What is your all time favourite pistol/revolver?

A little confused but curious as I used to have a model 66 and a couple of 19's, how should a revolver look?

If I may reply, IMO, a revolver should look like a Smith and Wesson....J, K, L, or N
frame. Tapered, bull, with or without underlugs, snubs or any length, fixed sight, patridge or ramp...they are all beautifully proportioned.

OTOH, I am not a fan of the 460 or 500 or the Performance Center revos with the bizarre barrel profiles.
 
They all should look like a 4" Colt Python.

4" Diamondback 22LR, "Baby Snake"

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In the Python, "The Snake", my 'old one', the best I can do is 6".

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My personal favorite for autoloaders is my Colt 1911 .45 ACP. And favorite revolver is the Colt Python in .357 mag, love the 4" but since I don't have prohib status (god status), I am trying to find a 6".
 
Of the handguns I own, my favourite is my four-screw S&W Model 29 made in 1961:

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The came with some well-worn post-1968 target grips rather than the original "Coke bottle" grips. I replaced them with a set of Ahrends Retro Target grips.
 
I have a S&W 27 that I would not part with that is about as perfect a gun as I would want. The only other thing I would consider that good is the Sig X-5 semis that the guys had geared up at the range that are all stainless, single action, adjsutable sights, and a non adjsutable trigger set to about 3 1/2 lbs; it is the only semi I ahve shot that shoots as well as the 27.
 
Of the handguns I own, my favourite is my four-screw S&W Model 29 made in 1961:

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The came with some well-worn post-1968 target grips rather than the original "Coke bottle" grips. I replaced them with a set of Ahrends Retro Target grips.

:)Sweet!! :DI have the same book with a couple of black powder pistols on the dust jacket:).
 
If I may reply, IMO, a revolver should look like a Smith and Wesson....J, K, L, or N
frame. Tapered, bull, with or without underlugs, snubs or any length, fixed sight, patridge or ramp...they are all beautifully proportioned.

OTOH, I am not a fan of the 460 or 500 or the Performance Center revos with the bizarre barrel profiles.

I agree and as I posted in #16, the N-frame, specifically with the non-tapered barrel, and if I could get a 5" 29, that I would class as perfection and my life would be complete.

I'm not a fan of stainless steel guns but that was beyond my choice when I acquired my 500. I would prefer a high gloss blue if available, but that feature aside, the dam thing sure shoots well.

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:D
 
Favourite Revolver,
Colt 1873SAA.....not much fits and points as well, at least IMO:cool:


Favourite Auto,
1911's.....I can't seem to fondle enough of them as of late :dancingbanana:
 
Favourite Revolver,
Colt 1873SAA.....not much fits and points as well, at least IMO:cool:


Favourite Auto,
1911's.....I can't seem to fondle enough of them as of late :dancingbanana:

I have to agree. A guy I used to bullseye shoot with at the Naniamo club had been a tool & die maker in England. When he came to the area after he retired, using his skills and inline with his interests in the shooting sports, he took up gunsmithing as a sideline and ended up a gunsmith of note in this area. He passed away a few years ago and recently I was lucky enough, through a mutual friend, to pick up his 1911 that he had accurised for bullseye shooting. shooting.

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It shoots really well but it the 'other' significance that's important to me.
 
My favorite handguns styles are typified by the Colt SAA, the Colt 1911, and the DA S&Ws. Modern plastic guns designed to have no particular advantage over the older designs other than cheap construction, difficult triggers, and an unpleasing appearance, have no place in my life.
 
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