The best Revolver you ever owned?
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Mine would have to be my Ruger .45 Colt 5 1/2" flattop. It would be the last cartridge style revolver to go. Most used therefore the 'best'. 2# Pull, all tuned up and is accurate. My tuned Ruger .44Special 5 1/2" flattop would be a close second though... But the .45 Colt cartridge simply trumps all others. I don't see this changing ever because it just doesn't get any better. The revolver just feels right in the hands. Looks good too, unlike Pythons and S&W revolvers.... So it is my perfect woods pack'n pistol and general shooting revolver.
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FrankenMauser
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Best?
Can't really make that call. If I still own it, I like it. And if I like it, it's good.
Worst? ...It was a S&W.
Favorite:
My recently-rebirthed Super Blackhawk (completely rebuilt by Ruger, around its 20th birthday, utilizing the original frames and grips):
Can't really make that call. If I still own it, I like it. And if I like it, it's good.
Worst? ...It was a S&W.
Favorite:
My recently-rebirthed Super Blackhawk (completely rebuilt by Ruger, around its 20th birthday, utilizing the original frames and grips):
Mike_Fontenot
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Best (for me), after a trigger job: .44mag S&W69 5-shot 4-1/4" DA/SA revolver. Conceal-carries as nicely as my 1911. Needs the X500 grips, though.
Define what constitutes "best." Most accurate? Best feeling? Most handsome?
There really is no "best" when discussing firearms. The question "which is best" is often asked, but in 49 years being involved with firearms I have yet to formulate or hear a good response.
IMO (for whatever that's worth) I think the Colt Single Action Army is just about the most handsome revolver I own.
IMO the 5" N frame S&W is the best feeling and best balanced revolver.
IME the Colt Python is the best shooting revolver.
IMO the Python is also the best finished and most refined.
IMO nothing says "Open for Business" like a 3.5" N frame 257 S&W.
There really is no "best" when discussing firearms. The question "which is best" is often asked, but in 49 years being involved with firearms I have yet to formulate or hear a good response.
IMO (for whatever that's worth) I think the Colt Single Action Army is just about the most handsome revolver I own.
IMO the 5" N frame S&W is the best feeling and best balanced revolver.
IME the Colt Python is the best shooting revolver.
IMO the Python is also the best finished and most refined.
IMO nothing says "Open for Business" like a 3.5" N frame 257 S&W.
Kreyzhorse
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Mine is a toss up between my S&W 686 or my Ruger Vaquero 44 Mag. Both are products of the 1990s and are both well made with a smooth action.
My Dad's 586 though is the best revolver I've ever shot. Easy 1980s production and a wonderful gun.
My Dad's 586 though is the best revolver I've ever shot. Easy 1980s production and a wonderful gun.
orionengnr
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Best I ever owned was probably an S&W M25-5 in .45LC, with some attention by Hamilton Bowen. Unfortunately, I sold it.
Best I own right now is probably my M66 no-dash. Certainly isn't the prettiest, but would be one of the last I'll ever let go of.
Best I own right now is probably my M66 no-dash. Certainly isn't the prettiest, but would be one of the last I'll ever let go of.
Pathfinder45
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Most Interesting
Back in the 1970's I had purchased a Blackhawk convertible 45, "Made in the 200th Year of Amrican Liberty". It was a really good revolver and those that knew me well, knew about it as I shot it a lot. So one day, one of my tree planting buddies, a Yurok fellow from up on the Klamath River, tells me he has an old 45 revolver I might be interested in. Well I was, a little. Next time he comes over he brings me a true basket-case of dirty, rusted, and severely pitted revolver parts that had probably lain in a state of disassembly and forgotten neglect for decades. It truly looked like junk. I asked him what he was going to do with it. He figured maybe he would sell it to me for 25 dollars if I was interested. I said, "OK", without haggling and the sack of corroded metal junk became mine. I cleaned it up a little and realized it needed some professional help or professional advice to grow it away. So I put it away for several months but eventually took it to a gunsmith in Medford, Oregon. 90 bucks later I had a a shootable 1873 Colt Single Action 45. The gun had matching serial number and was all original with well worn, black, hard rubber grips, no eagle, but correct for its 1902 vintage. All metal surfaces were pitted from corrosion and the barrel-cylinder gap was both large and uneven. But it was shootable. I have never shot any other handgun, before or since, that handled so naturally, and was so predisposed hit what you pointed it at. It was like it lived up to the legend. It looked very similar to Driftwood's picture, but without the eagle in the grips, the front of the cylinder was a bit more beveled, and it was more pitted. I kick myself for letting it go at a time before such items escalated dramatically in value. I can't afford anther like it now. All the ones I see now of similar vintage and condition are priced around $3,500. About 3 times the cost of a new one. Alas, my Vaquero will have to do.
Back in the 1970's I had purchased a Blackhawk convertible 45, "Made in the 200th Year of Amrican Liberty". It was a really good revolver and those that knew me well, knew about it as I shot it a lot. So one day, one of my tree planting buddies, a Yurok fellow from up on the Klamath River, tells me he has an old 45 revolver I might be interested in. Well I was, a little. Next time he comes over he brings me a true basket-case of dirty, rusted, and severely pitted revolver parts that had probably lain in a state of disassembly and forgotten neglect for decades. It truly looked like junk. I asked him what he was going to do with it. He figured maybe he would sell it to me for 25 dollars if I was interested. I said, "OK", without haggling and the sack of corroded metal junk became mine. I cleaned it up a little and realized it needed some professional help or professional advice to grow it away. So I put it away for several months but eventually took it to a gunsmith in Medford, Oregon. 90 bucks later I had a a shootable 1873 Colt Single Action 45. The gun had matching serial number and was all original with well worn, black, hard rubber grips, no eagle, but correct for its 1902 vintage. All metal surfaces were pitted from corrosion and the barrel-cylinder gap was both large and uneven. But it was shootable. I have never shot any other handgun, before or since, that handled so naturally, and was so predisposed hit what you pointed it at. It was like it lived up to the legend. It looked very similar to Driftwood's picture, but without the eagle in the grips, the front of the cylinder was a bit more beveled, and it was more pitted. I kick myself for letting it go at a time before such items escalated dramatically in value. I can't afford anther like it now. All the ones I see now of similar vintage and condition are priced around $3,500. About 3 times the cost of a new one. Alas, my Vaquero will have to do.
g.willikers
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Back in my revolver only days, I had quite a few Rugers - Blackhawks and DA models - a couple of S&Ws, including the ubiquitous 29 and a few others.
But the one I liked the most by far, was the Hawes branded J.P. Sauer six shooter.
Just about wore that one out, all around the others.
All gone long ago though, after I learned about 1911s and how to shoot them.
But the one I liked the most by far, was the Hawes branded J.P. Sauer six shooter.
Just about wore that one out, all around the others.
All gone long ago though, after I learned about 1911s and how to shoot them.
Tactical Jackalope
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Model 19-3 
Overkill777
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Smith & Wesson model 66 4 inch barrel prelock.
Stephanie B
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Best? Model 19-4.
I shoot it better than any handgun that I have (which has open sights).
Close behind it, a Model 66-3
a Model 15:
a Model 17-4:
and my EDC gun, a Detective Special:
I shoot it better than any handgun that I have (which has open sights).
Close behind it, a Model 66-3
a Model 15:
a Model 17-4:
and my EDC gun, a Detective Special: