Your Most Enjoyable Revolver

[FPS]

As a follow up to the "Why Revolver? (https://pistol-forum.com/showthread.php?19502-Revolver-why)" thread where many of us professed a sheer enjoyment for the gun, what is your most enjoyable revolver? Which one has historically brought the biggest smile to your face for the longest amount of time?

[Malamute]

Smith K-22. Colt SAA, the 4 3/4" nickel 44 spl, and Ruger SA in 45 Colt.

The single six Rugers can also be a lot of fun.



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[Nephrology]

I don't own very many revolvers, but I love my pinned and recessed 4" Model 19. One of these days I will send it off to get a brass bead put in the front sight, otherwise the gun is perfect as is.

[Glenn E. Meyer]

My SW 632 comp'ed SS J frame in 327 mag. Fits my little hands well (NO TRUMP!). 3 inch barrel. You can shoot it SA as it has a hammer (not all J's in the 32s did in the recent runs).

[Wheeler]

S&W model 686 CS1 and model 12-2 vye for the top spot closely followed by my model 30-1 and 17-5

[Zeke38]

http://i626.photobucket.com/albums/tt345/Bronco45_album/DSCF0028.jpg (http://s626.photobucket.com/user/Bronco45_album/media/DSCF0028.jpg.html)


Had this old Mountain Revolver for many years, and it is a constant companion in the brush. It is a great shooter and shoot it with great confidence in the weapon!

[BehindBlueI's]

Ask me to pick my favorite child while you're at it.

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb183/Docwagon1776/Ruger/100_1058_zps53814761.jpg

Wiley Clapp GP100. I think I'm more accurate with this gun than anything else I own. It's the first Ruger I ever looked at and said "that's a good looking revolver" and it runs as good as it looks.

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb183/Docwagon1776/Ruger/P2070149_zpsyhsvffbv.jpg

It's my newest acquisition, but it feels like it was born in my hand. The grips fill my hand perfectly. The trigger is perfect. Plus it's gorgeous.

[Joe in PNG]

Sadly, I don't own it, but a S&W 617 6" .22 a friend of mine owns.

[okie john]

K22, hands down.


Okie John

[Hizzie]

Toss up. Wiley Clapp for sure but hard to pick between the SP101 and GP100.

[HCM]

5" pre 27

4" model 18 is a close second.

[HCM]

S&W model 686 CS1 and model 12-2 vye for the top spot closely followed by my model 30-1 and 17-5

3" or 4" on the CS-1 ?

[HCM]

http://i626.photobucket.com/albums/tt345/Bronco45_album/DSCF0028.jpg (http://s626.photobucket.com/user/Bronco45_album/media/DSCF0028.jpg.html)


Had this old Mountain Revolver for many years, and it is a constant companion in the brush. It is a great shooter and shoot it with great confidence in the weapon!

1) what grips ?

2) SDM front sight ?

[Pepper]

4" Python.

[peterb]

4" Model 15. For medium-sized hands it's what a revolver should be.

[BobM]

5" 629 Classic I bought in the early 1990s. All this revolver talk lately motivated me to shoot a couple cylinders of ammo through it recently


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[SteveB]

As a follow up to the "[what is your most enjoyable revolver? Which one has historically brought the biggest smile to your face?

4" Model 624, I gun I stupidly sold, then smartly reacquired. Bowen front sight, double ball detent, chamfered cylinder holes, the silkiest action you can imagine. Obviously no beauty, but loves heavy bullets.

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[SLG]

My 5" classic 629 is pretty hard to beat. I have a 5" 24 that is not ready for prime time yet, but may become my favorite when it is.

I recently traded into a 5.5" SS Ruger Bisley 45C/45acp convertible. It is really quite magnificent, and so far, I prefer it to my 44 spl and magnum Bisley's.

One of those 2 (maybe soon to be 3) is what I'll be packing today, out cutting firewood with my 260:-)

[Wheeler]

3" or 4" on the CS-1 ?

3"

http://i600.photobucket.com/albums/tt86/Wheeler686/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-03/4CD928C3-B5A4-4917-80E2-F976796B5743_zpsxvz9blta.jpg (http://s600.photobucket.com/user/Wheeler686/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-03/4CD928C3-B5A4-4917-80E2-F976796B5743_zpsxvz9blta.jpg.html)

[Lyonsgrid]

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[mmc45414]

4" Model 15.

