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Revolvers: Perfect or Out-Dated for Personal Defense?
Am Shooting Journal ^ | 7/16/20 | C Baker

Posted on 07/16/2020 7:32:42 AM PDT by w1n1

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To: Joe Boucher
"A revolver does not eject a spent cartridge, thus leaving NO evidence. Just saying."
Plus saving time looking around for your brass before you leave. ;-)
141 posted on 07/16/2020 2:09:55 PM PDT by Tunehead54 (Nothing funny here ;-)
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To: Tunehead54

Not a professional. Just an old guy who has been around.

The traditional speed loader is a cylinder that matches the cylinder of your revolver exactly so that all cartridges line up with the chambers.

I never did like them because they are bulky.

A cell phone, a revolver and two or three speed loaders on your belt and you would need to watch your pants.

Plus you would be pretty obvious.

I prefer a couple of speed strips. In a pocket, not even noticeable. Not quite as fast, but you can line up two cartridges at a time and do fairly well.

But again, the gun for the job. And the exposure.

As for the screws, use nail polish unless you are experienced with machinery. The wrong Loctight or too much and it is a devil of a job to get those little screws loose without scatching or putting burrs on them.


142 posted on 07/16/2020 2:20:00 PM PDT by old curmudgeon (There is no situation so terrible, so disgraceful, that the federal government can not make worse)
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To: old curmudgeon
I pulled my .357 and cleared my house, dialed 911 to report it

You seem to be on the hunt but you're just flailing about. Notice the 911 call didn't go out until I had already cleared the house. In your what-if to me earlier you supposed that I had caught someone during the clearing...this would have been before the Law was notified. In your what-if, the story changes. DUH! My neighbors? What part of Podunk Alabama did you not get. What neighbors? <<< That's the whole reason I was targeted. Inspector, you just made a fool of yourself.

And in addition to interviewing all of your neighbors, a good cop will pull all of your posts on the internet.

I'll sleep better knowing that some old curmudgeon on the internet has my best interest at heart. If you have a hair on your ass you will apologize for calling me a liar. I don't expect you will.

143 posted on 07/16/2020 2:40:09 PM PDT by BlackbirdSST (Is it time Claire?)
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To: BlackbirdSST

I’m in Podunk, Alabama. No witnesses.
No Deputy, I was in the house when they came through the door. I feared for my life. There will only be one side to the story. I’m known here. No one would question it.


The above statement is completely opposite to your original post as well as the post to which I am replying.

In that post, you state flatly that you would lie to the cops.

And I am not on the hunt. But I get really annoyed at loud mouth rambos that post stuff that a person new to self defense might read and think that there are no consequences if they do the same.

I have nothing more to say as I do not deal with liars.


144 posted on 07/16/2020 3:04:20 PM PDT by old curmudgeon (There is no situation so terrible, so disgraceful, that the federal government can not make worse)
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To: old curmudgeon
You're conflating multiple post into one and haven't the good sense God gave a goat to be able to figure it out. If you only had one hair on your ass...

Would I lie to to keep my ass on this side of a prison for shooting someone IN.MY.HOUSE.? Damn right I would. Why don't you lie and say you wouldn't. On this forum I have told no lie. Carry on Inspector!

145 posted on 07/16/2020 3:27:49 PM PDT by BlackbirdSST (Is it time Claire?)
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To: w1n1
I got a .357 mag Ruger SP101 when I had shoulder surgery. There was no way I could rack the slide on my normal carry Glock. I think it is a good idea to keep a concealable powerful revolver in your gun safe for that reason.

I also find that my .38 special S&W Airweight Bodyguard is a handy gun to grab if I am just going outside to bring in the trash cans or whatever. I also sometimes carry it when I am out in the backyard. It is incredibly light yet powerful enough to get the job done.

146 posted on 07/16/2020 5:24:55 PM PDT by Vigilant1 (The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.)
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To: Nailbiter

flr


147 posted on 07/16/2020 6:16:42 PM PDT by Nailbiter
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To: outofsalt
What is that? I can have a pellet load, a couple of slugs and the rest hot lead? 5 rounds?

I like flexibility - looking at speed loaders ...


148 posted on 07/16/2020 7:33:41 PM PDT by Tunehead54 (Nothing funny here ;-)
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To: Tunehead54

Taurus “Judge” revolver. Shoots 410 shotgun shells or .45 caliber rounds. Only five shots but a lot of bad guys scatter after the first big boom. Lot’s of different barrels and finishes. Won’t break the bank.


149 posted on 07/17/2020 8:18:39 AM PDT by outofsalt (If history teaches us anything, it's that history rarely teaches anything.)
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To: Texas resident

Maybe so, but i have a G27 with 18000+ documented rounds fired in scenarios from simple practice to IDPA/IPSC matches waterborne ops and mud tests etc with zero FTF, type-1-3 failures or any issue with 6 dedicated magazines. I have carried it virtually everyday since acquiring it in Jul 97. Springs get replaced every 5 year whether they need it or not. It has almost no finish on the slide from holster wear, and the poly frame is quite war weary too, I love it.

I never fired my revolvers nearly that much and know that in my revolver days, I had several factory rounds lock up a 357 mag cylinder and one ejector rod break.

But in real life, stuff generally works just fine, except when it doesn’t and then probably when you need it most.


150 posted on 07/17/2020 1:01:47 PM PDT by Manly Warrior (US ARMY (Ret), "No Free Lunches for the Dogs of War")
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To: outofsalt

Thanks - Researching - if the little lady can have that many pairs of shoes, I can have another gun or two. Right?

;-)


151 posted on 07/17/2020 3:41:37 PM PDT by Tunehead54 (Nothing funny here ;-)
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