Ruger Forum

rebut · April 18th, 2011, 04:13 PM

I bought my Rugers for back country carry. I have a late '90s Sig P220 with the strengthened frame but Sig says it can only take "so much" in the way of true hunting loads. My Convertible Blackhawk will push 300gr XTP Colt rounds with enough powder to take anything down in NA. My "back up" .357 GP100 packs a punch too. 2 legged critters will still cave to a solid 45 ACP, but in the back country I prefer my Rugers.

burninbrass · April 18th, 2011, 04:39 PM

Revolvers just point naturally for me, especially single actions. It makes you feel like a cowboy too!

PaPaPork · April 27th, 2011, 06:25 PM

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Originally Posted by cwb

Both of your pros apply to autos as well.

ARE you suggesting you can wrap an auto pistol in bed sheets and fire multiple times??

are you suggesting than you can fire an auto pistol upside down when the slide is in contact with a floor or bed or a wall??

are you suggesting that you can fire an auto pistol thru clothing, lets say from the pocket in yur jacket multiple times without a failure to eject??

can you please provide a source to back up your statements

I'll back up mine:
COMBAT HANDGUNNERY 6TH EDITION
author: Massad Ayoob

I wont even go into the "pistols are silent as well" cause you would have to be insane to have a pistol for self defence with a round in the chamber and the safty off...

Amishman44 · April 27th, 2011, 06:36 PM

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Originally Posted by terry_p

With me I just like they way a revolver feels in my hands. I like how it points, carries and shoots. In short it's my preference. Most of all when I wake up at 3:00 am because something went bump, I don't have to worry about safeties, decockers, mag releases or 3-4# D/A triggers. Loaded chamber indicator, have a look. Have a bad round pull the trigger again. When the stress is high keep it simple.

My first handgun was a Ruger Revolver...a 6.5" Single-Six in .22lr/.22mag that was dead-on accurate. I progressed to a GP100, an SP101, etc...everyone of them is accurate, reliable, comfortable in my hand, etc.

I've owned Colt 1911, Kahr, Glock (5), Bersa (2), etc...and all worked just fine, but when it came to basic comfort and reliability, I always go back to the revolver!

My revolver of choice...Ruger!

BuckeyeBlast · April 27th, 2011, 06:42 PM

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Originally Posted by PaPaPork

ARE you suggesting you can wrap an auto pistol in bed sheets and fire multiple times??

are you suggesting than you can fire an auto pistol upside down when the slide is in contact with a floor or bed or a wall??

are you suggesting that you can fire an auto pistol thru clothing, lets say from the pocket in yur jacket multiple times without a failure to eject??

can you please provide a source to back up your statements

I'll back up mine:
COMBAT HANDGUNNERY 6TH EDITION
author: Massad Ayoob

I wont even go into the "pistols are silent as well" cause you would have to be insane to have a pistol for self defence with a round in the chamber and the safty off...

...and if the pistol doesn't have a safety? My CCW guns aren't carried any other way than w/ one in the pipe.

cwb · April 27th, 2011, 06:45 PM

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Originally Posted by PaPaPork

ARE you suggesting you can wrap an auto pistol in bed sheets and fire multiple times?? I wasn't aware this was mentioned in the first post

are you suggesting than you can fire an auto pistol upside down when the slide is in contact with a floor or bed or a wall?? Yes. The part about contact again, was never mentioned.

are you suggesting that you can fire an auto pistol thru clothing, lets say from the pocket in yur jacket multiple times without a failure to eject?? Again, multiple times was not part of the original equation.

can you please provide a source to back up your statements

I'll back up mine:
COMBAT HANDGUNNERY 6TH EDITION
author: Massad Ayoob

I wont even go into the "pistols are silent as well" cause you would have to be insane to have a pistol for self defence with a round in the chamber and the safty off...Sorry, but this is laughable. I carry Glocks all the time with no safety and a round chambered. I would seriously doubt myself and hundreds of thousands of others like me are "insane"

Facts remain that a pistol can be fired in most of those conditions at least once.

In any case I have no less than six new revolvers in the mail on their way to me as we speak. I love wheelguns, but no reason to down pistols because of it.

BuckeyeBlast · April 27th, 2011, 06:55 PM

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Originally Posted by cwb

Facts remain that a pistol can be fired in most of those conditions at least once.

In any case I have no less than six new revolvers in the mail on their way to me as we speak. I love wheelguns, but no reason to down pistols because of it.

Not only that, but I'm having a hard time picturing how you would get yourself into some of those positions, and still have both your hand on the gun and the gun pointed at the threat.

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All the gun bashing around here is getting out of hand.

