We learned how to shoot on semiautomatic pistols, and when we started as an instructor we were convinced we could teach all our students the same way. For some shooters, though, the revolver has a quicker learning curve.
It may be they are distracted by ejecting brass, have difficulty with slide manipulation or are enamored by the superior grip characteristics of a classic Colt or Smith.
If part of your goal is to introduce new people to the shooting sports, a spare 38 Special revolver can help a newcomer who might otherwise give up. I simply like revolvers, for many of the reasons cited above. Read More Here. Advertise with us Contact us. It depends. What is it about the revolver that still endears it to so many shooters?
Nostalgia For many shooters, revolvers hearken back to a simpler time. As a student of history, the author can certainly appreciate revolvers from this standpoint.
They are built with the precision of a Swiss watch and the strength of an Abrams Tank. My first Freedom Arms Model 83 came with a standard 7. I mounted a Leupold scope on it with a J. I have lost count of the critters I have shot with that Model Deer, bears, hogs plus a lot of smaller game. I have shot it a bunch at the range working up loads and practicing, yet that gun is just as tight as the day I got it 33 years ago.
Another time I shot a south Alabama whitetail with the revolver. Later another guy in the camp was tracking a deer he had wounded. The skimpy blood trail had given him hours of frustration until it intersected the one from my deer. I have others now. Another 5-inch barrel,. The introduction of the. Sure Elmer Keith was hot-rodding the. It was a wonderful piece of gun making art. As an aside, I once had a chance to buy one for a few peanuts. But I had a new job, a new house and a new kid.
I had no peanuts. The large frame, called the N frame, is a bit of a heavy handgun in. Designed for cops, this was also a gun for hunters and outdoorsmen.
It was meant to be carried. Most outdoorsmen never shot that much anyway. Neither did cops, for that matter. I used it for PPC competition with.
For many years I carried it whenever I was out and about in the woods. With that handgun and handloaded ammo I have taken every critter legal to shoot in my home state of Vermont, except a bobcat and a black bear. I truly believe that cartridges and guns have soul mates.
For example the. They are symbiotic and one would not have survived without the other. They are a perfect match. For the. This beefier handgun remains one of the top hunting handguns ever made. That it fell to pieces if shot too much was one.
That surfaced when Handgun Metallic Silhouette shooting took off in the late seventies. The Super Blackhawk is kind of like a rock, in that you need to work very hard to break it. One of mine digested about six gazillion full power loads when I was competing and it still functions like the day it was made.
I used my other Super Blackhawk to shoot my first ever black bear. For a hunter looking for a. The Great War was over, Colt had stopped production on single action revolvers and the market was all about automatics and double action revolvers. So Ruger decided to build a single action revolver. With that gun, he introduced investment casting to the gun making world, something that was unheard of. Then a well-known writer at the time, Pete Kuhlhoff, ran a small mention in Argosy magazine and it broke the Southport Post Office.
Seems Americans did indeed want a single action handgun. The Single Six is a scaled down single action in a size that works with the. Big enough to feel like a real gun and fit in an adult hand, yet light enough to carry on your belt all day. It became the companion handgun of millions of hunters, fishermen, trappers, campers and woods ramblers.
The Single-Six is a delightful handgun, not just light to carry, but extremely accurate. When I first got into Bullseye shooting competition, it was the only. My scores were fine. A year later I found out that there are pistol shooting competitions that move faster than drying paint and I left Bullseye behind.
About that time I also entered my trapping phase. For about four or five years, two of them full time, that little Ruger was on my belt every single early morning as I headed out to tend my line.
The gun accounted for a lot of fur and a lot of small game. I even shot a deer with it one time, a finishing shot. Twice it saved me from a pissed-off skunk in a trap. Who knew they could be so vindictive? I was so proud that the next day at work I showed it around the shop.
Different times. While I am still a little hurt, he was right. The Python was considered the premier. Colt, of course, blew it and the gun went out of production before I could get my hands on one. For those who are serious about their revolver shooting or plan to be, the black stainless steel cylinder is cut for moon clips.
These metal clips hold eight rounds together, and all you have to do is drop a loaded moon clip into the cylinder, close the cylinder and start shooting. The rear sight has an adjustable V notch, and the front is a blade and is also interchangeable. The finger-grooved synthetic grips are comfortable and offer a really secure hold.
While expensive, its feature set make this the ultimate revolver for defense. Give a Gift Subscriber Services. See All Special Interest Magazines. All Handguns subscribers now have digital access to their magazine content. This means you have the option to read your magazine on most popular phones and tablets. To get started, click the link below to visit mymagnow. Get Digital Access. Subscribe To The Magazine.
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