Having a large collection of revolvers belies an observation that maybe
revolver sales are again picking up.
Collections of older revolvers only addresses the past and not the future.
In a sense, it's not the older shooters or collectors/accumulators that count
but the newer buyers who might embrace the revolver for regular use.
So you're saying I don't count?
Is my collection not helping the economy, regardless of the fact that I seldom buy anything brand new?
I am an avid collector of S&W, I have more books about them than probably anybody else, and I probably have more knowledge about them floating around in my noggin than most folks here. But seeing the decline in quality at S&W, I will not be helping the company at all with sales. But my money does help the gun industry at large.
Do I think revolvers are making a comeback?
No. I sure don't see it at my club. Most shooters today want to shoot a Semi-Automatic, and that is all there is to it. At my club I am known as The Revolver Guy. By guys my age and younger.
By the way, what ever happened to the term Auto-Loader? I never see that anymore.
My Grandfather had a 1959 Chrysler with push button transmission. I would have loved to have that car, but he sold it in 1969 for $100 to a local kid when my Dad persuaded him to stop driving. If we had known he was going to sell it, we would have bought it.