How Do You Use Your Revolver(s)? Favorite Things?

One other upside of the revolver as nightstand gun is that they're arguably more tolerant of simple neglect than semi-autos. A semi-auto where all the oil has seeped out over time may be single shot affair. Outside of a tropical environment where rust is a bigger factor, a revolver in the same state of neglect may simply have a rougher trigger.
Totally agree, and part of my thinking, but like my guitar and amp collection, I regularly 'exercise' all of them. I'm a bit OCD and like everything to be clean, and in good working order.
 
The range and self-defense. And it looks like we have common interests. Guns and guitars.
I was wondering when a guitar player would notice them in the background would come around. Do you have a favorite Brand, model, guitar? Me, impossible to choose a favorite. 20-odd years ago, I'd probably have said a Strat, but wouldn't be able to choose a particular one. Nowadays, I'm all over the place.
 
I was wondering when a guitar player would notice them in the background would come around. Do you have a favorite Brand, model, guitar? Me, impossible to choose a favorite. 20-odd years ago, I'd probably have said a Strat, but wouldn't be able to choose a particular one. Nowadays, I'm all over the place.
I have had so many guitars over the years, but my tastes are more on the Fender Strat and 80's type hotrod Strats like Chavels. I used to play Fender Yngwie Malmsteen Strats as my main guitars, but these days a slightly modded Fender 63 light relic Custom Shop Strat is my main guitar. I am in my early 60's and play mostly at church these days.

My main amp is a Friedman 50 watt Small Box head. But I recently got a Friedman IR-J tube preamp to be able to go straight to the board. And of course, a bunch of pedals too. Guitars and guns are where most of my fun money goes.
 
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Man, I carried a wheel gun as my first duty gun. I had a choice of an issued "rode hard, put away wet" model 15 or Colt Police Positive or carry a 6" model 28 I already owned. I carried the 28 and held the academy record for a lot of years. I later went to a model 19 when the calluses' on my hip ( plus my back hurt) from that old 28 got too much to bear. I continued to carry a revolver even after we went to auto stuffers. I was a Grand Master in PPC with a wheel gun and was very comfortable with them. I still have that 28 as well as 8 or 10 more of them. I live in bear country so have a several 29's and carry one as my bear gun. I really do love my wheel guns.
 
I have very few guns anymore, and those I do have are for plinking fun and/ or collecting. I carried for decades and I'm just over it now. I lived in Mexico for a while and got used to not having a firearm, and I have to say, it was oddly a relieving feeling to not have one. My buddy (who had also carried for a living) had moved to Portugal about a year before and told me he experienced the exact same thing. I'm certainly not advocating this for everyone, but for me, and others I've spoken with, it's been a good thing. I had gotten to the point that firearms held no enjoyment, and were nothing but tools, and now that I've stopped thinking of them in terms of defense, but instead as a hobby, some of that enthusiasm is returning.
I go in waves of enthusiasm for getting to the range (fortunate to have quite a few great options here in central TX), but always appreciate the peace of mind that owning them provides me.

More than that, rifles, shotguns, pistols, revolvers, I truly love all of them. I'm also a sucker for all things historical, though the closest I can get is repros. I appreciate anything that's well-engineered and robust. To me, revolvers are timeless and will always have a place, same goes with 1911s. I'd really love to have a plated and engraved S&W. Hmm, maybe sell a few and acquire one. Beautiful to fire, handle, and display.
 
My 43c is in my pocket around the property when I need something quick. A 442 replaces it when I go outside the wire.
60-15 for woods bumming, or a 34-1 if I know I'll be plinking (that one is losing time to a newly-acquired Single-Six.)
Grandfather's 10-5 snub stays in the safe, and a 4" 19-3 if there's a friendly wager on the line.
 
I have very few guns anymore, and those I do have are for plinking fun and/ or collecting. I carried for decades and I'm just over it now. I lived in Mexico for a while and got used to not having a firearm, and I have to say, it was oddly a relieving feeling to not have one. My buddy (who had also carried for a living) had moved to Portugal about a year before and told me he experienced the exact same thing. I'm certainly not advocating this for everyone, but for me, and others I've spoken with, it's been a good thing. I had gotten to the point that firearms held no enjoyment, and were nothing but tools, and now that I've stopped thinking of them in terms of defense, but instead as a hobby, some of that enthusiasm is returning.
I go in waves of enthusiasm for getting to the range (fortunate to have quite a few great options here in central TX), but always appreciate the peace of mind that owning them provides me.

More than that, rifles, shotguns, pistols, revolvers, I truly love all of them. I'm also a sucker for all things historical, though the closest I can get is repros. I also appreciate anything that's well-engineered and robust. For me, revolvers are timeless and will always have a place in my home - same goes with 1911s. I'd really love to have an plated and engraved S&W. Hmm, maybe sell a few and acquire one. Beautiful to fire, handle, and display.
 
My M649 is with me 24/7/365 EXCEPT when it doesn't fit what I am wearing or when I go where I see too many targets of opportunity for Tangos and other perps and predators so I switch to a small 9mm with a couple more rounds of firepower and sometimes an extra magazine (revolver thread so I'm not naming or showing the pistol ;)). M686 3" is my nightstand gun, there's a Ruger Security Six 2.5" hidden in my bathroom, and a customized M15 hidden in a dresser drawer. My home defense arsenal includes readily available pistols, too, and a shotgun, but the prime candidates are those revolvers.

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On a totally unrelated note, seeing that we are all learning how to use this new format, I figured out how to post pictures but not how to post 4 complete pictures. Comments solicited.
 
On a totally unrelated note, seeing that we are all learning how to use this new format, I figured out how to post pictures but not how to post 4 complete pictures. Comments solicited.
I never use the photo attaching setups on any forums. I always use a photo hosting site for all my pictures (I use Smugmug), and then simply post them using the bracket img backet............bracket /img bracket format. (that's the closest I can describe it, since it tries to make an attachment if I write it out...)

Here we go... :LOL:
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Carry and training, depending what I’m doing. Good left/brain manual of arms and I think shooting revolvers makes you a better shooter of semi autos. Lie playing multiple sports. One feeds the other.
 
Strictly for target practice when I don't fell like bending over to pick up my brass. I'm old!!
 
Hmmmm.... revolvers are pretty much my gun focus, and have been for sixty years. I qualified with a 1911 back in the day, and I've owned a Browning Hi-Power since about 1966 (in my opinion everybody should have one), but my revolvers are my go-to guns; a 586 next to the bed, an old 66 by the workbench and a 686+ 3" for everyday use. Of course, being a geezer is part of the reason....
 
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