Mine would also be my Model 15 that I bought in early 1973 with money I made delivering newspapers including the windfall of Christmas time tips. I guess if I was a little older (had it been prior to 1968) I would have not needed my father's help with the transaction? Bought it a LGS that has a range and sold reloads, and my dad and I spent lots of time shooting it. This was also the gun I started reloading for on the Rockchucker I still have. It was used, and had been slicked up by a competent amateur, I think one of the staff at the store. They also had a Python that day that had been professionally worked over at Armalloy that we were both lusting after, but it was a hell of a lot more than the $93 I paid for the M-15. I dry fired that gun till the firing pin broke, and that took a lot back then.

Unfortunately I speak of the M-15 in past tense, because some lowlife shithead took it in a burglary, along with a Security-Six I had bought myself on my 21st birthday.

I replaced it with a nice pinned & recessed M-19 that I had worked over by a very good local friend that could have been a big name smith if he had been willing to work on people's guns who he didn't like. It is certainly a better gun than the M-15 was, but it will never be the same. These days it too needs some gold or green for the front sight, consequently I do not shoot it as frequently as it deserves.

Pretty sure I still have the range pass from the day I bought the M-15, it is in a scrapbook some place. I also have the (empty) bottle of Wild Turkey I bought the same day as the Security-Six, but the guns are memories now. Don't want to hijack the happy thread, but I will just add this thought:

Thieves Are Assholes...

[Hizzie]

Not enough pics in this thread!

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[Lyonsgrid]

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3" GP

[Hizzie]

While this one isn't with me anymore I have many fond memories of it. I carried it back in the suburb days.

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[BN]

Do I have to pick only one? :)

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[Trooper224]

Enjoyed the longest would be this Colt SAA, as I've had it longer than any other gun.
http://m0.i.pbase.com/g9/64/521964/2/158629740.C4RJPYpH.jpg
Enjoyed the most would be my M27.
http://m0.i.pbase.com/g3/64/521964/2/122525040.swbDaFcM.jpg
For pure relaxation this Model 14 is hard to beat.
http://m1.i.pbase.com/g3/64/521964/2/124167651.VIk3StVu.jpg

[rsa-otc]

Do I have to pick only one? :)

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I agree with Bill, why only one?

[scott]

Model 17, model 14 with wadcutters, and my 45 Colt Redhawk. Not sure why that last one makes me smile so much, it's not nearly as nice as the k frames, but with cowboy loads it's pure fun.

[Malamute]

... These days it too needs some gold or green for the front sight, consequently I do not shoot it as frequently as it deserves...


Have you tried paint? I started using neon orange fingernail polish with a white undercoat on all my front sights that were plain. It really stands out in poor light.

[HCM]

5 " 27-2 with Herretts and a Ron Power service trigger.

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[Trooper224]

Gotta get me a five-inch 27 one of these days, sexy.

[JonInWA]

Mine:

GP100, customized by Chris Peters, but still meeting criteria for SSR in IDPA:
http://i986.photobucket.com/albums/ae343/JonInWA/Ruger%20GP100/DSCN3297.jpg (http://s986.photobucket.com/user/JonInWA/media/Ruger%20GP100/DSCN3297.jpg.html)

1978-vintage Security Six, with Trausch grips:
http://i986.photobucket.com/albums/ae343/JonInWA/Ruger%20Security%20Six/DSCN1636.jpg (http://s986.photobucket.com/user/JonInWA/media/Ruger%20Security%20Six/DSCN1636.jpg.html)

1979-Vintage New Model Blackhawk Convertible (.357/.38 and 9mm) , customized by Ruger:
http://i986.photobucket.com/albums/ae343/JonInWA/Ruger%20Blackhawk/DSCN3259.jpg (http://s986.photobucket.com/user/JonInWA/media/Ruger%20Blackhawk/DSCN3259.jpg.html)
http://i986.photobucket.com/albums/ae343/JonInWA/Ruger%20Blackhawk/DSCN3261.jpg (http://s986.photobucket.com/user/JonInWA/media/Ruger%20Blackhawk/DSCN3261.jpg.html)

Best, Jon

[mmc45414]

Have you tried paint? I started using neon orange fingernail polish with a white undercoat on all my front sights that were plain. It really stands out in poor light.

