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If Revolvers Are Obsolete, Why Do I Still Love them?

NOTPARSNOTPARS Member Posts: 2,081 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited February 2002 in General Discussion
Okay, so I have been trying to get in touch with my inner-gun on this one. Auto's are a real blast, no pun intended. But somehow, when I wrap my hand around a .357 magnum, 158 grain bullets, and start blasting, I love that even more. Okay, so I'm 46 years old, grew up with revolvers, and was the second to last man at my PD (Palo Alto California) to carry a revolver (with losts of speed loaders...lots). And, so I own more auto's than revolvers, somehow, I just don't get the same satisfaction as when I shoot my GP-100 an old Model 19 Smith, or a friend's .44 Magnum. Can't figure it out. Anyone else in this boat or are we hopelessly out of date?
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  • smokey1smokey1 Member Posts: 76 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Not out of date, just "nostalgicly (is that a word?) challenged"I gotta agree, wheel guns do it for me too.
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  • thesupermonkeythesupermonkey Member Posts: 3,905 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Ya'll are just some dinosaurs still gnawing on old bones... Raaaarrrrrr!
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  • William81William81 Member Posts: 25,342 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I see myself as being flexible. I love my semi-autos and have spent many hours researching, collecting and shooting them. ....But...there is nothing like the blast of my Anaconda or Python for a change of pace.I guess I might be hopeless at that....
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  • k.stanonikk.stanonik Member Posts: 2,109 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I dont think its a age thing, i'm 36 and still like wheel guns. I think its a deal of being the second step form the beginning, a part of history that we enjoy. Semi autos are great, but to learn that you have six shots, you learn to make them count.
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  • William81William81 Member Posts: 25,342 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Monkey, we all know you were lost the first time you fired your Jennings Semi-auto Assault pistol. Most of us do not have such refined taste in firearms....
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  • beachmaster73beachmaster73 Member Posts: 3,011 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Simian...I think you were just body slammed! Beach
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  • 22WRF22WRF Member Posts: 3,385
    edited November -1
    Never had a wheel gun jam on me.My Colt Officers is still my #1 gun
    I Refuse to be a VictimGrumpy old man
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  • COWBOYKIDDCOWBOYKIDD Member Posts: 239 ✭
    edited November -1
    Wheel guns rule but machine guns rock n roll.
    Thieves in 3 piece suits = Politicians,Doctors & Lawyers
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  • IconoclastIconoclast Member Posts: 10,515 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I know *exactly* what you mean, NOTPARS. Maybe it's because I never have had a revolver jam on me. Maybe because it's because the grips feel 'right.' I dunno. But I do know that I shoot better and enjoy it more when I use one of my wheelguns.
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  • niklasalniklasal Member Posts: 776 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I think it has to do with the extra stuff we can fool around with. In a semi auto, all we have is a dull looking magazine and maybe a safety switch or a hammer. In the revolvers, you have more stuff to play with.... Unloaded of course...
    NIKLASAL@hotmail.com
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  • v35v35 Member Posts: 12,710 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    A good Smith or Colt revolver is a smooth working, finely finished piece of well crafted machinery. A modern automatic pistol typically has plastic or aluminum or stamped parts, riveted safeties or slide stops, rough mat finish and looks square and clunky.In an emergency, I'd go for my Glock.
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  • PelicanPelican Member Posts: 1,061 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Real guns are made of wood and steel. Humph! Words of wisdom from an old fart.
    The Almighty Himself Entrusted the Future of All Living Creatures to a Wooden Boat.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -"Audemus jura nostra defendere"
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  • royc38royc38 Member Posts: 2,235 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    As much as I am a Auto man there are things that the revolver does very well. The 10rd limit probably stopped the skid of popularity of the revolver. And remember there are some fine handguns out there of the revolver persuasion like the Python and S&W 686 and the Colt King Cobra, Ruger Gp100 series and others that only a fool would ignore. I can't imagine anyone feeling sorry for a "poor slob" having to make due with a Colt python for personal protection.
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  • royc38royc38 Member Posts: 2,235 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Oh by the way Pelican, If thats you on that boat fix your hat its crooked.
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  • thesupermonkeythesupermonkey Member Posts: 3,905 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Ouch William!Can I help it if I have a soft spot for Saturday Night Specials!?
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  • NOTPARSNOTPARS Member Posts: 2,081 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Thanks folks. It was gratifying to see that I am not the only one. Yeah, I have autos, in .380, .40, and .45. And I love to shoot them as well. my .40 jammed but hopefully Ruger has fixed the problem. Recently, while "getting in touch with my inner gun" at the range, I brought out my Ruger GP-100 .357. My buddies were blasting away with 9 mms and .40s. On either side of us was quite an assortment of autos in .45 and other calibers. I started firing my .357 with the 158 grain loads. Soon, other shooters were coming over from their lanes/stalls to see what I was shooting. It was like the time I took my 66 Plymouth Sport Fury, with the 440 to the Chrysler dealer, and salesmen came out to see what it was. They had nice slick cars on the lot, but they wanted a look at this old dinosaur I guess. After reading what you all posted, I went home and watched "Dirty Harry" all over again. Somehow a cop (and I used to be one) pointing a pistol at some scrote's head and saying; "Did I fire 13 rounds or did I fire 15? In all the excitement, I lost count myself. Do you feel lucky? Well do you punk?" Maybe it just has to grow on you. Hey, is there a club or oganization for those of us hopelessly hooked on the .357? Boycott Dr. Pepper!
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