Your favorite revolvers...

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In general, which do you enjoy shooting more...single action revolvers or double action revolvers?

What are your favorite revolvers? List models.

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For me, I get more enjoyment/fun out of shooting single action revolvers. I find that when I shoot double action revolvers, 95% of the time I don't use the double action trigger anyway! ;)

Here are some of my favorites...

Ruger Blackhawk / Vaquero (I just love these guns)
Colt Python (the only DA revolver that I don't mind using DA trigger a lot--what a wonderful trigger pull in both DA and SA. Beautiful overall fit and finish on the Python as well--if only they weren't so damn much $)
Smith & Wesson 686 / 686 Plus (exceptional performance for the money)
Ruger GP 100 (built like a tank, well made)
Ruger SP 101 (built like a small tank, well made)


I also enjoy the more traditional and historically correct (i.e. half cock to load, firing pin on hammer) Colt SAA's, but they are essentially 5-shooters since you need to keep the chamber empty that has the hammer resting over it for safety reasons.
 
My favorite revolvers at the range:

S&W Model 19/66

Ruger SP 101

Ruger Vaquero but frankly I have fun with any single action revolver.

Which do I have more fun shooting? Cocking and shooting a single action with one hand makes me as giddy as a shoolboy with a new sling shot.:D :D :D :D

Shooting any gun is fun on some level but I tend to be more serious and more "down to business" with DA revolvers or Autos
 
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Which do I have more fun shooting? Cocking and shooting a single action with one hand makes me as giddy as a shoolboy with a new sling shot.
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Me too!

I just am drenched with happiness everytime I shoot one of my single action revolvers.

Double actions are fun, but they don't bring out that estatic feeling like single actions do, for me anyway.
 
Before I got my used, 4" S&W Model 19, it was my Python. Now, the 19's action has caused me to fall in love with it and the Python will be relagated to second-class status. Plus, the 19 doesn't seem to lead as badly as the Python. BTW, I use .38 Spl. handloads.
DAL
 
Favorite revolvers, huh? Hmmm...

Well, the .44 Mountain Gun almost ALWAYS goes to the range.

My Webley Mk. IV is another "almost always" gun. I shoot it amazingly well compared to some of my other guns. I usually shoot this one DA. It's got a fantastically smooth trigger.

It doesn't go out as often, but my Hartford Bisley 4 3/4" .45 SAA is another very sweet shooter.
 
I got a sheriff's model vaquero (around 3 1/2 inch barrel) with a birdshead grip in .45 colt.
I love shooting that gun.
 
D/A Revolver's-

Smith & Wesson 686-5, 6" .357 magnum

Smith & Wesson 629-5; 5" "Classic" .44 magnum


Best Wishes,
Ala Dan, N.R.A. Life Member
 
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1. 4" S&W Model 19
2. 3" S&W Model 66
3. 3" S&W Model 13
4. 4" S&W Model 18
5. 4" S&W Model 617
6. 4" S&W Model 625

I haven't fired any of these single action in years. All double action.

I have had several Ruger SA in .45 Colt. These were good shooters, but they are all gone now. Just not my style.
 
Mine are S&W J frames, with other small revolvers thrown in too!

Specifically:

Charter Arms Pathfinder
S&W 63
S&W 651
S&W 36-6
S&W 60-6
S&W 43
Ruger SP-101
 
Ruger Vaquero/Blackhawk any model/cal/barrel length [SA revos always bring a HUGE smile to me. There is just "something" to blazing away with a good SA revolver that nothing else quite does it for me]
I enjoy shooting all my other guns, too; however, the "Sheriff's Model" 3-1/2" barrel .357 Vaquero is my favorite fun gun.
 
Ruger Blackhawks and Security Six series. I have small hands and both of these guns work well for me. I prefer D. A. shooting but use the single action for hunting.

Smith & Wesson revolvers admittedly have a superior trigger but all in all the Ruger is my favorite. Went back to what I started with.
 
Cimmarron Thunderer Birdshead 4-3/4" - .45 Colt
A brace of 7-1/2" SS Vaqueros - .44 Mag
S&W 29 Heritage Nickel-plated - .44 Mag

Love those single-actions! :D
 
Love the single actions, Just plain fun.

My funnest gun is my Sheriffs model vaquero, standard grip, in 45 colt

But that 30 carbine Blackhawk ain't far behind, BOOM FLASH WOW

That being said I'm not giving up my Colt Lawman 357 for anything;)
 
My favorite is the Model 19 in 4", closely followed by my 686 2.5" and a customized Model 57.

Of all the wheelguns I've ever owned, nothing quite balances, points, and looks like that Model 19.
 
Tough one...

Probably either my PC-13 or my 625-4.

Good attention to detail, sweet DA triggers, and quite easy on the eyes. :)
 
Oops!

I almost forgot my S&W 642. For carry, it can't be beat, and it's pretty accurate to boot.
DAL
 
My absolute favorite: five-inch, P&Red, Smith 27-2. Solid, reliable, accurate, beautiful, smooth and very sweet.
 
I personally enjoy DA revolvers MUCH more, and shoot DA maybe 95% of the time...my favorite revo's are:
-S&W Model 625, "1988"-marked and tuned by Lou Ciamillo
-S&W Model 686, 6-in., tuned by Ciamillo
-S&W Model 625, "1989"-marked, w/5-in. barrel, tuned
by me
-S&W Model 686, 4-in., tuned by me
-S&W Model 586, 6-in., second year of production, stock
except for grip change...fired and dry-fired so much it
did NOT need "tuning"
-S&W Model 17 "Classic Hunter", 6-in., tuned by Ciamillo
-Colt Python 6-in., blued, mid-60's production...VERY smooth
"Snake", and the only non-S&W revo on my list...
....mikey357
 
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