Single action revolvers for carry purposes?

[Jonnin]

I don't grok that, as this is the only kind of loading gate I know of, how is the "two at a time" applicable?

 

 

 

- OS

 

some of the smaller caliber SAs with a gate can be turned to expose 2 at a time.  But not on the bigger stuff, would have to be 22, or something else pretty small.  You see it particularly on the highcap .22s (9 and 10 round cylinder stuff). 

[DaveTN]

I wish an American company would make a double action reproduction of the Colt Peacemaker.

[mikegideon]

I wish an American company would make a double action reproduction of the Colt Peacemaker.

 

Whut??? You mean a DA gun that just looks like one?

Edited January 23, 2015 by mikegideon

[DaveTN]

Whut??? You mean a DA gun that just looks like one?

Yes.

[mikegideon]

Yes.

 

I don't know if the trigger bow would even support that. It's real feeble. If I list the pain-in-the-butt features of a single action, the action itself is down the list. I see what you're thinking, something that could be effective with a cool look. 

[DaveTN]

I don't know if the trigger bow would even support that. It's real feeble. If I list the pain-in-the-butt features of a single action, the action itself is down the list. I see what you're thinking, something that could be effective with a cool look.

Yes, Something I could wear with my cowboy hat and boots; but still bad azz.

[mikegideon]

Yes, Something I could wear with my cowboy hat and boots; but still bad azz.

 

Just get a new Vaquero for show, and slip one of those American made Glock wannabes in your back pocket. One thing good about single actions... they hit hard with those long barrels.

[DaveTN]

Just get a new Vaquero for show, and slip one of those American made Glock wannabes in your back pocket. One thing good about single actions... they hit hard with those long barrels.

Muscle memory. I like the looks of the Vaquero, but I don’t want my thumb moving to the top of my handgun if I have to use it in real life.
 

American made Glock wannabes

I don't own anything that wants to be a Glock. Edited January 23, 2015 by DaveTN

[Clod Stomper]

Whut??? You mean a DA gun that just looks like one?

 

I think High Standard tried that somewhere around the '70s.

 

Lemme do a search.

 

Edit:  Here's a link to a pic.

 

https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=high+standard+revolver&qpvt=high+standard+revolver&qpvt=high+standard+revolver&FORM=IGRE#view=detail&id=9D0E00B2C775AEBD5B7B82DEDDB1F5D5A9A54664&selectedIndex=1

 

I bet the trigger pull is atrocious.

Edited January 23, 2015 by Clod Stomper

[FreedomGunCo]

Why not a colt frontier scout? i snagged one last summer for $212 out the door.  Finish was well used, but mechanically perfect with a good bore. 

[nightrunner]

You mean like the Colt 1877 or 1878?

[FreedomGunCo]

its a 22lr colt made in the 60s, looks just like a SAA, but about 80% scale and 22

[nightrunner]

its a 22lr colt made in the 60s, looks just like a SAA, but about 80% scale and 22

Sorry I should have quoted. I was asking Dave.

I believe if I'm not mistaken Colt started making the Frontier Scout again.

[leroy]

Just get a new Vaquero for show, and slip one of those American made Glock wannabes in your back pocket. One thing good about single actions... they hit hard with those long barrels. 

 

Mike.... A helluva idea... The ultimate "mexican reload".... If i remember right; the great George Patton carried an engraved 45 colt SAA on his belt and a 1903 Colt Hammerless in his coat pocket... Ya just upgraded his hammerless...!!  Great idea...

 

Keep up the good work...

leroy

[nightrunner]

Mike.... A helluva idea... The ultimate "mexican reload".... If i remember right; the great George Patton carried an engraved 45 colt SAA on his belt and a 1903 Colt Hammerless in his coat pocket... Ya just upgraded his hammerless...!! Great idea...

Keep up the good work...
leroy

I'm not so sure Id say a Glock is an upgrade to a colt hammerless.

I always heard that Patton had a Colt SAA and a S&W 27 3 1/2". He called the S&W his killing gun.

[Guest tngw1500se]

I don't see why you'd want to carry one unless you were an expert with the weapon. I like "round count".

[nightrunner]

Confidence in your abilities. Old school works.

[Patton]

I'm not so sure Id say a Glock is an upgrade to a colt hammerless.

I always heard that Patton had a Colt SAA and a S&W 27 3 1/2". He called the S&W his killing gun.

This is correct as far as I know. The S&W was a Registered Magnum.

Edited February 7, 2015 by Patton

[leroy]

Night.... " General George", indeed, said those things.... " lieutenant George" shot 3 Villa lieutenants dead with a colt 45 Colt Single Action Army as they were ridin down on him on horseback (... He was afoot...)... He evidently shot em dead with three shots and piled them on the fenders of a Dodge touring car and brought them back to camp... He was in his early to mid twenties then (...1916...), and wuz serving with General Pershing in the Punitive Expedition down on the US Mexican border.... The 357 came out in 1935, some 19 years later....
leroy



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[JAB]

Frank Hamer. the former Texas Ranger who was eventually put in charge of the manhunt for Bonnie and Clyde and the rest of the Barrow gang (and who was eventually successful in leading a team that brought their crime spree to an end) carried a single action revolver.  Of course, he also apparently carried a .38 Super semiauto pistol as 'backup'.

Edited February 9, 2015 by JAB

[ehull20000]

I would not carry a SA revolver for defense.

[Moped]

When in the woods, I like a single action (Ruger Blackhawk Convertible in .357/9mm with a 4.5" barrel).  They are way too heavy for concealed carry though.  I don't like walking around pulling my pants up ever 2 minutes.

[Clod Stomper]

For years, I carried a Ruger Blackhawk .41 Mag around the farm. Occasionally I'd carry IWB concealed.

It's not my first choice for self-defense. But I'd carry it over a .22 or .25. Single actions actually ride IWB pretty well for me.