You make a lot of sense here. No, I have not, just every time I look at it I think about the end game, gold dot or a getting it milled out to accept one of the pinned sights. Either of those plans would probably require refinishing, and if I am going to refinish it then it needs a little cleanup where it was converted to round butt, and then maybe some matting. And who to send it to, since just the shipping is over $100 if it is not local (I was spoiled by my local buddy, RIP...)?

I probably just need to buy some nail polish, one of the clubs I belong to is just a mile from my office and spring is right around the corner. I could churn through some button nose wadcutters I loaded a while back, just for old time's sake....

Good tip on the base coat of white.
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[mmc45414]

Do I have to pick only one? :)

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Hey there, who did that sight?
I notice you are from Ohio, would be great if it is somebody local.
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[BN]

Hey there, who did that sight?
I notice you are from Ohio, would be great if it is somebody local.
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I just had a local guy machine a Novak dovetail and got a Dawson .140" tall fiber optic sight. :) Some of the S&W revolvers already have a pinned front sight. The pin is almost invisible and very hard to see. I think C&S has the sights.

[okie john]

This thread need pictures.

I agree. My most recent K22, sold to a buddy who will torment me by hinting that he might sell it back but never actually agreeing to do so.

http://i.imgur.com/ikTRARw.jpg

You don't see this gun with the 8.375" barrel very often. This is only the second one I've ever seen, and I keep an eye peeled for them. Most of my best shots have been made with the 6" variant. Maybe I'll grab another one someday.


Okie John

[Mike Pipes]

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Top..640 pro...Shoots and handles like a K frame,hides like the J that it is

Center..S&W 64 Chopped,bobed,blasted, and rounded by Clark Custom Guns before my friend Jim Clark Jr died.

Bottom..S&W 520 made for the New York Staties but never delivered...the rarest that I have

[BN]

Couple more. :)

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[camsdaddy]

Couple more. :)

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I'm gonna go out on a limb and take a guess that you like a hogue monogrip

[Wheeler]

I agree. My most recent K22, sold to a buddy who will torment me by hinting that he might sell it back but never actually agreeing to do so.

http://i.imgur.com/ikTRARw.jpg

You don't see this gun with the 8.375" barrel very often. This is only the second one I've ever seen, and I keep an eye peeled for them. Most of my best shots have been made with the 6" variant. Maybe I'll grab another one someday.


Okie John

I thought I had a better picture. I'll have to fix that particular issue soonest.

http://i600.photobucket.com/albums/tt86/Wheeler686/S%20and%20W/043DB62E-7016-4826-9D4C-9DF236332289_zpsufnlh65d.jpg (http://s600.photobucket.com/user/Wheeler686/media/S%20and%20W/043DB62E-7016-4826-9D4C-9DF236332289_zpsufnlh65d.jpg.html)

[rex soldier]

fall in love with every revolver i touch, but my first true love was a 1862 colt sherif clone. [url=http://postimg.org/image/78asm2aw7/]http://s23.postimg.org/78asm2aw7/20160305_221545.jpg[/url

[baddean]

I've always had a thing for single action revolvers.
Ruger old model Vaqueros in .45 Colt
https://baddean.smugmug.com/Other/Firearms/i-JXNTN9N/0/M/SA%20Revolvers%20and%20Kahrs%2000008-M.jpg
Second generation Colt SAAs in .44 special. One with pre-ban ivory grips.
https://baddean.smugmug.com/Other/Firearms/i-sknrDn8/0/M/SA%20Revolvers%20and%20Kahrs%2000010-M.jpg
My favorites (ok, beside the Colts) Colt 1872 Open Top replicas in .45 Schofield in consecutive numbers. These get me serious style points when shooting Cowboy action with black powder.
https://baddean.smugmug.com/Other/Firearms/i-b8227s6/0/M/SA%20Revolvers%20and%20Kahrs%2000026-M.jpg
Colt model 1889 DA38 in .38 Long Colt with three digit serial number. Also have a box of US Firearms .38 Long Colt ammo from 1925 for it.
https://baddean.smugmug.com/Other/Firearms/i-Qf7Bh2R/0/M/AUT_7302-M.jpg

[Dagga Boy]

I think back to how the revolver sub forum was a few years ago and how it is now......I am so proud of everybody. Great pictures and guns.

