The gun I feel the most foolish for letting go was a 4" stainless 686. Man, that gun just hung in my hand. Slick action and very good accuracy. I've had two GP100s (4" blued and 3" stainless). Good guns, but never felt as "right" in my mitts as that 686.
The one and only time I ever inspected a bump in the night was 10+ years ago with that Smith in my hand. My wife was out of town (this was before my daughter was born), and I heard the strangest animal noises coming from my back yard. I was watching TV in the wee hours in the living room as I never sleep well when my wife is gone. I could hear something heavy move across the concrete patio. The dog was inside with me, and we had a picket fence so it wasn't just open to animals to cut through. I decided to go out the front door and flank around the side yard. We lived in a crackerbox starter home in a newly built neighborhood that butts up to 1000s of acres of farmland, so I had no idea what I was going to find. I figured I would be less likely to be noticed that way and the backlight of the house lights wouldn't ruin my night vision if I approached in the dark.
Long story short and anticlimactic, I never figured out what was moving through my yard at 1am, but I felt a lot better with that Smith hanging on my side.
I'll be 39 next month. I have an expensive year coming up with a few big trips, so it's going to be a "knife year" for me with no gun purchases. However, for my 40th, I think I will have earned a new .357. A 4" 686 with wood grips like my old one may just be what the doctor ordered
Good luck!
The one and only time I ever inspected a bump in the night was 10+ years ago with that Smith in my hand. My wife was out of town (this was before my daughter was born), and I heard the strangest animal noises coming from my back yard. I was watching TV in the wee hours in the living room as I never sleep well when my wife is gone. I could hear something heavy move across the concrete patio. The dog was inside with me, and we had a picket fence so it wasn't just open to animals to cut through. I decided to go out the front door and flank around the side yard. We lived in a crackerbox starter home in a newly built neighborhood that butts up to 1000s of acres of farmland, so I had no idea what I was going to find. I figured I would be less likely to be noticed that way and the backlight of the house lights wouldn't ruin my night vision if I approached in the dark.
Long story short and anticlimactic, I never figured out what was moving through my yard at 1am, but I felt a lot better with that Smith hanging on my side.
I'll be 39 next month. I have an expensive year coming up with a few big trips, so it's going to be a "knife year" for me with no gun purchases. However, for my 40th, I think I will have earned a new .357. A 4" 686 with wood grips like my old one may just be what the doctor ordered
Good luck!