wild cat mccane
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Hi.
As a millennial, I'd NEVER claim to know much about revolvers, but I sure like learning about or finding mechanical faults with them. I equally like finding great 4" L frames (or comparable).
The EAA imported Windicator finally got the best of me. The poor mains Python with 50/50 good online opinion.
No surprise, the Windicator trigger pull bests my 2022 Python for feel. Again, I would rate the Python as having the worst I own because of stacking . I would say Python, Windicator, GP100, Taurus 66/689, and top at 686 for current trigger pulls in the revolvers I own.
What I don't like in the double action is that the trigger kinda leaps. Unlike the Python stacking that progressively gets hard, this hits a wall of weight and pulls to fire rather fast through it. Good or bad, I prefer the constant 100% same weight of the 686. I do not like the two stage feel of the GP100.
Everyone online claims it is heavy. At 6 rounds, it feels exactly the same as all my other 4" revolvers. Maybe someone is looking at specs, but I don't feel any difference in weight. Someone could prove me wrong on the specs I didn't read, but I have no idea what these reviews are saying. It's comparable.
The Windicator comes with very pronounced ridges on the trigger. While fine when smooth, the Windicator trigger is not flat but triangular. This makes the ridges more uncomfortable because it feels sharp.
Grip is very comfortable. Yet it is a hard rubber. It isn't hard plastic, so there is some give to it.
The cylinder has wobble. Immediately you'd think this an issue, but the S&W forum had a post I hadn't considered. You expect the GP100 and 686 should lock up fairly tight when cocked, but that's their design. I think this wobble is part of the Windicator design. I do not think it's meant to lock up tight.
But then I wonder about the forcing cone, for which there isn't much there.
All and all...if you don't want a Python and want the fake vent ribbing that this gives...less than 400 with a lifetime warranty that may prove needed? I don't know. If you aren't going all in on a 686 or Python or GP100, yeah. I think this is an option that deserves some thought over the Taurus 66.
Hopefully I don't return this weekend after shooting it to say I did not like it at all
Take care
vs my newest 686:
As a millennial, I'd NEVER claim to know much about revolvers, but I sure like learning about or finding mechanical faults with them. I equally like finding great 4" L frames (or comparable).
The EAA imported Windicator finally got the best of me. The poor mains Python with 50/50 good online opinion.
No surprise, the Windicator trigger pull bests my 2022 Python for feel. Again, I would rate the Python as having the worst I own because of stacking . I would say Python, Windicator, GP100, Taurus 66/689, and top at 686 for current trigger pulls in the revolvers I own.
What I don't like in the double action is that the trigger kinda leaps. Unlike the Python stacking that progressively gets hard, this hits a wall of weight and pulls to fire rather fast through it. Good or bad, I prefer the constant 100% same weight of the 686. I do not like the two stage feel of the GP100.
Everyone online claims it is heavy. At 6 rounds, it feels exactly the same as all my other 4" revolvers. Maybe someone is looking at specs, but I don't feel any difference in weight. Someone could prove me wrong on the specs I didn't read, but I have no idea what these reviews are saying. It's comparable.
The Windicator comes with very pronounced ridges on the trigger. While fine when smooth, the Windicator trigger is not flat but triangular. This makes the ridges more uncomfortable because it feels sharp.
Grip is very comfortable. Yet it is a hard rubber. It isn't hard plastic, so there is some give to it.
The cylinder has wobble. Immediately you'd think this an issue, but the S&W forum had a post I hadn't considered. You expect the GP100 and 686 should lock up fairly tight when cocked, but that's their design. I think this wobble is part of the Windicator design. I do not think it's meant to lock up tight.
But then I wonder about the forcing cone, for which there isn't much there.
All and all...if you don't want a Python and want the fake vent ribbing that this gives...less than 400 with a lifetime warranty that may prove needed? I don't know. If you aren't going all in on a 686 or Python or GP100, yeah. I think this is an option that deserves some thought over the Taurus 66.
Hopefully I don't return this weekend after shooting it to say I did not like it at all
Take care
vs my newest 686: