I share many of the viewpoints already mentioned. I don't hunt, don't compete and gave up IDPA shooting quite a good while ago. I do carry, so that's the only 'practical' aspect of handguns for me--everything else is pure enjoyment of pulling a trigger. Mastering a revolver to shoot it as a carry gun isn't going to ever happen for me, but as a range gun, few things are more enjoyable for me now.

There's something about revolvers in general I find so goofy-primitive and obsolete in very concept, I wonder why I'd own one. But I own three and when they go bang, I know why I own them and love them. The mass, low capacity, gas leakage and precision mechanics all seem to disappear as anachronism, and reappear as art form--demanding a certain genuine appreciation and respect.

I enjoy sitting by the fireplace admiring my 629 and buffing it a bit, feeling it click shut and rotate into place--with the same satisfaction that some might get from opening and closing a Browning Citori. I really can't do that much with my M&Ps. Not a piece of cast plastic or a stamping to be found. A heft and density that, in the world of firearms and by itself, at one time conveyed a sense of quality machined workmanship.

I keep saying "I now have the last revolver I need to buy", but I know that can't be true, as there's no 454 Casull to be found anywhere in the house. So, just one more, then I'm done with the whole wheelgun phase.