SilverCreek Firearms….357 Magnum

[OneFreeTexan]

These are made just down the road from where I live. Granddaughters husband is a Machinist
There. Says the company operates on two words…’Quality’. ‘Precision’. the only gun they make is a 357 Magnum,,,read the story here….SilverCreekFirearms.com.
They are the finest guns I have seen,,, very nice fit and finish, He tells me their Quality Control is incredibly demanding,,,,,,no bad guns are going to escape….
When I held one, I thought “Wow, finest gun ever!!!”

Check them out.

 

[ontarget]

And all this time I thought you lived in Texas. Turns out we're dang near neighbors. Well, 50 miles apart I guess.
Anyway, interesting gun. I wonder if they plan to offer other barrel lengths,?
Any idea of MSRP? I didn't notice that on their site.

 

[P89DCSS]

Cylinder releases to the right, never seen that before. I'm interested but at what price?

 

[357 Terms]

Interesting.

DA/SA with a fixed cylinder/loading gate.
Ported.
7 shot.
Good alloy, looks really well made.

59 ounces!!

 

[Pat Riot]

“It will shoot pretty good…”
That’s a ringing endorsement, if I have ever heard one.

That is a very interesting revolver.
“Variable speed rifling” - This is something I am unfamiliar with. I remember hearing about a gun years ago that had this but I just can’t remember what it was. It may have been a military weapon.

I checked out their website. No pricing that I could find but it wouldn’t matter for me anyway until next summer as I am sure it won’t be on the CA Roster anytime soon.

Here’s the link:
https://silvercreekfirearms.com/

 

[Riomouse911]

“It will shoot pretty good…”
That’s a ringing endorsement, if I have ever heard one.

That is a very interesting revolver.
“Variable speed rifling” - This is something I am unfamiliar with. I remember hearing about a gun years ago that had this but I just can’t remember what it was. It may have been a military weapon.

I checked out their website. No pricing that I could find but it wouldn’t matter for me anyway until next summer as I am sure it won’t be on the CA Roster anytime soon.

Here’s the link:
https://silvercreekfirearms.com/

If it’s “gain twist” rifling the S&W460 uses it.
It basically starts out with a slow twist (1:100”) after the forcing cone and as the bullet moves down the barrel the twist rate increases to the final desired rate of spin, which is 1:20” I believe.

I’ve read that this is designed to reduce the chance of a bullet stripping out of the lands when hitting them at very high speeds as they jump from cylinder to forcing cone to rifled barrel, I’ve also read that this was used to reduce torque when the gun is fired to prevent scope damage. I don’t know why it was really used in the .460, but I guess it works well as those .460’s are awesome tools .

Stay safe.

 

[Steve S.]

For a piece manufactured in Michigan at today’s labor costs “that shoots pretty good”, I will MSRP it at $1,100 - if the piece shot “really good”, $1,500.

 

[P89DCSS]

Cylinder releases to the right, never seen that before. I'm interested but at what price?

Never mind, never occurred to me that a standard SA action with loading gate could also be DA.

Does it have a transfer bar?

 

[Dave T]

Looks like someone set out to make a "better single action" but had some trouble making up their mind how best to do it. (smile)

Not my cup of tea but I wish the fellow well for at least trying.

Dave

 

[GeoDudeFlorida]

Looks like it'd make a nice hunting piece. I'm not sure why I'd want one over a standard Blackhawk but it does look like it's purpose-made.

 

[ThomasT]

At 3.7 pounds it rivals the Colt Walker for size and weight. Good looking gun but they lost me with the ported barrel. At 57 oz in a 357 why do you need porting? It didn't say if the 6" barrel was ported so maybe not. And I thought my Super Black Hawk was heavy at 43oz. My 6" GP-100 weighs the same IIRC. I wish them all the success in the world with their new gun.

I forgot. I think gain twist rifling was used in the Italian Carcano rifle. I think.

 

[Barry the Bear]

I've seen uglier guns, but not that much.

 

[OneFreeTexan]

I knew the ‘haters’ would show up.

I've seen uglier guns, but not that much.

 

[Barry the Bear]

I knew the ‘haters’ would show up.

I'm a hater for following my own aesthestics?

 

[NIGHTLORD40K]

I'm a hater for following my own aesthestics?

Ive gotta say, the DESIGN is kinda hideous......but I can appreciate the quality machining and polishing, lol.

Would make a decent hunting handgun or a neat range-toy, but Im sure the $$ will be well North of what a new Python runs, so Im probably not going to bite.

I wish them well, though- we need more companies willing to think outside the box with new products.

 

[Plan2Live]

Photos would have been a nice addition to this thread.

 

[dh1633pm]

Photo's can be had at the Website. Interesting Pistol to include the design. I hope they do very well.

 

[GeoDudeFlorida]

I knew the ‘haters’ would show up.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. When I had my DW 15 I got a lots of comments about how ugly it was, especially with the 2-1/2" barrel. I liked it but not everyone's style and that's fine.

 

[Meeks36]

Hate to say it but if you cannot see a price tag it’s out of your price range. For most. Gotta agree a Ruger Blackhawk is a lot cheaper and decently made. I’m sure Ruger has shipped out a few turds.

 

[stonebuster]

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. When I had my DW 15 I got a lots of comments about how ugly it was, especially with the 2-1/2" barrel. I liked it but not everyone's style and that's fine.

I'm quite sure your DW 15 was a beauty(but I may be prejudiced)

 

[dredd]

I'd sure take that for a test drive if I could.

 

[gobsauce]

Anyone else find it strange that an SA/DA doesn't have a swing out cylinder? Or is this common for target revolvers?

 

[UncleEd]

Wish Silver Creek well.

The outfit needs a professional
sales approach featuring the
salient innovations, good points
of the firearm and why it is
needed in someone's collection.

In other words, the company needs
to let the world know that "whatever
the competitors do, we do
better."

 

[NIGHTLORD40K]

Anyone else find it strange that an SA/DA doesn't have a swing out cylinder? Or is this common for target revolvers?

Nope, very uncommon, though there were a few others such as the Colt Lightning/Thunderer and various old Iver Johnson and Harrington & Richardson's- some of which were reasonably decent target pistols.

 

[UncleEd]

A swing-out cylinder is a very
complicated bit of engineering
though we hardly even think
about it.