Nephew finally sees the light (got a wheel gun)
In years gone by I collected S&W revolvers and had a few single action Rugers. [Sadly most were lost in a boating accident. 
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When my favorite (only) nephew got old enough and financially stable enough to start collecting he went for Beretta and other automatics.
He finally saw the light last week when he happened across a 586 for only $250. It has some exterior pitting and a broken rear sight but I still offered him a $25 profit on it sight unseen.
He saw a video of some millennial who fired double action so slowly that he could feel when the cylinder stop engaged. Nephew got it in his head that at that point the hammer was cocked just like in single action but his 586 wouldn't do that. He asked if that made his gun older and/or more collectible.
I doubt if he's been converted but it 's start.
]When my favorite (only) nephew got old enough and financially stable enough to start collecting he went for Beretta and other automatics.
He finally saw the light last week when he happened across a 586 for only $250. It has some exterior pitting and a broken rear sight but I still offered him a $25 profit on it sight unseen.
He saw a video of some millennial who fired double action so slowly that he could feel when the cylinder stop engaged. Nephew got it in his head that at that point the hammer was cocked just like in single action but his 586 wouldn't do that. He asked if that made his gun older and/or more collectible.
I doubt if he's been converted but it 's start.
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Perhaps showing my age, but I too favor wheel guns. 0 -
chiefr wrote:Perhaps showing my age, but I too favor wheel guns.
When its all said and done I enjoy shooting a wheel gun the most.
That is a good deal on any 586 that is mechanically sound. What length barrel?
If it just cosmetics have it bead blasted and ceracoated.0 -
Sam06 wrote:chiefr wrote:Perhaps showing my age, but I too favor wheel guns.
When its all said and done I enjoy shooting a wheel gun the most.
That is a good deal on any 586 that is mechanically sound. What length barrel?
If it just cosmetics have it bead blasted and ceracoated.
I haven't seen it. Based on his description I think 6" but could be 8 3/8"
I generally won't keep an automatic that has ever had a failure - I don't mess around with them.0 -
I have 2 L frames a 586 6" and 686 8 3/8" both are "No Dash" guns. Both are some of the best shooting DA revolvers I have ever had. 0 -
Sam06 wrote:I have 2 L frames a 586 6" and 686 8 3/8" both are "No Dash" guns. Both are some of the best shooting DA revolvers I have ever had.In 1987, seven years after the release of the Model 586, there were reports of cylinder binding with some types of standard .357 Magnum ammunition for L-frame revolvers manufactured before August 1987. S&W put out a product warning and authorized a no-charge upgrade to make modifications to all 586, 586-1, 686, 686-1, and 686CS-1 revolvers
Have yours been upgraded?0 -
always liked the lightning grip in a revolver......uberti 0 -
Henry0Reilly wrote:Sam06 wrote:I have 2 L frames a 586 6" and 686 8 3/8" both are "No Dash" guns. Both are some of the best shooting DA revolvers I have ever had.In 1987, seven years after the release of the Model 586, there were reports of cylinder binding with some types of standard .357 Magnum ammunition for L-frame revolvers manufactured before August 1987. S&W put out a product warning and authorized a no-charge upgrade to make modifications to all 586, 586-1, 686, 686-1, and 686CS-1 revolvers
Have yours been upgraded?
No
I have never had a problem and I shoot them quite regularly with both 38 and 357 loads.
I never have seen the recall, thanks for the heads up.0 -
In addition to a bunch of semi's (duty and personal), I too have wheel guns: Model 66 (No dash, first duty weapon), several Model 60's, and a few others. Among them is a Ruger GP100 with a 3" barrel. As noted in Henry's post, during DA slow fire I too can feel the cylinder lock just a hair before the hammer falls. I'm not sure if it's by accident or design with this pistol, but feeling, ever so slightly, the lockup before the hammer drops lets me shoot really tight groups as if done in a SA mode. I really like that revolver. 0 -
I have a few of those revolvers myself. Usually carry one. I am torn between a nice shooting revolver and a much higher capacity semi-auto (in case I ever run into John Wick) so I am a little schizzy and kind of carry based upon where I am going to be going and whether I think he or a gang of Jamaican drug dealers will be there or not. 0 -
chiefr wrote:Perhaps showing my age, but I too favor wheel guns.
Yep same here. I have a couple semis, but it seems every time I grab something it's my model 66.0 -
Stacking the trigger. Works well with practice. 0 -
I have exactly two revolvers. Both of them are broken. One, a NAA mini revolver has a broken main spring. The other, a Brazilian .38 special S&W clone is out of time and has light primer strikes. It is off enough it is shaving lead. 0 -
Model 66 is my favorite also. I have settled on almost all revolvers. Preferance is Smith, then Ruger. 0 -
I have 2 buckmarks and 25 S&W revolvers....... Favorite is probably my 4" 24-3 though.. 0 -
Wheel guns are awesome, we older and, ahem, larger fellers find the fine are of brass scrounging a bit more difficult as the years go by. Instead of picking up brass scattered hither and yarn in the grass it is in a neat pile in your hand. Wheel guns also don't trigger Snowflakes so much; but little do they know the awesome stopping power of a .357 mag 125GR HP or the S&W 25-2 in 45ACP. 0 -
+1chiefr wrote:Perhaps showing my age, but I too favor wheel guns.0
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