[Malamute]

I think back to how the revolver sub forum was a few years ago and how it is now......I am so proud of everybody. Great pictures and guns.

I'm going to venture a guess that the Passion of the Gun thread, and I think another similar one about the same time got many people thinking about the different aspects of shooting and guns besides sheer cold hearted practicality angle. I recall several people saying they may have lost interest in shooting if they hadn't re-found the fun part of it, which was heavily into the revolver side of things for many. Part history, personal and otherwise, and part history of the guns and their use. Like you've mentioned about some of the old N frame Smiths you've found that were LE guns from way back, and stacked up the bad guys.

[1slow]

I'm going to venture a guess that the Passion of the Gun thread, and I think another similar one about the same time got many people thinking about the different aspects of shooting and guns besides sheer cold hearted practicality angle. I recall several people saying they may have lost interest in shooting if they hadn't re-found the fun part of it, which was heavily into the revolver side of things for many. Part history, personal and otherwise, and part history of the guns and their use. Like you've mentioned about some of the old N frame Smiths you've found that were LE guns from way back, and stacked up the bad guys.

If training is not in some way fun you will not do it long term. You may be training for grim events but if you get too grim about your training you will not keep doing it over 20+ years.
I enjoy my S&W 617 10 shot 4".

[45dotACP]

Dammit...this thread sucks and you guys suck. I need to bust out the model 64 and get my model 36 fixed.

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[serialsolver]

I just can't decide.


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[deputyG23]

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Nice Smith. I was issued one of the few M64s chambered in .357 Magnum back in the revolver days at my work. Had to turn it in for a G17 in 1989. Sadly, it was destroyed per policy at the time. Wish I could have bought it. Still remember the serial number. D672999.

[Nephrology]

Sorry for the crappy photos (Took them for insurance purposes). They'll have to do. 4" Model 19-3 with Ahrend's tactical stocks. Did some minor trigger work myself (judicious polishing of the rebound slide, new springs, etc). I'll never sell it.

http://i.imgur.com/kNCt2Jp.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/q1juUnn.jpg

[rsa-otc]

Sadly, it was destroyed per policy at the time.

Unfortunately to many perfectly good guns met an untimely demise due to misguided policies such as that.

[ACP230]

I was all set to mention my eight and three eighths inch barreled M657 in .41 Magnum.
(A gun that does not approve of missing. Great trigger. Shiny!)

Then the snubby M15 .38 Special (parkerized with hard chrome plated cylinder, trigger and hammer) tapped me
on the shoulder. "Ahem..."

Hard to decide between the two extremes. And then there are the Ruger Blackhawks, eh?

[deputyG23]

Unfortunately to many perfectly good guns met an untimely demise due to misguided policies such as that.

Amen. I believe only about seven hundred of these were made before S&W designated them as the M65.

[entropy]

Lately, it seems that my favorite is whichever is currently in my paws. I also concur about the "fun" aspect, although there is a serious bent to it as well. I wouldnt have bought that new SP101 out of pure nostalgia. I think its just like everything else...there are certain things that older technology is simply superior at. Its maybe the same reason you find a slap stick in modern performance cars, or the same reason they are finding that too much technology in airplanes is bad. New doesnt necessarily mean superior.

Funny on the serial number thing too. I can repeat my first issue ## as well, although it was an auto and not a flintlock. :D

If I had to pick, Id say its my M28. There is just something about that oil drum sized cylinder and the way it rolls when you shoot it.


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[scott]

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I really enjoyed this commando until the timing went. Couldn't afford the trip to C&S, so I sold it to someone who could.

[valian]

I'd have to say my Ruger SAs have given me the most over the years, from Single sixes to 357 BH to Bisley 45 Colt and a "Bisleyed" 44 SBH and Bisley Vaqueros, those guns have been with me most of the time afield years before there was even CAS to for me use them in. Nearly all with 5.5 inch bbls.

Close seconds though are my 3" SW 64 RB that I worked the trigger pull over... pure sweetness that gun and shoots EXACTLY to point of aim with 158 LHP or my SW .44 Mountain, also with some trigger work, not forgetting to mention a SW 4"Mdl.12 that has a very nice trigger pull from the factory.

