If you put the same load in my Model 29 it will almost break your wrist, the smith has a different style of grip and doesn't roll in your hand like a single action revolver does. I then load a 200 grn round with 5 grn of unique and my 14 year old daughter has no problem shooting it. The versatility is endless with a .44. You will pay about 150 bucks more for a .44 on the used market but you can really have fun with it. My 2 cents worth.
If you cast your own bullets then a .44 mag isn't that much more expense to run than a .38/.357 and you have the advantage of ramping it up a few notches if you really want to have fun. A box of reloads for my .357 mag is about 2.60 and the .44 mag is about 3.20 for the same kind of power level. I just went to http://www.handloads.com/calc/loadingCosts.asp and used winchester 231 as a base powder and say it costs 30 bucks a pound and primers are about 30 bucks a box of 1000. .357 mag uses about 5 grn or 231 and the .44mag uses about 8 grn for the same amount of bullet speed. When you really want to get wild then switch over to 2400 at about 21 grn and that costs you a tidy sum of 6 bucks a box of 50 to reload, and that is about a stout as 98% of the people can handle and shoot well. My favorite .44 mag is a super black hawk that I had chopped to 4 3/4" and you put in a full load of 2400 in it and man o man, when you touch off a round the revolver will be almost vertical in the air when it goes off from the recoil. If you put the same load in my Model 29 it will almost break your wrist, the smith has a different style of grip and doesn't roll in your hand like a single action revolver does. I then load a 200 grn round with 5 grn of unique and my 14 year old daughter has no problem shooting it. The versatility is endless with a .44. You will pay about 150 bucks more for a .44 on the used market but you can really have fun with it. My 2 cents worth.
