Originally Posted by vtfarmer
Correct, it was Security Sixes and Speed Sixes that were tested.
My ping of @Outpost75 didnt seem to work before. It doesnt look like its working now either. Not sure how to make the @ work, its not live in the post.
Correct, it was Security Sixes and Speed Sixes that were tested.
My ping of @Outpost75 didnt seem to work before. It doesnt look like its working now either. Not sure how to make the @ work, its not live in the post.
“Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat.”
― Theodore Roosevelt
.pdf of tests are public domain, but large files. I can send if you PM me, but too arge to attach here.
Have a link?
Yep that’s who I got it from.
This damn thread.
I’ve been looking for a S&W 620 (a short lived 7 shot half lugged L frame .357) for a few years now, and a NIB one popped up. I couldn’t say no. I think I’m set now, or will be after a few minor changes.
Ken
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Don't have a link. The 3 reports are 15MB of .pdf files. PM me with an email address which can accept the files and I can send them to you.
Thank you. Sent a PM.
My choice would be the S&W 686, an older one of course because new S&Ws always have something wrong with them.
I'm big fan of the SP/GP revolvers and have several but do have concerns over their long term durability. One GP100 acquired new 10 years ago, blue in .38, has been used primarily as the IDPA gun. I had one or two minor problems resolved by Ruger early on but at about 7000 rounds, it developed a severe case of light strikes. Ruger fixed it and returned the tightest revolver I have ever used. Of course, they wouldn't say what the problem was but I suspect it was end shake--end shake after 7000 rounds? But I wonder how it will hold up in the next 7000 rounds.
I have a S&W 617 with just under 20,000 rounds and has been back to the factory about 14 times
with a host of unrelated problems, the most recent of which was the light strike problem which was probably end shake again.
Neither one of these revolvers have seen hard use.
It's worth noting that the practice of using a revolver in match conditions, with repeated speed reloads and trying for fast splits is far more damaging to the gun than simply firing the same number of rounds through it. A competition gun that's seen 5000 rounds of matches, training, etc will have seen a lot more "use" than a gun that was casually fired on the range for 5000 rounds and never had someone trying to slam a Comp-III into it while running.
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