What can I tell my father?

[JAB]

^This. You can tell him how crappy of a SD piece that H&R is all day long, but show him by buying him a new gun. If you give him a new gun it will show how serious you are about this. It will also mean something to him that his son gave it to him. Like a father passing down a knife/gun to his son. I haven't found anyone young or old that doesn't like the feel of an airweight S&W.

 

The 'mean something' part can backfire.  My dad carried a pocket knife pretty much all the time.  Knowing this, I bought him a few over the years that I thought he would really like.  I noticed that they usually ended up in a drawer and one day asked him why he never carried them as I'd thought he would really like them.  His response was that he really liked them but that because I had bought them for him they meant too much to him to carry and risk losing them.

[Spiffy]

I, of course, have the answer to your problem.

 

 

Get James to talk to him about it!

[McGarrett]

Find him a good used stainless wheelgun in 38/357. I bought a used stainless Ruger GP100 DAO a few years ago, perfect truck gun. There are a lot of them out there that were Canadian Mounted Police trade ins.

Edited March 14, 2015 by McGarrett

[Spots]

I had an intresting experience with my own dad recently. I was looking at the revolver he keeps on house duty, an old Rossi 5 shot in .38 special. Its nothing wonderful but does indeed go bang everytime. I opened it to unload it and notice the rounds seem kinda tight. The thing was loaded with .38 super! I asked him where the ammo came from and if he knew it was super, and he said it came from Walmart and the guy told him super was fine to shoot out of a .38 special.... He is not a gun guy at all, only keeping one for self defense, so he just took the guy at his word. I went and got a box of .38 special hollow points and took the box of supers home to stop any mixups. I will say he asked me the other day what wluld be a good Glock to carry. I was stunned and we will be looking at several Glocks soon.

[FortKnox]

I had an intresting experience with my own dad recently. I was looking at the revolver he keeps on house duty, an old Rossi 5 shot in .38 special. Its nothing wonderful but does indeed go bang everytime. I opened it to unload it and notice the rounds seem kinda tight. The thing was loaded with .38 super! I asked him where the ammo came from and if he knew it was super, and he said it came from Walmart and the guy told him super was fine to shoot out of a .38 special.... He is not a gun guy at all, only keeping one for self defense, so he just took the guy at his word. I went and got a box of .38 special hollow points and took the box of supers home to stop any mixups. I will say he asked me the other day what wluld be a good Glock to carry. I was stunned and we will be looking at several Glocks soon.

OK, I've read this on the internet so take it with a grain of salt but, I've read that some .38 and .357 revolvers will shoot the .38 super but, I don't know how true that is.

[Spots]

OK, I've read this on the internet so take it with a grain of salt but, I've read that some .38 and .357 revolvers will shoot the .38 super but, I don't know how true that is.

A Ruger or S&W .357 might handle it. An old Rossi .38 is a little to dicey. Dimensions are all different and the .38 Super has a SAMMI max pressure of 36,500 PSI as opposed to a .38 Special +P max pressure of 20,000 PSI.

[nightrunner]

A Ruger or S&W .357 might handle it. An old Rossi .38 is a little to dicey. Dimensions are all different and the .38 Super has a SAMMI max pressure of 36,500 PSI as opposed to a .38 Special +P max pressure of 20,000 PSI.

In a pinch, I might try it in a .357mag revolver but not in a .38