wizardfitz
Expert
Can’t beat a ruger, built like a tank. I love my 6 “ SS.RKGuns.com has a six inch SS Ruger GP100 on sale right now for $570. That's a heck of a deal for a really nice revolver.
Can’t beat a ruger, built like a tank. I love my 6 “ SS.RKGuns.com has a six inch SS Ruger GP100 on sale right now for $570. That's a heck of a deal for a really nice revolver.
Revolvers are God's gift to the entirety of firearms over the centuries. You cannot find a better revolver than a S&W 686 in either a 4" or 6" barrel. Get one as soon as possible and forget everything else you may have heard about this or that. Period!!!
I have never owned a revolver, although I have shot a few over time.
-SNIP-
Sorry for so many questions, and I would appreciate any advice.
Here are a few thoughts........
Wow. I am blown away by all of the great responses. I expected a few here and there, but man, this is great.
So much to digest here, I need to really step back and go through all the comments again slowly.
Thanks to everyone that responded, GREAT STUFF!!!
... @firefighterjohn mentions cylinder timing issues, etc. What else?
There is a show in Tipton this weekend I might visit as well...
I found a Model 627-5 PC (5" barrel) for $895 used, which seems sort of steep, so I probably going to keep looking.
What types of things do I look for in a used revolver? The barrel obviously, and that is something that it is the same no matter the gun. Someone told me to look for forward-and-backwards motion on the cylinder at *each* position. @firefighterjohn mentions cylinder timing issues, etc. What else?
There is a show in Tipton this weekend I might visit as well...
I'm an old (emphasis on old) revolver guy. It took me some time to learn how to shoot double-action revolvers decently, but once I learned, I never went back to single-action shooting. I carried and shot mostly, a S&W model 28-1 (N frame), Ruger Security 6, S&W model 14 and S&W model 66 (K frames) with both 6" and 4" bbls. I did some NRA PPC shooting in the old days, as well as, a few other type revolver matches. I never liked the trigger feel of a Ruger as much as a S&W. The Ruger coil spring "stacks" pressure and somehow my finger never felt right on the trigger. I like the medium (K & L) framed S&W revolvers better than the N frame. Even with today's K frame size round butt grip frames on the larger N frame revolvers, like the 627, I find the larger diameter cylinder harder (turning greater mass) to control in double action shooting than the K frame. With the longer sight radius, the 6" barreled revolvers are easier to shoot well, and since it is a range toy, I'd suspect you'll be happier with that length barrel. With speedloaders available, I see no need to have moon clips. Unless you plan to feed the revolver a steady diet of magnum loads, you might want to consider a K frame, i.e. model 19 or 66. I had (now in the hands of my daughter and grandsons) a model 66 which I shot an untold amount of ammo through (probably 1 magnum for every 10 target .38 SPL rounds) and it never failed me. Trigger jobs have always been common for competitive shooters and other particular pistoleros, even with the older revolvers. Reducing trigger pull weight is the first priority. Learning to shoot double-action well with a revolver will carry over to shooting many double-action or striker fired semi-autos.Great stuff guys. I am probably going to go look at that 627 PC tomorrow, and might head to the Tipton show on Saturday to see what I can find.