What makes a Performance Center gun Better?

B

B

BANNED
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
Rating - 100%
241   0   0
Location
Central AB Breton/DV
The PC .357 from Kodiak Outpost has caught my eye. Just wondering what the difference is? Besides the look and extra $500 or so that gets tacked on. Any first hand opinions and reviews would be great.
 
Last edited:
The Peformance Center guns are tuned for accuracy and have good triggers on them from the factory, as well as having features or specifications not available in the regular catalogue guns.
 
PC guns are made at a separate facility (away from the main S&W plant) by experienced gunsmiths who only work on PC guns and not on the regular production line. At least that's how things used to be. I have no idea if every gun that has the "Performance Center" label is manufactured in such a manner these days.
 
"...tuned for accuracy..." Experienced gunsmiths doing the work by hand. Smith PC handguns are hand built by those smithy's.
 
B said:
Is it a big improvement over the 686?
Click to expand...

You can count on them being very tight with minimum tolerances where applicable so, yes it would be a big improvement IF.... you can use it. Most experienced shooters are pushed to shoot to the accuracy an out of the box 686 can produce.
 
ian_in_vic said:
You can count on them being very tight with minimum tolerances where applicable so, yes it would be a big improvement IF.... you can use it. Most experienced shooters are pushed to shoot to the accuracy an out of the box 686 can produce.
Click to expand...
+1
most shooters will tell you it is more accurate, better trigger etc etc. in 95% of the hands out there the difference would go un-noticed.
 
So if I wanted an accurate gun to shoot 300+ target rounds a week through a 686, GP100 or the like would be better?
 
Last edited:
I put about 30,000 rounds through a Model 10 in a one year period once, any quality revolver will do the same. There actually wasn't even any visible wear on the gun when it was sold (but boy was that trigger smooth). I hope you're reloading :D
 
I would agree that for accuracy both will be better than the lion's share of the shooters holding them. What I think may be different would be the trigger pull and feel on the PC option vs the plain jane out of the box 686. Now is that worth the extra cost? Probably not likely since a good revolver smith could bring the 686 in line with the same or nicer pull for a couple of hun.
 
B said:
So if I wanted an accurate gun to shoot 300+ target rounds a week through a 686, GP100 or the like would be better?
Click to expand...

Either gun will last indefinitely on .38 target loads, but I would choose the S&W for the following reasons:

-Better trigger out of the box in both single and double action. Given the design of the Ruger lockwork, it is not possible for a gunsmith to get as good a trigger pull on a Ruger as a S&W.

-Aesthetics: more refined appearance and better fit and finish.

-Very good maintenance/warranty support through MD Charlton or Wortner Gun Works.
 
The only reason .357 isn't so appealing is I already have a 10mm. For all intents and purposes they are one in the same. Just revolver vs. semi. The .454 would offer the ability to handload some fun big boom rounds, or make some target loads with .45C for practice.
 
004.jpg


The Performance Centre 327 I have has the following specs that make it better, if not unique, to standard models -- though some may be standard on non PC models:

Red Ramp Front + brass bead front sight; rear adjustable, colour case trigger with overtravel stop, color case tear drop hammer with pinned sear, scandium anodized frame, titanium alloy barrel shround, polished button rifled Lothar-Walther custom German barrel, titanium unfluted cylinder, double action Wolff mainspring
 
Last edited:
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom