What is it about revolvers?

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Hey guys, I think I have an existential crisis on my hands. For as long as I've been shooting, which in reality is not that long (I'm only 22), I've been shooting semi autos and have always thought revolvers were for old guys. But then something crazy happened. I came into possession of my wife's grandfathers S&W m.37 and Ruger Single Six. All of the sudden I'm hooked, I mean, I haven even shot the darn things and I'm already researching calibers and reading review after review of different models. Its just something about how it looks and how it feels in my hands. I think I might be a revolver guy at heart.

My question is, how did you guys get into revolvers or what is it about them that got you hook?

P.S. My wife already gave me the ok to pick up a Ruger SP101.
 
My question is, how did you guys get into revolvers or what is it about them that got you hook?
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I was hooked the first time I shot one, a friend's 3" M65, which I happen to now own. It had/has the smoothest factory action I've ever felt, and just balanced really well. And it just "looked" right to me.

Shooting a revolver well is tough, requires lots of practice, and isn't something many can do well, so the other part of the initial attraction was the challenge it presented.
 
Well I definitely never felt that revolvers are for old people. I'm only 24 and all three firearms I own so far since starting shooting about 2 years ago are revolvers (and the next 1-2 are likely to be as well). I've just liked them since I was young, maybe something to do with the TV shows and Movies I was into. IMO, no other firearm looks as nice or feels as good in the hand as a quality DA revolver. I've been intrigued by the odd semi-auto here or there, but they still never quite hold that charm that revolvers have.
 
Just wait until you discover the seduction of Colts.

You'll be forever in poverty, but a blissful poverty nonetheless.
 
Once you start reloading your own ammo it becomes even more fun. I reload for my .38/.357, .32/.327, .40/10mm, .44 special/.44 mag, and .45 acp revolvers and there is little out there that is more satisfying than making your own loads.

I'm 34, and I feel as though all eyes are on me at the range from both young and older shooters when I whip out my wheel guns and start blasting away. I get the proverbial nod of aproval from the older gents, and a curious look from the young kids shooting their black plastic high caps. After I offer to let both young and old shoot my revo's, the response is always the same...."cool, that was fun".
 
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In my opinion, a nice revolver ALWAYS beats the latest and greatest semi auto... not to say I dont enjoy a semi auto, but the 1873 is pretty much perfect, with few exceptions.
 
I got hooked on revolvers the instant I shot the first 357 round through my Smith and Wesson 686. Nothing, before or after, has compared to that moment.
 
For all of the "younger" guys..... Once you feel the smoothness of a Smith 27 or a Colt Python, or the sheer brutal recoil of a Mod 29 you haven't lived!!!! Once you look into the deep rich bluing and see your face looking back, you'll be hooked forever...... The feel of a correctly fitted pair of wooden revolver grips, warm and secure in your hand, no other feeling on earth or 3M can come close...
 
Last year a LGS held a gun expo and I got to shoot 3 revolvers and after that .... hooked. Only have one but as the OP stated I have been researching different models and calibers of wheelies .
 
M Fawcett500:
I was shooting auto loaders on a Marine Corps pistol team. I purchased a Smith & Wesson modle 29, .44 mag to help build the strength in my shooting arm. Needless to say I was hooked on revolvers. I now shoot seven, two Rugers and fiive Smiths and no auto loaders.


Semper Fi.

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i havent been around guns long and im defiately hooked on revolvers, due to their ease of use, ease of cleaning, and i just like the looks alot better than those of a semi auto. and something about that 'click click' when you pull the hammer back is just awesome. the only semi auto i own is a smith and wesson 22a, and probably the only other semi i would consider owning would be a 1911.
 
I have always prefered revolvers because of simplicity and reliability. You can leave a revolver loaded for months and never have to concern yourself with mag springs weakening or taking a "set". Also with a revolver, there are no failure to feed, no failure to eject and if you have a mis-fire, simply pull the trigger again and bang! I also happen to feel that revolvers are just a prettier weapon than auto-loaders.
 
Tradition, reliability, history. Also in my reloading days I liked the way revolvers did not scatter my brass, nor were they too dependent on magazines.
 
"My question is, how did you guys get into revolvers or what is it about them that got you hook?"

HAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAA!

You are doomed. DOOMED I SAY! YOU HAVE NO CHANCE OF EVERY BEING HAPPY AGAIN -----UNTIL YOU SUCUMB TO THE "REVOLVER ADDICTION" !!

It cannot be cured

Give up now!
Resistance is futile!
 
I just got back from the range at 5:15 CDST. I took six guns with me.
1. Keltek P3AT with laser sight.
2. Bersa Thunder 9 with 3 mags.
3. XD40 subcompact. with 2 mags.
4 Colt Trooper MKIII 357 mag.
5. Dan Wesson 38 spl snubnose.
6. S&W 29-2 44 mag with 8 3/4 bbl.

I saved the revolvers for last as I enjoy shooting them the most.
The DW was a blst with some +p's.
The Colt was smooth as glass.
and the 29-2 was just a beast. Everyone wanted to know what the heck I was shooting.
 
Three-quarters of my hand guns are revolvers. I like them. To me auto loaders are utilitarian tools. Useful, but only tools to me.

A few weeks ago I had to re-qualify for my carry license which meant that I had to shoot .45 auto and .38 special (because that's what's on my license - allows me to carry anything the same caliber diameter or smaller). Since I don't own a .45 I usually look for someone willing to trade guns and ammo so we both get qualified on both guns. I think the guy who shot my .38 wheelgun may be a convert.

I shoot auto loaders well (using the other guy's 1911 my target was one ragged hole), but enjoy shooting wheelguns more.
 
I've been shooting semi autos and have always thought revolvers were for old guys.
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You're darned straight they are! We need our revolvers to keep them danged teenagers with their semiautomatics off our lawns! ;)

I started shooting at an early age. By the time I was a teenager, I'd moved quite a bit, and had landed in a town where nobody my age shot. My "peer group" was a bunch of older guys who weren't very good, very safe, or very fun to be around, but I had to tag along to have a place to shoot.

I was a smallish, skinny guy, and though I shot most things well, one of the guys loaded up a S&W 19 with some kind of insane handloads and offered to let me shoot it. It was brutal, and it knocked me back a step. Since I hadn't been informed that I needed to place my thumbs in a different spot than I was used to, the cylinder stop bit the heck out of me.

As I shook my hand out, they all laughed about it. It had been something of a practical joke. I was not happy. I was quite cross. You might even say, resentful.

A friend's uncle had a Model 19, and he later showed me how to hold it correctly. With a little practice, I got fairly comfortable, and as I learned to work the gun, I found that it pointed and shot more naturally than anything else. I spent pretty much the whole summer between my sophomore and junior year shooting tons of .357. At some point, the proverbial lightbulb went off, and I was literally driving nails with it.

Come September, I went back to Camp Jerkwad and showed those chumps. Petty? Perhaps, but the result was the same. To this day, nothing shoots as well for me as a good revolver.

(Edit: by "showed those chumps," I mean that I outshot all of them.)
 
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