[shooter220]

I need to get a good picture, but my 5-inch Pre- Model 10 M&P that my Dad bought in a pawn shop when he was enlisted in the Navy a LONG time ago. I "won" it from him in a shooting bet when I was about 13-14. I have a few revolvers, but that is one of two that will never leave the family.

[BN]

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I laughed. :) I had to go back and look at the pictures to see they all had Hogue grips.

I shot the 4" Model 10 in the IDPA match today. :)

[okie john]

Couple more. :)

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I just glanced at on my loading bench and realized that over the last few months I've stacked up 700 cast 158-grain SWCs and 300 pieces of once-fired 38 Special brass. I take this post as the universe telling me I need a Model 15.


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[Nephrology]

I just glanced at on my loading bench and realized that over the last few months I've stacked up 700 cast 158-grain SWCs and 300 pieces of once-fired 38 Special brass. I take this post as the universe telling me I need a Model 15.


Okie John

Allan's Armory has them for real cheap.

http://www.allans-armory.com/aaresult.php?PageId=58

[BN]

I take this post as the universe telling me I need a Model 15. Okie John

Just like 1911's, everybody should have at least one blue K-Frame. :)

[45dotACP]

I needn't have clicked that link. Oh goddammit I should NOT have clicked that link.

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[Mike Pipes]

Allan's Armory has them for real cheap.

http://www.allans-armory.com/aaresult.php?PageId=58

Thanks man that is a great site.....CYA

[Whirlwind06]

Like others have said do I have to pick one?

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b313/NE_Ohio_shooter/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_20160116_100140_zpssaxslbb5.jpg

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b313/NE_Ohio_shooter/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_20160116_100154_zpsvhjfqxpg.jpg

My EDC is my Ruger GP100 with the 3 inch barrel, so I guess that is my favorite. I have thought about selling it for one of those Wiley GPs they are sharp looking guns. And I like the sight up grades.

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b313/NE_Ohio_shooter/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_20151222_160044_zpslkfydwbq.jpg

[shooter220]

Just like 1911's, everybody should have at least one blue K-Frame. :)

Absolutely - any barrel length!

[DAL357]

I needn't have clicked that link. Oh goddammit I should NOT have clicked that link.

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I know exactly what you mean.

One of those model 13s look tempting, but it's not in the financial cards right now. Until it is, I'll have to make due with my 4" Model 64-3 (poor me!). I think this Smith is the best of any revolver I've ever owned, including a 6" Python I had for 27 years and sold last year for a LOT more than I paid for it.

The 64 is a police trade I bought about 18 months ago, slapped on some Herrett Roper stocks I had made for my hand, and I've been enjoying it ever since. It's surprisingly accurate with my cast 158 gr. LRN mid-range reloads. Perhaps it sounds strange, but after a few sessions with the 64, I seem to usually shoot my Glock 19 better. I own other revolvers, but this particular one is the most enjoyable I've ever had, and it only cost $275 shipped.

[okie john]

I needn't have clicked that link. Oh goddammit I should NOT have clicked that link.

Then definitely don't check Gunbroker.


Okie John

[scott]

I'm going to have to dig for photos of my pair of police trade in 15s I picked up last year for ~200 each.

[Nephrology]

I wouldn't gotten one of those, but I have a 4" Model 19 and the 13/15 are basically lesser versions thereof, and I have other gun projects that take priority. they had 686s in stock a while back for cheap, now THAT I wish I had jumped on.

[rainman]

I know exactly what you mean.

One of those model 13s look tempting, but it's not in the financial cards right now. Until it is, I'll have to make due with my 4" Model 64-3 (poor me!). I think this Smith is the best of any revolver I've ever owned, including a 6" Python I had for 27 years and sold last year for a LOT more than I paid for it.

The 64 is a police trade I bought about 18 months ago, slapped on some Herrett Roper stocks I had made for my hand, and I've been enjoying it ever since. It's surprisingly accurate with my cast 158 gr. LRN mid-range reloads. Perhaps it sounds strange, but after a few sessions with the 64, I seem to usually shoot my Glock 19 better. I own other revolvers, but this particular one is the most enjoyable I've ever had, and it only cost $275 shipped.

