Revolvers

[Garufa]

12 minutes ago, 22lr said:

The collection was lacking revolvers so I just picked up a few S&W. Fit and finish is pretty poor across the board. Not sure if this is normal for current Smith or if just happened to get some 'Friday' guns. Going through customer service now to resolve some of them, but others I'll probably just have to live with.

If you’re talking about new S&Ws then yeah, there can be some QC issues.  Even older ones can have problems but not like now.

[Grayfox54]

I love S&W revolvers. I've been collecting them for over 40 years now and have bunch. But sadly S&W ain't what it used to be. I don't own and have no plans to own any made in this century. 

[Charlie16ga]

7 hours ago, Grayfox54 said:

I love S&W revolvers. I've been collecting them for over 40 years now and have bunch. But sadly S&W ain't what it used to be. I don't own and have no plans to own any made in this century. 

That’s cool, you might enjoy the story of my own model 1905, 4th change.  It was purchased for self protection during the bloody coal mine wars by my great/great grandfather.  He was the county judge among other things back in those days.  It passed from grandfather to me back about 12 years ago.

It’s a .32-20 model, managed to swing a few cowboy ammo boxes for it over the years, but slowly been gearing up to reload the caliber.

[Darrell]

19 minutes ago, Charlie16ga said:

It was purchased for self protection during the bloody coal mine wars

Where was that?  My grandfather was heavily engaged in the coal mine wars in Harlan county, KY.

[Charlie16ga]

1 hour ago, Darrell said:

Where was that?  My grandfather was heavily engaged in the coal mine wars in Harlan county, KY.

Saline County Illinois, other end of coal country!

[Moped]

5 hours ago, Darrell said:

Where was that?  My grandfather was heavily engaged in the coal mine wars in Harlan county, KY.

My grandfather was a mechanic for the coal company in Louellen KY, in Harlan County. He died in 1942, of a staff infection. My Aunt used to tell me stories of the Harlan County War between the Unions and the companies.  I have his Browning Belgium Auto-5 12ga shotgun.

[Will Carry]

I love me a good wheel gun. I like to carry a S&W 38sp or a Chater Arms Bulldog 44sp. I can draw the S&W faster than any handgun I own.  "I can put two in your guts before you can clear leather with 9mm race gun". The 44sp is just big and loud. The only problem is the lack of ammo capacity.  So, I carry a P-365 as a backup. 

 

 

[pop pop]

My cousin told me his dad was the original Boss Hog of Hazard Ky which is about 35 miles north of Harlen County. He was there around 1942 to 51. The coal wars spilled over into Letcher and Perry County, where Hazard is located, as well. My uncle owned a pool room in Hazard, and killed a drunk man who drew a handgun on him in the pool room, years ago. He shot the man in self-defense, but my uncle Claude Reed had to leave to keep the dead guy's family from killing him out of revenge.

There was not much law around there during the early/mid 40's. My dad told me the Sherrif was about all the law they had back then, and they generally just came by after the shooting was done and helped clean up the mess during the coal war period and after wards. Said many were corrupt. Most people in Eastern Ky just took care of things themselves until the early 50"s. 

My cousin told me his dad ruled Hazard with an iron clad fist and the pool room was his place of business. Cousin Jack said his dad carried, and had close to him 2 SW and 1 Colt Revolvers during that time. He sold his business, including 3 working moonshine stills, for a considerable amount of money in the early 50's and moved across the road from where we lived at the time in Camargo, in N E KY in 1953. My uncle moved to Morning View in W Ky, a few years later, and lived there till he passed. Many said one of those revolvers saved his life that night. 

Like I stated previously, revolvers have been close to me in every serious situation that I have ever been forced to react too. I never felt unprepared in a single one of them.

Now my time in Vietnam was different, although I was never in combat that the VA will recognize. I was on the perimeter backing the Marines, dug in a fox hole in a second line of defense for 3 weeks, during the Teat Offensive of 1968. It was quite a show as "Charlie" overrun the North end of the base, and I was on the West end. We could hear small arms fire coming from the Flight Line and several heavy charges destroying fighter, helicopters, and bomber aircraft less than 800 feet away. I was 19 at the time and that is where I became a man. Not many people can say exactly when the grew into a man, but I can.  

I viewed a lot of the Pilots carrying SW 38Spl revolvers ever day during 67/68.

Edited to add; My father said his brother was as about as crooked as they came during those times. Was involved in a lot of lawlessness. 

 

Edited Sunday at 10:27 PM by pop pop

[gregintenn]

If there’s anything cooler than a Colt Single Action Army or a classic Smith and Wesson Hand Ejector, I am unaware of it.

[leroy]

Remember this great quip by the " Father of the Gunsite Academy ", the great Jeff Cooper:.... They ( the SAA, DA Revolver, or 1911 ) are all the same til the first reload.  Armed citizens rarely find themselves in " reload gunfights.

A finished revolver man, nomatter the flavor of revolver, is a thoroughly dangerous man, and is quite capable of stopping multiple threats.  The " high capacity spray n pray approach is overrated.

leroy...