I've always wanted a .357 Magnum revolver. So I got myself one for Christmas. Jesus would approve. Smith and Wesson R8. Large frame, 8-shot (!) .357, Performance Center tuning. Designed as a shield/entry gun for SWAT: good capacity but, unlike an automatic, no reciprocating slide to get hung up on a tactical shield. After California's 10 day wait, she's all mine. If she lives up to expectations, this may be the gun that lives in my night stand.
Sweet! I can't remember what I did with my .357 I had back in the 80's. I probably sold it or whatever. But that is a great caliber for target shooting or self defense. And I love wheel guns!
I thought of a possible fix for the Colt loading lever problem. Colt 1847 Walker - valued at $75,000 to $120,000. The loading level under the barrel is held up with a latch that often slips, allowing the lever to swing down during firing. People have tried using leather straps and little O-rings to fix the problem (plenty of Youtube videos of the issue are online). My suggestion is to put a little neodymium super-magnet in between the barrel and the lever.
Took her out to the range yesterday. She shoots. Very well. Handles .357 Magnums nicely; it's light for it size (being a Scandium frame) but still has enough heft. With .38 Special, it's essentially recoilless. The trigger is veeeeeeeeeeeeery nice in single action, though it's a bit heavy in double action.
Still seems awfully weak. You should get a .500 S&W which has a bit more than 5 times the muzzle energy, or perhaps a .600 Nitro Express revolver that has about 14 times the muzzle energy. Sure, it weighs about 13 pounds, but when you're in the vegetable aisle of the supermarket and a rhinoceros gets loose, which pistol are you going to need?
A .500 is on my list, though I freely admit such a thing has little real purpose other than just making a very big BOOM.
For both or each? The .45 LC is a nice round though - it doesn't try to tear your arm off like a .44 Mag, but it is very accurate and packs an okay punch.
For both! That's $250 a gun unless the bids go on up. Looks like they want a minimum of $505. It's best to always have two guns so you can plant one on your opponent's corpse.
Just "Okay"? It packs a bigger punch than any pistol round that doesn't have the word "Magnum" after it.
Sorry - I was thinking of the .44 Special round. Anyway, these revolvers at that price seems like a great deal. That bottom one is really a beauty.
The .45 ACP is essentially a duplication of .45 LC in an automatic cartridge, and few would call a .45 ACP "just okay."
You can use FFFFg black powder in .45 ACP and fire it with a 1911 or a Glock 21. It looks kind of fun if you don't mind lots of cleaning.
Okay. I've shot a rental .500 at the range, but the range ammo must be light-ish. The Hornady ammo I fired today was a 300 grain bullet at 2000 fps, or about the same energy as the load I use in my .45-70. Yeah, recoils a little. 10 shots was sufficient. The web of my shooting hand is still a bit tender 10 hours later. But it is awesome. Absolutely vaporized 4 two liter soda bottles. Trigger is excellent, but recoil is flinch-inducing.
yeah, range ammo tends to be light. My one wheel gun is a Ruger LCR, a little 5 shot .38 snubbie, and it's so light that regular .38 loads have a fairly pronounced recoil. I had to just burn through a few boxes of the +P hydra shoks just to make sure i'd be able to hit anything. I can shoot my .45 all day with no side effects, but 40 rounds of those .38+P was more than enough.