Not at all; I've had the same experience, and find I shoot a Glock better when I treat it like a "light revolver trigger" and pull straight through smoothly. YMMV. Sorry, no thread-derail intended.


-Rainman

[Stephanie B]

Not fair. I really like my K-frames: A 19-4 and a 17-3, both 6", along with a 10 and a 15, both "no dash" 4" models. I do very well in the club PPC matches with the 19. With the 15, I start humming this (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkTSAGEqJt0).

[LtDave]

Found this yesterday at an Estate sale:
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It's a 2nd generation .38 Special from 1957. Grips are real mother of pearl. Sights are dead on for windage and elevation with standard velocity 158 grain loads. It is a pussycat to shoot.

[JAD]

Allan's Armory has them for real cheap.

http://www.allans-armory.com/aaresult.php?PageId=58

They have two fewer. One is nun, and all that.

[Trooper224]

Found this yesterday at an Estate sale:
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It's a 2nd generation .38 Special from 1957. Grips are real mother of pearl. Sights are dead on for windage and elevation with standard velocity 158 grain loads. It is a pussycat to shoot.

Oh my.

[baddean]

Found this yesterday at an Estate sale:
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It's a 2nd generation .38 Special from 1957. Grips are real mother of pearl. Sights are dead on for windage and elevation with standard velocity 158 grain loads. It is a pussycat to shoot.
That is.....stunning.
Nice find.

[RichY]

Left revolvers for many years, but a week ago we took my wife's tuned S&W 631 4" adjustable sight 32 H&R Magnum out in the desert and it was terrific! It was a ton of fun, I have decided to look around for a fun revolver for me. We took it and her G43 and I found myself liking the little 32 far more. It's too bad Smith dumped this so quickly, as it is amazingly accurate. Shot 32 S&W Long wadcutters, Black Hills 32 H&R Mag JHP's and some old Masters Cartridge 32 H&R Mag JHP's. The 32 Long wadcutters recoil like 22's in it and are extremely accurate. Shooting them double action as fast as I could produced tiny six shot groups. They have to be perfect for putting small game in the pot when we camp. Seems like a fine little trail gun for us.

Nothing special about it, but certainly enjoyable to shoot. It will see a lot more use now for our hikes in Prescott National Forest! The only downside to it is not having a shot cartridge available, as we soon will be seeing the many species of rattlesnakes that inhabit our area. We leave them alone, and generally they do the same. The shot loads would be nice for those rare occasions where we surprise each other.

[S391]

It would have to be my Mojo Customs tuned Smith & Wesson 686SSR.

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b283/S682/1-IMG_44701.jpg

[1986s4]

No pics but my S&W M18 .22 that I've had since I was 19, many thousands of .22 down that pipe. Also my 3" M13, about the perfect combo. Shoot the .22 for a while then practice with the .357.

[FPS]

Mine would be S&W Model 629. First revolver and still the favorite.

So I was curious to see if there would be any consensus that would emerge around favorites. I mostly did this for ideas for a future shopping list :). Anyway, here are the models that received 2 or more mentions. I didn't count it if you posted a picture and not a model name (sorry, I didn't want to spend the time). I also had to sort out guns that were just listed and ones that were included among favorites. Long story short - a very unscientific list

S&W Model 15 - 4 votes
Colt SAA - 3 votes
S&W Model 19 - 3 votes
S&W Model 17 - 3 votes
S&W 629 - 3 votes
Ruger GP100 - 3 votes
S&W K22 - 2 votes
Ruger WC GP100 - 2 votes
S&W Model 18 - 2 votes
S&W Model 27 - 2 votes
S&W Model 14 - 2 votes
S&W 64 - 2 votes
S&W Model 10 - 2 votes

If the two GP100 models were combined it would be the winner.

[scott]

Yeah, but if different sights and barrel lengths can be combined, it's k frame 38s, then k frame 22s

[FPS]

Yeah, but if different sights and barrel lengths can be combined, it's k frame 38s, then k frame 22s

Sure, you can slice it and dice it however you want, not a contest, just an interesting observation.

