Firearms Instructors. What do you use?

[DCFF]

Hey all

Been an instructor for about 6 years now and have gone through many Single Action revolvers. Just wondered to those instructors that teach the restricted course, what Single Action you have found lasts the longest, to the abuse of students. Now i don't want to use an 7 to 1000 dollar firearm, so what is affordable, never to be shot live, reliable.

thxs all

Jordy

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[Harry Callahan]

Ruger single six in .22 with snap caps or a well used Blackhawk in .38/.357 will do the trick.

 

[Harry Callahan]

^^ These Rugers can be had for 300-500 and will outlast just about any other SA revolvers.

 

[Still alive]

Can you use live guns for the Safety Course?

I thought they had to be de-activated? When I challenged mine years ago, all the guns were dewats. I assumed that was the norm.

 

[DCFF]

We have to remove firing pins, not deactivate

 

[Still alive]

Gotcha. Thanks!

How exactly do the students destroy a SAA style revolver? Just wear and tear on the mechanism from too many cyclings?

 

[DCFF]

Yup, excessive use and actions get worn.

 

[EastCoastGuy]

Finished my RPAL course on Sunday, the instructor I was working with had a .22 Ruger, can't remember the model, but it had certainly seen some use!

 

[toxic]

I have 2 old H&S .22 revolvers. They were both about $200. One seems to have packed it in last weekend but the other I've been using for about 5 years and it's still going strong. Every now and again the students will jam the mechanism but a swipe under the cylinder releases the mechanism.

 

[DCFF]

Thanks for the help....Ruger it is then.