How about a M12 for $369???

[Stephanie B]

Daddy’s First Centerfire Revolver is exactly what I want. Not collectible, just a shooter.

My thumbnail sketch for a GP 4" Smith revolver with adjustable sights:

Shooting .38s Specials only: A Model 15 or 67. The 15-3 that I have is target-grade accurate.

Shooting .38s, but you want the ability to shoot a magnum load now and then: Models 19 and 66, keeping in mind that high-speed, lightweight .357s are bad for almost all of them. The newest ones with the ball-detent locking system supposedly are good with those rounds. If recoil is an issue, you'll know it with one of the K-frames and .357 rounds.

Shooting .38s and .357s a lot: Models 586 and 686. There is enough meat on those guns to soak up a lot of magnum recoil.

Shooting .357s from can see to can't see: Models 27, 28 and 627.

I've no trigger time behind the lightweight N-frames, so I'll refrain from commenting on them.

[OlongJohnson]

Daddy’s First Centerfire Revolver is exactly what I want. Not collectible, just a shooter.

The trade-in guns are always a crap shoot. They take pictures of the good ones. The HiTS revolver project worked because Darryl and Wayne got to sit in the warehouse going through boxes and pick good ones.

Also, there's in the recent past been a consensus around here that the GP100 Match Champion is the Glock 17 of revolvers today.

[Mitch]

These look really cool. What’s the thought on square butt vs round butt? Just personal preference?


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[Stephanie B]

The trade-in guns are always a crap shoot. They take pictures of the good ones. The HiTS revolver project worked because Darryl and Wayne got to sit in the warehouse going through boxes and pick good ones.

Also, there's in the recent past been a consensus around here that the GP100 Match Champion is the Glock 17 of revolvers today.

I've not shot a GP100 enough to have an opinion. But a decent Security Six is also a good revolver. I need to shoot mine in a match someday.

[Stephanie B]

These look really cool. What’s the thought on square butt vs round butt? Just personal preference?

I think that round butts conceal better. Also, if you like the feeling of a square butt, there are grips for round butt guns that replicate that.

[Wingate's Hairbrush]

Used Model 12? Look real close for frame cracks. Known issue.

[OlongJohnson]

These look really cool. What’s the thought on square butt vs round butt? Just personal preference?

A tuned-up (slimmed and shortened, and some other detail work) Pachmayr Presentation grip is one of my favorites for shooting a K frame, but they only come molded for square butts. Not optimum for concealment either, due to the large butt.

Used Model 12? Look real close for frame cracks. Known issue.

This. I wouldn't bother to have one shipped if I would have to pay return shipping in the event that it showed up with a crack.

[BehindBlueI's]

I've not shot a GP100 enough to have an opinion. But a decent Security Six is also a good revolver. I need to shoot mine in a match someday.

It's good, but IMO the GP100MC is a significant improvement. Better trigger, better sights, better aftermarket support, currently supported, and (dare I say...) more pleasing aesthetically.

[Stephanie B]

It's good, but IMO the GP100MC is a significant improvement. Better trigger, better sights, better aftermarket support, currently supported, and (dare I say...) more pleasing aesthetically.

If they only made ones that said “Match Duffer”.....

[BehindBlueI's]

If they only made ones that said “Match Duffer”.....

I'm sure there's a joke about a roll-mark mentioning "bearer is not obligated to help paste targets..."