[Bigghoss]

Well, I sure had fun with these.

https://scontent.fsnc1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xft1/v/t1.0-9/12745710_10153741081030219_3496003001979124964_n.j pg?oh=7c3b76e15a7c63ce4455ed8d9a594a7b&oe=572983B4

About an hour and 350 rounds later

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I've probably had the most fun with my Heritage Rough Rider popping empty shotgun hulls until they were too far away for me to hit. But with .22 being the way it is I haven't take the rimfires out of the safe in a long while.

[mtnbkr]

My most "enjoyable" is a tie between my K22 and K32 (M16 32swl). Both shoot well and soft, but the K22 means I don't have to care about reloading my brass, while the K32 means easier cleaning after the session.

My K38 is a very close second to those two.

All three together. Top to bottom-K22, K32, K38. The K32 now has matching grips.

http://i1100.photobucket.com/albums/g405/allencb/trifecta.jpg

Chris

[CSW]

As a follow up to the "Why Revolver? (https://pistol-forum.com/showthread.php?19502-Revolver-why)" thread where many of us professed a sheer enjoyment for the gun, what is your most enjoyable revolver? Which one has historically brought the biggest smile to your face for the longest amount of time?

That's easy, it's a 6" Smith model 14, the K38.

http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL1600/682422/22920671/412316621.jpg

[RevolverRob]

Most enjoyable for me all by my lonesome - Cimarron Arms (Uberti) 1851 Colt Navy (London Edition) clone. I enjoy it and with Pyrodex it isn't too hard to keep clean. I need to order some materials and take it to the range again.

Most enjoyable for me to irritate other shooters at the range with? The Smith 642. I never get tired of hitting 25-yard bulls with it, to shut up the range know-it-alls that want to tell me that my J-Frame will get me kilt in the street. Interestingly enough, I never see those guys at the gym the next day...:rolleyes:

-Rob

[Lost River]

For single action, my favorite (even though I am a .44 guy at heart) is this .45 convertible, due to the fact it will see 99% of it's life shooting .45 ACPs.

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b109/IV_Troop/Handguns/P1000746_zpsfqcc2qhs.jpg (http://s18.photobucket.com/user/IV_Troop/media/Handguns/P1000746_zpsfqcc2qhs.jpg.html)

The favorite goes to the ever practical "all around", the 5" N Frame Model 29 .44 Magnum:

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b109/IV_Troop/039-1.jpg (http://s18.photobucket.com/user/IV_Troop/media/039-1.jpg.html)

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In fact, I would go so far as to say, If I was forced to choose just one revolver for all my outdoors activities, this would be it.

It is funny how, excluding rimfires, and J frame duties, the above 2 revolvers really do all a guy needs or wants to do. At least for me, and where I live and play.

[Zeke38]

As a fellow Idahoan, who lives on the west side on the Clearwater, I have to agree with that statement, about the 29! Idaho one of the last great places to live.

http://i626.photobucket.com/albums/tt345/Bronco45_album/DSCN1019.jpg (http://s626.photobucket.com/user/Bronco45_album/media/DSCN1019.jpg.html)

[Stephanie B]

Based on my round count since I bought it last summer: S&W 17-3

https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TmaK0Dkk_KA/VbQOKbv3MGI/AAAAAAAAGJg/adn87_acfyw/s1600/Model-17.JPG

I'd say that I've put a thousand rounds through it, but I'd be low.

For centerfire, it's bigger brother, a 19-4, which I bought new back in the day:

https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8RnuPILoamE/T85zHQARq2I/AAAAAAAAECk/2MKwdnT2bvM/s1600/M-19.JPG

First time I'd ever shot bowling pins, I cleaned the table in under nine seconds with the Model 19. (I've done a lot worse, but I got hooked on that run.) In the club PPC matches, I've done rather well with it.

[Stephanie B]

Apostrophe issues. AAARRRGGHHH!

[jh9]

About an hour and 350 rounds later

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Oh yeah. That right there takes me back to my 629MG with Rem Express 240gr flat points. The only semi-desirable, pre-lock, pre-mim revolver I ENJOYED selling.

[L-2]

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I like both of these S&Ws, a 627Pro and a 640Pro. I carry the 640Pro daily as an off-duty backup. As one can see, I got the same finger!