How about everyone buys what they want, everyone carries what they want, and everyone just be glad that we're all responsible 2A supporters. Ya know, that whole freedom of choice thing.

CrustyMarine · April 29th, 2011, 03:10 PM

With the simple act of cocking the hammer with my thumb, I am rewarded with an orchestration of the senses. I feel the action moving, hear the action clicking, and see the cylinder rotate. The act completed with the discharge, and finally the olfactory pleasures of burned propellant. Start to finish, a revolver has it covered.

cwb · April 29th, 2011, 08:59 PM

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Originally Posted by CrustyMarine

With the simple act of cocking the hammer with my thumb, I am rewarded with an orchestration of the senses. I feel the action moving, hear the action clicking, and see the cylinder rotate. The act completed with the discharge, and finally the olfactory pleasures of burned propellant. Start to finish, a revolver has it covered.

It's funny you say that. Firing a revolver is definitely a different experience. I like the way you've articulated it.

Slyakins · April 30th, 2011, 01:34 AM

For a person who might be gun shy or new to weapons, or might not want to handle the auto's: slide kicking back, ejecting a round, or FTF, FTE, or racking the slide the revolver "is" the answer. The revolver is "six for sure".

Cordite · April 30th, 2011, 04:38 AM

I have both autos and revolvers but I prefer the revolver. Simple to operate and comes in just about any caliber. Having only 5 or 6 shots doesn't concern me. If I need more than that then I should have brought a long gun and I will start running about the time the cylinder is empty.
I prefer accurate shooting with less ammo used than "spray and pray" with large capacity magazines. I hate to see news stories about an innocent person getting hit by "stray" bullets. One or two .357 bullets from my GP-100 in the 10 ring beats 15 misses with a 9mm auto.
I totally understand where CrustyMarine is coming from... shooting a revolver is an experience for the senses. Feeling the weight of the Blackhawk... looking down the long barrel... feeling the crisp trigger break and the BH rolling back in my hand. Shooting my auto pistols is more like using a tool to get a job done. Not nearly as satisfying.

Cordite

standsleeper · April 30th, 2011, 04:56 AM

I am taking my wife to look at a gun tomorrow. I have a list of guns to show her. I have two Ruger revolvers on that list. Terry said it best. Ease of opperation. Point, pull the trigger,bang! For selfish reasons,I hope she picks the Bersa Thunder 380.However; having a SP101,or a GP100 in the family wouldn't hurt my feelings. I can see the possibilty of her picking a revolver and I am excited to see what she picks.

PaPaPork · April 30th, 2011, 04:48 PM

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Originally Posted by cwb

Facts remain that a pistol can be fired in most of those conditions at least once.

In any case I have no less than six new revolvers in the mail on their way to me as we speak. I love wheelguns, but no reason to down pistols because of it.

who cares about shooting once?? we are talking about self defence, if you fire while laying in bed/under the bed chances are the frist shot wont be too acurate, I backed up my statements by source(s) real life scenarios are in that book and they all back up revolvers, 100's of people die/get shot every year because they pick a pistol as their self defence gun and they die because of that choice- they do not have muscle memory like cops to disangage safty without thinking about it.
having kids I would not have a glock with a round in the pipe by my bed 24/7 - again thats insane

I don't care about "original aquasions" I dont have PhD in physics, real life is what matters to me... and there could be hundreds of people still alive if only they had piced a six banger instead of 1911 for example.

cwb · April 30th, 2011, 05:09 PM

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Originally Posted by PaPaPork

who cares about shooting once?? we are talking about self defence, if you fire while laying in bed/under the bed chances are the frist shot wont be too acurate, I backed up my statements by source(s) real life scenarios are in that book and they all back up revolvers, 100's of people die/get shot every year because they pick a pistol as their self defence gun and they die because of that choice- they do not have muscle memory like cops to disangage safty without thinking about it.
having kids I would not have a glock with a round in the pipe by my bed 24/7 - again thats insane

I don't care about "original aquasions" I dont have PhD in physics, real life is what matters to me... and there could be hundreds of people still alive if only they had piced a six banger instead of 1911 for example.

No real need to get so spun out. In any case, I'd like to see some cites from someone who doesn't profit from his statistics that show that hundreds of people die each year because they have a semi instead of a revolver. That's just hogwash.

Rick_a · May 1st, 2011, 10:59 AM

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Originally Posted by PaPaPork

you would have to be insane to have a pistol for self defence with a round in the chamber and the safty off...

I must be insane. I have two double action pistols that are de-cock only...no manual safties. That's no more dangerous than a loaded cylinder in a revolver.

Personally, if I could only have one handgun, it'd be the 1911. It simply feels the best, points the most naturally, and I can shoot it faster and more accurately than anything else I've got.