Texan Scott wrote:
"The total lack of "accessories" and exterior complications. It's not a "Barbie doll for men" . A speed loader is "fancy". No magazines or gizmos. A good service 38 and a box of cartridges is an acceptable minimum.
It works. Still, after all these decades, and still every single time."
I agree! A revolver is not for 'accessorizing'!!! It's very form and shape are all that is necessary.
A speedloader is something fancy, since the revolver, in either Colt Peacemaker frame, or a hand-ejector frame, was designed to facilitate easy loading by hand, ergo the flutes, (thanks Clint Smith, for pointing that out!).
I agree on the 'good service .38 and a box of cartridges, as an acceptable minimum'. I own a Model 15, that came from a police department out west, that had reworked all the innards to 'new' condition, given the beauty a black teflon finish, and put Hogue Combat grips on it. I am not one to favor any 'plus-p' rounds, for the sake of my own old hands, so it gets fed wadcutter service rounds, or standard-no-hollow-point-semi-wadcutter rounds.
Lastly, I agree, it works.