Tech tip for the guys who shoot wheel guns...

[OneWheelPeel]

The saying that revolvers always go bang is another myth. Most are very delicate pieces of machinery. Ever see movie cops spinning the cylinder and flipping it closed? That’s a quick way to ruin a revolver.

Uh oh, I used to do that all the time to the gun I mentioned as a child. Yes you can question my parent's judgement.

 

[BLK 68 R/T]

Once the rifling is worn out, time to destroy it as it is no longer a functioning firearm...Glad you did so...cr8crshr/Bill

Doesn’t that just mean it’s ready for the next size up caliber?

 

[DeltaV]

I thought everyone here would own at least one "Dirty Harry" gun...the N frame S&W.

 

[Dennis H]

THAT is some funny ****. I did not know that!
I have Glocks, the wife has a Springfield but they are magazine pistols.

Glocks are against the Law. I’m on the phone with Gavin…
I only own revolvers. When squeezing the trigger, they go bang. Every time.

 

[OneWheelPeel]

I thought everyone here would own at least one "Dirty Harry" gun...the N frame S&W.

Nope, but a couple of people in my life have been encouraging me to get some kind of modern firearm. For SHTF purposes, I'm not even sure where to start to do it all on the up and up but it can't be that big a deal I'd imagine.

 

[1 Wild R/T]

Nope, but a couple of people in my life have been encouraging me to get some kind of modern firearm. For SHTF purposes, I'm not even sure where to start to do it all on the up and up but it can't be that big a deal I'd imagine.

Step 1) Move to America...

 

[OneWheelPeel]

Step 1) Move to America...

Well I am there already, but you know....California. Future home of E15 gas!

 

[1 Wild R/T]

Uh oh, I used to do that all the time to the gun I mentioned as a child. Yes you can question my parent's judgement.

In my home there was always loaded firearms.... At a young age I was taught to always treat a firearm as loaded because they aren't much good when unloaded...

 

[1 Wild R/T]

Well I am there already, but you know....California. Future home of E15 gas!

My point exactly..

 

[DeltaV]

We're in the General Discussion forum...let's not skid across into political postings.

 

[OneWheelPeel]

Ok. I avoid the political area, but I'm not above the occasional joke against any or all sides.

 

[DeltaV]

Discretion is the better part of valor.

 

[OneWheelPeel]

In my home there was always loaded firearms.... At a young age I was taught to always treat a firearm as loaded because they aren't much good when unloaded...

There weren't even bullets for that gun until I bought some when I was 20 something, I think took one bullet and removed the slug and the powder and put the shell with the primer in the gun just to see if it would fire at all.
I had access to that gun as a child because I would steal it from under my grandma's pillow when I was bored (and she stole it from my dad who found it in an attic in the late 60s/early 70s), my mom would see me messing with it but was like whatever, and my father didn't know that we even had it and I wasn't allowed to tell him. They were separated and things were screwy but I learned how to disassemble/reassemble a handgun on my own before 10, so that's the bright side

 

[Budnicks]

well versed in weaponry
have a few wheelguns/revolvers, here a couple of them
carry & plinkers

Smith & Wesson was my go to PPC & range comp. back in 80's 90's
L frames, in Stainless mainly, 686 .357 with handloaded rounds, magna-ported
Target Masters

Ruger SP101 Match .357 mag 4", pretty good for a revolver

Colt Dragoon Army .44 cap/powder, great, great granddads

Virginian Dragoon in .44 Mag 6"

a few to browse

I prefer a different style for carry, no forcing cone issues
a lil' heavy but it can hit what I am at, that's gun control, 8rd & 10rd mags, just a couple
my newest Kimber Stainless II .45acp 5", a few mods, a lil different with a 1" comp/muzzle break now

 

[padam]

well versed in weaponry
have a few wheelguns/revolvers, here a couple of them
carry & plinkers

Smith & Wesson was my go to PPC & range comp. back in 80's 90's
L frames, in Stainless mainly, 686 .357 with handloaded rounds, magna-ported
Target Masters

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Ruger SP101 Match .357 mag 4", pretty good for a revolver
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Colt Dragoon Army .44 cap/powder, great, great granddads
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View attachment 1932881 Virginian Dragoon in .44 Mag 6"

a few to browse

I prefer a different style for carry, no forcing cone issues
a lil' heavy but it can hit what I am at, that's gun control, 8rd & 10rd mags, just a couple
my newest Kimber Stainless II .45acp 5", a few mods, a lil different with a 1" comp/muzzle break now
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I’ll take that .41 off your hands…

 

[BLK 68 R/T]

I thought everyone here would own at least one "Dirty Harry" gun...the N frame S&W.

Someday, hopefully.

 

[DeltaV]

I’ll take that .41 off your hands…

Elmer Keith

 

[AR67GTX]

I grew up shooting wheel guns and didn’t even own an automatic until the late 80s except for a WW1 .45 auto that I fired once and concluded I would never hit anything over 10’ away with it. Something I later got over. But one day on the dam construction site I was working at in the 70s, one of the heavy equipment mechanics bought a S&W .357 off of a guy who had a FFL and ordered guns for us from mail order outfits. He wanted to try it out in front of the dam after all the equipment was shut down for the day. So several of us guys went over and watched this mechanic with callused, greasy, meaty paws open up the cylinder, insert 6 .357 cartridges, grab the front of the gun with his left hand overlapping the barrel/cylinder gap, and rattle off all 6 rounds double action as fast as he could. The rest of us were kind of speechless and muttering ouch under our breath. And he just stands down, drops his hand off of it - kind of gives it a shake and loads it up again and fired off another cylinder full.

I worked on dam sites up until 1982 so plinking usually consisted shooting at rockets or dirt clods at up to 75 - 80 yards in the borrow pits so we kind of gravitated to flatter shooting cartridges. I used to hand load an 8-3/8” Model 25 S& W 45 Colt with 10 grains Unique and cast bullets. It wasn’t a magnum load but I had no problem knowing where that 260 grain bullet was hitting. I still miss that gun.