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Anyone else prefer 6-shooters?
- Thread starter Magnum88C
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7-rounds, no internal lock, I couldn't resist! Feels great in the hand and shoots wonderfully. No complaints from me.
Blue Heeler
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If there are 7 holes bored in a cylinder that was originally made for 6 then someone needs to explain what's changed. Is the steel stronger? Or was the original over-engineered? If it's just a fad then Safariland or anybody else won't bother making speedloaders for it - much less jetloaders.
The 7-shooters are possibly stronger than the 6-shooters because the weakest point in the cylinder is the locking cutout, which is directly adjacent to the chamber on the 6-shooter, but on a 7-shooter, the cutout is offset between the chambers. This is a superior design. Not that the 6-shooter isn't strong enough, though.
There is no reason to believe that the 7-shooter is a compromise in strength. The metal around the chambers in the 6 shooter has the thickness it has to compensate for the placement of the cutout notch. So with the cutout notch being offset, the 7-shooter cylinder is perfectly suitable for the application because of the offset cutout notch.
Cylinder wall thickness on the 7-shooters is still a tad thicker than it is on K-frame 6-shot .357 cylinders. And the steel may well be stronger as well. I have no worries at all that the 7-shot models are strength compromised.
There is no reason to believe that the 7-shooter is a compromise in strength. The metal around the chambers in the 6 shooter has the thickness it has to compensate for the placement of the cutout notch. So with the cutout notch being offset, the 7-shooter cylinder is perfectly suitable for the application because of the offset cutout notch.
Cylinder wall thickness on the 7-shooters is still a tad thicker than it is on K-frame 6-shot .357 cylinders. And the steel may well be stronger as well. I have no worries at all that the 7-shot models are strength compromised.
Call me conservative or just plain stuck in the mud but I prefer my revolvers to be six shot (5 for J frames). Since my revolvers are my fun and relaxing guns that works fine for me. I will admit that if I were restricted to the revolver for personal protection I'd be more open minded!!
I'm with Bulldozer-
For carry, I just wouldn't feel comfortable with a speed-strip or HKS speedloader as my reload option. I have to many motions grooved into my old frayed nerves for moon clips and Safariland speed-loaders to try to add the HKS twist for just one more round. For fun guns I prefer older, blue and wood, and who cares about capacity.I prefer the 6-shooters because Safariland has seen fit NOT to make Comp I, II, or III series speedloaders for 7-shot models!
Well after about 40years of counting shots I am finally real good at 6 shots fired, and I aint about to start trying to learn to count to seven,hahaha
Is the wheel on that 7 shooter bigger than a 6? Wheel shooters are hard enough to carry IWB without makeing the cylender any fatter.
Is the wheel on that 7 shooter bigger than a 6? Wheel shooters are hard enough to carry IWB without makeing the cylender any fatter.
Rojoe... I very rarely use an L-frame for carry... but the 686Plus 2.5" has become one of my primary around the house revos. But I'm constantly grabbing something different each day or eve to have out and about (usually at least two handguns and a shotgun are out and about while I'm home - which is most of the time since I work at home!) The 686 with Ahrends weights exactly 34.5 oz. which ain't light! But that weight makes for a superbly comfortable pistol to shoot... hardly any recoil with light loads and hot loads are luxurious to shoot. Makes a great house/RV gun.
The cylinder on the 7-shot is the same as the 6-shot... frame size is the same also.
The cylinder on the 7-shot is the same as the 6-shot... frame size is the same also.