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Ruger revolvers are also out of stock at most places. Come back next year!
Ruger revolvers are also out of stock at most places. Come back next year!
Look, your choice is your choice, mine is mine. Both will work just fine if we're fluent in their use. I am confident in the SA. Hoping never to be stuck in such a situation at all.
Again...based upon the OP's premise...you choose what you feel works for you...not anyone else.
The Dan Wesson is solid, and built like a brick shithouse.Two of the reasons people favor the Rugers for sustained firing of .357s is because 1) they have solid frames, and 2) they are easy to take apart and put back together. I don't recall whether the Dan Wesson had a solid frame or not, but they were definitely strong kiss ass revolvers. I didn't particularly like them because they were too heavy, and most of the ones I saw had underlugs; however, even those that didn't were too heavy, though the bluing was superb.
S&W 66 -- Slick!
The one thing that the K-frame Smith's didn't like was the light bullets (110/125gr JHPs). The ammo in the cave had Speer 140 JHPs and most likely were handload, who knows? But even a K-frame should be able to handle 2,500 rounds. To me, the Model 66 no-dash is one of the most beautiful .357s ever made. Bill Jordan really loved the Model 19 and could hit aspirins suspended from strings in rapid fire at 20 feet all day long.
The Ruger Security-Six was about the same size and could survive drops onto hard rocks while the 66s couldn't. The fellow who was a techie at the NRA, (C.E.) Ed Harris, ruined his Model 19 by putting too many 125gr JHPs through it. The first time was after about 2,000 hot handloads/factory loads through it. The second time (another 2,000+), he ruined it for good, to where he had to retire it and use .38s. The cover of the AMERICAN RIFLEMAN was blue and it was in the early 80s, I think, if any of you keep old issues. After that, he was dead set on the Ruger Security-Six, which he wasn't able to destroy. He had a bunch of .357s he tested, including a Llama .357. It was junk, but it helped fill up the page.
He should have tried the Ruger Security-Six, though he was absolutely right. I've never seen a 66 for sale in any store or pawn shop. And I've never seen a 19, either. It was a slick .357, especially with recessed cylinders and a stamped sideplate. Slick. Good word.
If he used heavier bullets, it's probably still in use.
Ruger Security-Six.
I love the Rugers because it's the only decent .357 DA revolver I could ever find. When I bought my first revolver, I came this close to not buying the Security-Six because I thought some clown was playing with a name like Luger. Colt I heard of. S&W I heard of, but who are ye? But there was a book store about a block away, and I found a magazine of handgun tests. It gave the Ruger Security-Six a "super A+" rating and said it was the best deal, and one of the strongest, in .357s. So I went back and bought it. Never regretted it.
BTW, the knives I'd pick are the Ontario Marine Raider and the Cold Steel (no relation) Recon 1 clip point w/5-inch blade (CTS-XHP steel).
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Rick Grimes doesn't agree with you.
Four straight walls and a stinking hole??The Dan Wesson is solid, and built like a brick shithouse.
But...but....RICK GRIMES!!!!!!!!!
Ruger revolvers are also out of stock at most places. Come back next year!
Interesting choice. Why the Beretta 21A?Beretta 21A
Why do these guys always look like they just left a Macy's rather than a cattle roundup?
YES, but does it have a solid frame? I honestly don't recall.The Dan Wesson is solid, and built like a brick shithouse.
Yep, but now that you brought it up...I wonder?I don't recall whether the Dan Wesson had a solid frame or not, but they were definitely strong kiss-ass revolvers.[/I]
...should read like this:
“I don't recall whether the Dan Wesson had a solid frame or not, but they were definitely strong kick-ass revolvers.
ONE was a TV guy and the other was a JEHOVAH's WITNESS? Oh, you mean JOHN WAYNE? Or...was it JOHN WICK? Initials always confuse me!Not so much the pic of J.W., but with the camera angle with that TV guy, there could well be wadcutters in the cylinder.
HA! Good point, and well played.Rick Grimes is a Brit. He long ago surrendered his right to vote on this one.
Something is wrong with this web site. They have revolver rimfire and centerfire all mixed up.