Something unusual at the range

Funny story, yesterday I was at the local shooting range in Woodhaven Mi when a local sporting goods store employee recognized me and started asking questions about my revolver. I asked him if he wanted to shoot it and he said sure. I've seen the same guy dissasemble an Ar-15 in like 30 seconds but he had to ask me how to shoot a revolver. I told him it's a revolver just pull the trigger. He had his friend take a couple of pictures of him which I found amusing because it's not the first time a stranger took a picture with my revolver. Something I've yet to do since I shoot alone.
 
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I always take two guns to the range ... my EDC, a Kahr PM9, and my Smith 686+ ... then I add one or two others as my interest directs ... I'm rarely the only one at my range with a revolver, especially if I'm there on a weekday, when the only people who can shoot are retired geezers like me ... most of them haul along at least one revolver, usually an older police revolver, 4-inch barrel in .38spcl or a j-frame ... autos are better for SD and carry, IMHO, but wheelguns will never die ... they're just too much fun to shoot ... that reminds me, gotta pack my range bag and case for tomorrow's trip to Eagle Peak ...

The first handgun I ever bought was a Taurus 85, still have it with Hogue grips provided by my better half ...

And Raven, that 60's a beauty ...
 
I carry and shoot both. I find I shoot my semi's more when I go to the range. For one reason the price of ammo. Secondly shooting a revolver isnt as much fun. I mean really once you unload a few cylinders and they are all in one little spot what do you have to work on? I agree though I enjoy not having to chase brass.
 
I have an S&W 357 magnum 686 6" barrel in stainless steel that I bought in 1987. I still take it to the gun range a few times a year. I tend to shoot 38 special +P rounds instead of 357 magnum rounds.
 
HisDudeness said:
I shot the Beretta in the service but when it was time to purchase my first handgun I chose a .357 GP100.
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Have both and actually prefer the GP. Much as I adore the 92, the GP points better, sights better, and shoots more accurately for me.

While my targets don't look like they took a shotgun blast, I just don't get that pinpoint accuracy from the auto.

27 y.o. - and can appreciate and enjoy a good revolver;)
 
I must be one of the odd ones...

First 2 guns were semi, G22, Hammerli Trailside

I now own more revolvers than semis.
 
Wheel guns

My first gun was a Smith Mod. 64. Which was a carry gun for duty work. Funny there are some places a security officer can carry anything they can qualify with and there are some where they can only carry a 6" .38 spl.

About 12 years ago I upgraded my Mod. 64 to a 65 (I stopped having to carry a gun for work about that time).

I've kept that heavy barreled, stainless .357 for a home defense gun. I know that I can keep it loaded forever and just pull the trigger and it will fire. I didn't have to worry about mag springs wearing out or changing swapping them around. I can load it in the dark with speed loaders and can put 2.5" groups at about 10 yards. I don't practice much farther than that with it because at the most at home I'd only be shooting at ranges about 20ft. I've practiced so much with it the point of aim comes easy and quickly when I bring it up.

The only thing I did to it was change out the wood factory grips for some hogue combat ones.

For shooting I usually go out to my Uncle's farm so haven't been to a local public range for a number of years. So when I start going to one this summer it's going to be interesting see who brings what.

I have had/and own other guns, but the one that has always been consistant is a med. framed Smith&Wesson Revolver. I don't think I'll ever get rid of it.

:rolleyes: just noticed I started ramblin' on a bit. I'm not even that old yet. lol
 
When I was growing up revolvers were the gun of choice for LE, you rarely saw a auto. Now the reverse is true. I have more revolvers (mostly single action) and I enjoy them more than my autos . And I reload so I hate to have to chase my brass from autos. My every day carry is a auto due to its size and flat configuration. But for a walking in the woods gun its always a revolver, normally my Ruger service 6 .357, used to be my super blackhawk .44 but arthritis now limits its use due to the recoil.
 
Kid working at one of the LGS's last summer told me the only thing single actions were good for was CASS events." That's where you old guys go and dress up like matt dillion and holler Yea Hah while ya shoot single actions". I told him I liked single actions and had several. He replies he didn't know why, can't hit anything further than ten feet. I never asked about double actions. I simply thanked him for his time and walked out, have not been back.
Was in the popular LGS today, they had two complete display cases full of revolvers. The top shelf in one was nothing but Rugers, it was a pretty site. Wish now I had taken a picture. None of them followed me home but, one might next month...:cool:
 
I've been shooting revolvers in IDPA for about 5 years, once in a while shooting a bottom feeder. I'm faster with the Beretta 92 than anything else but I did classify SS with the 686 rev and with the 625. The 625 is the funnest of all.
 
hootey said:
Kid working at one of the LGS's last summer told me the only thing single actions were good for was CASS events." That's where you old guys go and dress up like matt dillion and holler Yea Hah while ya shoot single actions". I told him I liked single actions and had several. He replies he didn't know why, can't hit anything further than ten feet. I never asked about double actions. I simply thanked him for his time and walked out, have not been back.
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Hootey, I hope you don't mind me tossing in unasked for advice.

I think you passed up a good chance at educating an "auto-snob" or at least getting in some good debating exercise. I would definitely have asked about handgun hunting and why he thought almost all trophy animals (even the dangerous ones) are taken with revolvers and the bulk of them, single action.