[Hideeho]

My favorite is a S&W 22-4, 45 ACP with work done by Dennis Reichard, Sand Burr Ranch:

Deluxe Action
Painted Front Sight
Bobbed & Polished Hammer
Radius & Polish Trigger
Chamfer & Hone Cylinders
Sand Burr Bling--Polished Ejector Rod, Gold Washed Lettering, Polished Screws

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[Bigghoss]

I can barely see that spot on my finger anymore. Better go grab some more ammo. :D

[LockedBreech]

My favorite is a S&W 22-4, 45 ACP with work done by Dennis Reichard, Sand Burr Ranch:

Deluxe Action
Painted Front Sight
Bobbed & Polished Hammer
Radius & Polish Trigger
Chamfer & Hone Cylinders
Sand Burr Bling--Polished Ejector Rod, Gold Washed Lettering, Polished Screws

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6697

I'm just starting to get into revolvers and that is simply a beautiful firearm. Thanks for sharing.

[Hideeho]

Thank you. It is not a classic like the others in this thread. It is newer, so has frame mounted firing pin, MIM parts, and key lock. Because it is newer I shoot the snot out of it and don't worry about breaking parts. Only handgun I own that I can make head shots with a two-hand hold at 25 yards.

[onebilly43]

My Colt Detective Special[ATTACH=CONFIG]6801[

[Hideeho]

If you haven't already, watch Detective Story and Naked City. Both 1940's NYPD movies. You will see many Colts.

[Dagga Boy]

My Colt Detective Special[ATTACH=CONFIG]6801[

Are those KSD grips? If so, how do you like them?

[onebilly43]

Are those KSD grips? If so, how do you like them?

No I bought them off eBay awhile back and they were made by Altamont

[onebilly43]

If you haven't already, watch Detective Story and Naked City. Both 1940's NYPD movies. You will see many Colts.

Detective Story was one of my favorite programs

[Duelist]

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If you judge favorite by the number of hours/days/months/years/mills carried, or wear personally put on it, then this 642-2 is the undisputed champion of my little collection.

I enjoy showing people that you can actually make aimed shots with an airweight jframe, as well. But I prefer actually shooting my 13-3.

6880

But for cheap fun, or introducing someone to shooting, I love my Ruger Single Six convertible. From CB caps to .22 Magnums, it puts little pills where they go, a smile on my face, and reminds me of shooting .22 revolvers with my dad when he was teaching me to shoot.
Unfortunately, no pic is on this iPad, but I'll add one later after I get home.

Ok, there's two pics of my 642 on here, somehow. Aren't computers awesome? I tried to delete one. Oh, well.

[LSP552]

A blue 4.62" Blackhawk Convertible in .45 Colt with ACP cylinder. It sees more ACP than LC, but it's a hoot either way. It's my favorite play and roaming around in the woods pistol.

[Duelist]

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Cowboy dreams.

[DueSpada]

Greetings All...

This 45 Vaquero when I manage to pop a pine cone out of the creek from the hip. I've watched way too many Westerns

[Digiroc]

This thread need pictures.

OK here's one; Two J frames, one's enjoyable to carry and one's enjoyable to shoot. Guess which is which:

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Digiroc

[45dotACP]

Mkay, I rented an Italian SAA clone...I think it was a Beretta Stampede...and it was a fan-freakingtastic revolver. I shot it more accurately than most any other pistol I've laid hands on....plus there was just something awesome about the big boom of a 45LC and how comfortable it was to shoot.

I've got a bad case of the wantsies now. Like a MIGHTY need for a single action revolver

[Nephrology]

Mkay, I rented an Italian SAA clone...I think it was a Beretta Stampede...and it was a fan-freakingtastic revolver. I shot it more accurately than most any other pistol I've laid hands on....plus there was just something awesome about the big boom of a 45LC and how comfortable it was to shoot.

I've got a bad case of the wantsies now. Like a MIGHTY need for a single action revolver

http://i.imgur.com/5a43wnm.jpg

[JonInWA]

I'll be the first to admit that shooting my single-action Ruger Blackhawk convertible is exceptionally pleasurable. I like the history, the toughness of the gun, and the challenge.

Best, Jon

[FotoTomas]

The one revolver I have had the most fun/quality time with is a Ruger Super Single Six with a 5.5" barrel. It was my first Ruger back in 1980 and it was attached to my hip when I lived on the family farm in Georgia. I might well trade one of my Ruger semi-auto .22s for another at some point down the road.