Not As Clumsy Or Random As An Auto, But Elegant Weapons For A More Civilized Age

[cslinger]

I have added a couple of revolvers recently and decided to pull out all the wheel guns for a quick oiling. Everytime I handle or shoot a good revolver I just cannot help but admire the feel and elegance of steel and wood.

I shoot for fun, I am not some tactical this, wannabe that and I have no desire or illusions about ever wanting hurt another living thing. That being said I have to tell you our revolvers tend to really bring home "shooting" for me. The sounds, the smells, the feel, everything that is pleasurable about shooting.

Not that I don't enjoy a good autochucker as well but you get my point.

So I figured I would post a picture of our revolvers all cleaned up and ready to go.

 

[vanilla_gorilla]

One I took just minutes ago on a whim.




I carry a 1911 daily, but there is just something about a beautiful roundgun that holds my eyes.

 

[Stoney]

No argument from me.

 

[Black Adder LXX]

Absolutely beautiful. I am so jealous...

Stoney, where did you get the grips on the snubby?

 

[gunfish]

This left the factory in 1915.


This less elegant example left the factory around 1910.

 

[bannockburn]

cslinger

Great thread starter. Obi Wan was right.
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[SJshooter]

Revolver picture thread? Oh hell yes....

S&W Model 17-6 (four-inch)


S&W Model 17-6 (six-inch)


S&W Model 36 no-dash


Left: S&W Model 681-1
Right: S&W Model 66-2


S&W Model 586-7

 

[Roswell 1847]

This less elegant example left the factory around 1910.

Nice. I repaired one of those years ago and test fired a few times, excellent pointer and very accurate for a small gun. Unique soft recoil.
That old gun had been shot loose and if you engaged the safety and then pressed the trigger the next time you disengaged the safety it would go off.
I found that a loose fit of the slide to the frame caused this since half of the affected mechanism was in each.
I fixed it by carefully squeezing the front rails of the frame in a vice till they had returned to the proper specs. Easy to do. Since the exterior looked like an old railroad spike I also refinished it and made a pair if grips for it.

Anyway I've found that a wheelgun fits my hand best, especially when you are talking pocket size guns. I do my best shooting with a revolver. The Browning P35 has a similar feel to it due to the hump in the backstrap and broad grip.

Revolvers have a number of advantages. No need for a safety lever, you can visually see the rounds in the chamber, and if any debris is present that might effect functioning you should be able to see that as well and clear it easily.
They are not ammunition sensitive as far as functioning goes, and misfires do not stop the show.

 

[Texas Colt]

While I own lots of those random and clumsy auto-blasters, I love revolvers. And since there are no Colts in this thread, I'll start the Colt show...

 

[Magnum.35744]

Nice everyone .

 

[19-3Ben]

I love this thread. Here are mine from a previous thread of a similar nature.

http://www.thehighroad.org/showpost.php?p=2934821&postcount=9
http://www.thehighroad.org/showpost.php?p=2934828&postcount=10

 

[19-3Ben]

oops. Double tap.

 

[Jakkar]

Okay I have managed to collect a few in the last couple of months.

S&W 686-2

S&W Model 57 Mountain Gun in .41 Magnum

Colt King Cobra

1967 Colt Diamondback .38 Special

Ruger Blackhawk .41 Magnum

Ruger Bisley Blackhawk .357 Magnum

 

[Stoney]

Black Adder
They were an E bay buy.

 

[GunTech]

Too bad I'm not a photographer

 

[FSCJedi]

What, no pics of OLDER revolvers, like from the mid-to-late 1800s? I've yet to see a revolver that caught my eye like a nice '51 Navy, be it a C&B or a R-M Conversion.

GunTech, what do you think about that Mateba? PM or email me offline so as not to hijack this thread.

 

[bannockburn]

FSCJedi

How about a nice Colt Model 1860 Army instead, along with it's cartridge counterpart, an EMF Hartford Model 1873 Cavalry?

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[barman]

Superb pictures. I love those early 20th century S&W!

I shoot almost exclusively black powder, the only guns I have in smokeless are rifles.

 

[Stoney]

Here is my Lew Horton 29-3 44 Magnum.Pull the trigger and hang on.

 

[BobbyQuickdraw]

Hey cslinger, what are your Vaquero's chambered in? How do you like them?

A Vaquero is next on my shopping list but I'm torn between .45(long)Colt for it's historical appeal and .357Magnum+.38Special for its economical appeal. I don't have a huge ammo budget, don't reload myself yet, so its a tough call. On one hand I really love the appeal of the .45 but my wallet subtly hints towards .357.

 

[Texas Colt]

Stoney your Smith 29 is sweet!

I have often wished that Colt had made a 2-1/2 or 3 inch version of the Anaconda.

 

[ewb45acp]

More ponies...

Python, Trooper .357, Agent

 

[Roswell 1847]

One thing I really like about the revolver is its ability to digest just about any load within its pressure range.

When I first started shooting the .38 I made my own reloading outfit based on improptu setups used by freedom fighters and african guerillas.

I drilled a 3/8 inch hole in a 1/2 steel plate and polished it smooth with a sligth taper and a countersink with the edge radiused a bit. I experimented till I could tap a fired .38 hull into it and size the brass till it was a fairly tight fit on the cheap cast slugs I bought at a gunshop.
I'd tap out the primer while knocking the case back out from the otherside using a military surplus pin punch that fit the flashole, these punches have a shoulder to them. I'd seat a primer by just setting it on the plate and using a piece of brass tubing sliped into the case and a mallet to tap the primer pocket down around it till flush.

I seated the bullets with a C Clamp.
One pound of Bullseye would provide thousands of loads at 3 gr per load. I never used that whole can.

Later I got a Lyman 310 Nutcracker.

 

[theNoid]

Here's my baby...

 

[cslinger]

Stainless gun is an old style Vaquero chambered in .357 Maggie. Great gun in this caliber, if not all the historically accurate, but heck the Vaquero isn't a historically accurate SAA anyway.

The blued gun is a Single Six chambered in .22LR and .22WMR.

Chris