I know a fella who still has nightmares about the fight-to-the-death he endured. It has relevance in this thread.
He awoke from a deep sleep to discover an intruder in his bedroom. Barely having time to grab his S&W .357, the thug pounced on him and for about 15 bloody minutes, it was truly a fight to the death to gain control of the revolver.
During that brutal fight, the wood stocks were even broken off the revolver as the men fought . . . knowing that the loser would die. In the end, the homeowner DID manage to get the gun turned on the intruder and kill him . . . but needless to say it screwed up the homeowner's head pretty good . . . but he survived!!!
MY REQUIREMENTS:
1. Nightsights? Yep, I've got 'em on a 1911. It is in the safe usually. Nightsights glow like "lightning bugs" at night . . . and can draw the eyes of an intruder to find your gun in the pitch black house. No, I want a gun that I can point and hit the spot I'm aiming at WITHOUT needing sights at a reasonable distance. For me, this is the grip angle of a S&W revolver! I can reliably knock bowling pins off the table at the standard 10 yards without aiming with sights. Lots of competitions honed that skill.
2. Barrel length? SHORT! You don't want a BG to have much to grab onto, or you may lose that gun in a fight!!!
3. Front sight? Patridge design . . . squared off back, polished VERY SHARP via a file, then spot blued. If someone tries to grab the barrel, you rip it out of his hands and cut his fingers to the bone! (Photo below)
4. Grips? Elk Stag . . . hard and tough. If the gun turns into a hammer they can help you win.
5. Caliber? .45ACP hollowpoints. I prefer 200 gn. or 185 gn. to reduce penetration in case a round misses and keeps going through the house . . . hard hitting too.
6. Revolver? N frame . . . heavy, sturdy, super-reliable . . . and simply point and shoot.
Here she is . . . a custom, short barreled (3 1/2") Model 25-2 in .45ACP . . . usually stoked with Speer "Flying Ashtrays" . . . and yep . . . that front sight is SHARP!!! No rounded edges there. The gun is a "fighting revolver" from front to back . . . big, heavy, stout, short-barreled . . . and packing quite a punch!
Formidable looking from the front side also . . .
He awoke from a deep sleep to discover an intruder in his bedroom. Barely having time to grab his S&W .357, the thug pounced on him and for about 15 bloody minutes, it was truly a fight to the death to gain control of the revolver.
During that brutal fight, the wood stocks were even broken off the revolver as the men fought . . . knowing that the loser would die. In the end, the homeowner DID manage to get the gun turned on the intruder and kill him . . . but needless to say it screwed up the homeowner's head pretty good . . . but he survived!!!
MY REQUIREMENTS:
1. Nightsights? Yep, I've got 'em on a 1911. It is in the safe usually. Nightsights glow like "lightning bugs" at night . . . and can draw the eyes of an intruder to find your gun in the pitch black house. No, I want a gun that I can point and hit the spot I'm aiming at WITHOUT needing sights at a reasonable distance. For me, this is the grip angle of a S&W revolver! I can reliably knock bowling pins off the table at the standard 10 yards without aiming with sights. Lots of competitions honed that skill.
2. Barrel length? SHORT! You don't want a BG to have much to grab onto, or you may lose that gun in a fight!!!
3. Front sight? Patridge design . . . squared off back, polished VERY SHARP via a file, then spot blued. If someone tries to grab the barrel, you rip it out of his hands and cut his fingers to the bone! (Photo below)
4. Grips? Elk Stag . . . hard and tough. If the gun turns into a hammer they can help you win.
5. Caliber? .45ACP hollowpoints. I prefer 200 gn. or 185 gn. to reduce penetration in case a round misses and keeps going through the house . . . hard hitting too.
6. Revolver? N frame . . . heavy, sturdy, super-reliable . . . and simply point and shoot.
Here she is . . . a custom, short barreled (3 1/2") Model 25-2 in .45ACP . . . usually stoked with Speer "Flying Ashtrays" . . . and yep . . . that front sight is SHARP!!! No rounded edges there. The gun is a "fighting revolver" from front to back . . . big, heavy, stout, short-barreled . . . and packing quite a punch!
Formidable looking from the front side also . . .