Or, if you could, introduce him to Austin Hall (Post #38, this thread)

HALL said:
A younggun's point of view

Im 19, and usually have to rent a handgun. But that said I dont always shoot handguns, but when I do, I prefer single action revolvers. They are smooth, feel right, and really reach out there. The only semiautos that I even give a second glance are 1911s and Browning Hi-Powers. Once Im 21, that very day a Bisley Blackhawk will live in my safe.
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Lost Sheep

p.s., at least your store clerk knew the name Matt Dillon and did not get him mixed up with the "brat-pack" (extended version) actor.
 
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Lost Sheep: The young buck is one of those "I am never wrong" jerks,he would never admit he was wrong, let alone mistaken about something. Also his mother and father have owned the gun store for years. Guess who is taking over management of the business as ma and pa slowly retire? Yes, he did get the name of the main character on GunSmoke correct. He is slowly driving away the customers his parents spent years getting in the door, like me. The popular gunstore I mentioned is of course picking up the slack, they are stocking more revolvers. Like I mentioned, they have an entire shelf of nothing but Rugers. Hey, they will sell em, rather quickly I am sure....:cool:
 
Lost Sheep: Another stupid thing that young buck did last christmas that still raises my blood pressure a little(yeah yer right, I am venting a little). Anyway, the wife went in the store to get me a nice christmas present. She told em that I enjoyed target shooting and had mentioned wanting a Weaver 36X. They sold her a bushnell banner 3-9x40. I still have it in the box in a drawer, out in the shop. I take it out & look at once in a while. I did get a 36x a couple days later at another place. The banner is a nice little scope but, it is not a 36X Weaver. I guess I am getting cranky along with the grey hairs I am getting....:cool:
 
I'm 20 and own 11 revolvers, so I guess I'm a happy anomaly :p

Most shooters aren't TFL members; they have a gun, or a couple of guns, but it's not their passion, collection, anything of the sort, it's just their cool toy. If the whole purpose of your toy is to make a brass waterfall and a lot of noise, you're going to get an autoloader.

As I'm passionate about firearms and have a variety of tastes, a stainless Dan Wesson 6-gun with a half-lug 6" barrel makes me as happy as a shiny black .40 caliber Browning-Hi Power. And since I can't buy either of them for another 6 months I console myself with my near a dozen single-action blackpowder revolvers. BOOM!
 
I wasn't raised around guns even though both my parents came off farms where they were everyday tools. My dad did keep an old 410 shotgun he had as a kid but that mostly was kept in the back of his closet. Not that my family was pro or anti gun....mostly just indifferent.

As was I until last year. For some stange reason and at the age of 58 I suddenly became interested. Not for SD or HD either. Just for something fun. Did some research and picked up a Ruger P95 because it was big, rugged and fit my large hand. It turned out to be a great choice for me!

Then came the Ruger 22/45 for some cheap plinking fun. And another fav - my LGS had a near pristine S&W Model 10-5 with a 4" taper barrel that followed me home. For some reason, I just adore that gun.

Don't get me wrong. My P95 is a well made and great shooter but there is just something special about a classic, mechanically ingenious, 40 year old revolver.

While there are very few revolver shooters at the range I frequent, I've had young and old, male and female, come over to chat me up about the Smith. Some have taken me up on the offer to shoot it. But all - especially the shooters - have big grins.

Auto loaders appeal to our heads. But revolvers appears to our hearts.
 
I carry an LC9 sometimes and a S&W Model 36 snubby other times. Each has its merits and shortcomings but overall I like the Smith better for CC, partly because I like the way it looks and feels in my hand, and a FTF is just a wasted trigger pull and requires nothing more than another pull to get back into action. I also have a Walther PP and a little Beretta 21A that are called to CC duty when appropriate. For other uses I have an equal number of revolvers and semi-autos and find no reason to favor one action over another.

As far as range time goes I enjoy anything one can do with any sort of competent gun at the range, and so my gun collection and reloading gear are eclectic, handguns of nearly every type of action, likewise with rifles, whatever. But the most relaxing fun at the range is shooting my flintlocks. One could burn through a number of hours spent handloading in a few minutes so I purposely slow down so as to avoid getting done too quickly when I'm working up a new load or sighting in a new sight or gun, and muzzle loaders unavoidably slows it all down as well, to a relaxing, pleasant pace. Carefully handloading each shot one by one takes time and won't be rushed for safety's demands, so the steps in loading each of them must be made carefully and attentively, and thus each becomes an event in itself. I get a lot of pleasure of shooting along side a pair or a trio of rapid fire semi-auto guys who apparently think emptying a 15 round clip in 2 seconds is the best fun. While they blaze away I carefully load my replica Charleville .69 caliber musket (I have a shootable original I inherited that was carried by an ancestor with Washington's army) and perform the usual flash-boom that fills the shelter over the shooting positions with acrid smoke that stinks. It's especially fun if the wind blows it all back and the fusillade has to pause while the others wait to see downrange. I often get questions about black powder and flintlocks from the machine-pistol (they wish) shooters which I happily answer because that usually means their ear-splitting racket, annoying even with earplugs, has paused for a moment.
 
Winchester_73 said:
I hate revolvers
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Winchester 73, the TFL user that won the west
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Anyone think it odd that a fellow who named himself after a single-action revolver era lever-action gun has that attitude?

To W-73, do you have a reason why that you would care to share?

I think I will understand if you don't Kind of like the reason come people hate clowns, I suppose.:D

Lost Sheep
 
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