But magnum loads were excessive, except for the Winchester white box 110gr loads, an old favorite of mine, except - you're not supposed to them in a K-frame because of the forcing cone issue.
So for now I'm just keeping it simple. A model 64, a couple of j-frames, which are a handful in their own right, and my wife has her SP101 stoked with +P's.
I find myself tempted by autos in various flavors sometimes but I can't settle on any single one, plus they throw your brass all over creation when you're at the range.
I'll just keep telling myself that my revolvers are enough, for now. Maybe someday I'll get that CZ75 compact I've been lusting over. Or maybe something else.
BTW, have you noticed how all the gun threads anymore are always about handguns, never rifles or shotguns, or handloading, or competitive shooting? Think of all the fun we're all missing out on. :)
I'm getting more comfortable with the whole simplicity thing. Once in a while I run across something like this: www.hensleygibbs.com/edharris/articles/theversatile38special.htm and realize that I have taken a long trip to get back to a familiar place. Hey, if it worked for my older relatives, it'll work for me.
I find myself tempted by autos in various flavors sometimes but I can't settle on any single one, plus they throw your brass all over creation when you're at the range
I ended up with two very different Beretta semi autos that I would have dismissed outright not that many years ago, but which I've come to like very much. Sort of like the cats we've had, I didn't pick them out, but they won me over anyway!
BTW, have you noticed how all the gun threads anymore are always about handguns, never rifles or shotguns, or handloading, or competitive shooting? Think of all the fun we're all missing out on. :)
That is something I mentioned to a friend just the other day. In my case, a couple of things have caused this.
Our last major move took me away from the places I had permission to shoot at, and this state has since then changed so much in rural land usage that my use of rifles has been almost given up. The local ranges aren't much of a substitute and increasingly don't want centerfire longarms (after the yahoos began tearing up the backstops with various steel-bulleted ammo). The Great .22LR Hoardfest of the past couple of years caused me to get rid of all but one .22LR, and I've always been one of those "I only own one shotgun" types.
Then to add insult to injury, my eyes finally got to where a set of iron sights on a rifle aren't sufficient for "minute of squirrel" even if I had a place to bag one. So here I sit/stand, shooting- and talking - handguns WAY more than I did back in the good old days.
The one "silver lining" to this - if one can call it that - is that nowadays, I am more likely to actually use a handgun to defend myself than any time in my life. It's a sad commentary on the state of this community, but I'm more likely to need the pistol in my pocket than any longarm I have left.
Mr. niteowl77