15 months after my first wheel gun

[jessegpresley]

Today is just 3 days shy of 15 months since the purchase of my first revolver. Here's my debut post where I had just bought a 686-3.

Here I am today. 36 no dash, 686-3, 625-10 PC, 627-5 PC, 629-6 PC. Speedloaders by 5 Star. Thanks to everyone, I've learned a lot from the site.

 

[Evil One]

Revolvers are addicting.
I was a dyed in the wool semi auto guy, My first revolver was a 6" 629-1.
Since then I have had 21-4 and 22-4 Thunder Ranch revolvers, 2 taurus 445 .44 specials, 2 629-6 2.5" fixed sight snubbies, and an Astra Terminator .44 mag snubby.
I am not only a wheel gun guy... I am also a big bore snubby guy.
WHO KNEW?!?!?!


Jim

 

[Joni_Lynn]

It's sort of an addiction but it's one of the better ones.

 

[C Islander]

Very nice collection. I too am a revolver addict.

 

[coleslaw]

You've caused me to pull out an old receipt. 15 months and 1 day ago, I stopped at my usual shop...just to say hello. After some chit chat, he says "Take a look at this". It was a near new 27-2. Couldn't leave without it.

I've added a few since that day. All are at least 30 years old except for my 29-3.

I may need an intervention.

 

[Engineer1911]

Jesse,

You got a nice start on a much larger (and longer) collection.

 

[6pack]

Jeeez dude, you've been scratching quite and itch.

Nice collection.

I love the grips on the two on the top right. I'd love to have an eight shot .357 with those.

 

[okie john]

Could be worse. I know a guy with more than one Glock.


Okie John

 

[fyimo]

The slope is steep and slippery once you start and there is little inclination to go back up hill you once you start.

Great looking collection and I would expect it to continue to grow.

 

[jpwhel]

What a great collection. I also like the grips on the 686 and 625.

Since those grips were not on the 686-3 in your original post, were you able to buy them separately. I haven't seen any for sale like that for a K/L frame.

 

[redlevel]

Could be worse. I know a guy with more than one Glock.


Okie John

John, if he's really a friend of yours, you need to get him some help. Maybe get together with some more forum members and have an "intervention."

jesseg---those are some seriously good looking S&W revolvers you have there!

 

[Garybock]

Does 4 revolvers in 9 months qualify as an addiction?

 

[chas1]

jessegpresley, Excellent collection and thanks for the link to 5 star.

 

[Joni_Lynn]

If it doesn't qualify you as a addict it puts you on the watch list at least.

 

[jessegpresley]

I love the grips on the two on the top right.

Thanks, 6pack. I got them from S&W. They're only $50 each, the part number is 414170000. They're called "walnut Performance Center grips", or something similar.

I also like the grips on the 686 and 625.

Since those grips were not on the 686-3 in your original post, were you able to buy them separately. I haven't seen any for sale like that for a K/L frame.

Thanks, jpwhel. Those are actually the same grips in my first post; the original combat grips on the 686. The 625 is wearing Eagle Secret Service grips. They look cool, but are horrible to shoot with; at least for me.

jessegpresley, Excellent collection and thanks for the link to 5 star.

They're nice speed loaders, so much better than the plastic made in China ones elsewhere. I first saw them in exfebee's post here.

And since everyone likes pictures, here's one of my 627 UDR and a portion of a Nighthawk Custom Predator II 1911 during a pause at the range on tuesday, just for the heck of it. Two different times a guy came over during my range session to ask what I was shooting that was so loud; they were very polite about it.

 

[kennethg]

Very nice group. It's all down hill now. It gets worse!

 

[carbofan21]

beautiful collection! i'm with you on the intervention lol

 

[buckeye14]

Very nice! very addicting!

 

[zombie44]

Addiction is an understatement!

Nice collection! It would be 6 mos. this Oct. since I bought my very first firearm which was a Ruger GP100. I jumped into reloading about 3 weeks later and it's been downhill from there I've bought 6 more revolvers since then but through consignment sold 2 to make the gf happy I love shooting 44 mag, even have 2 in that cal. - a Ruger SRH Alaskan and a S&W 29-3, but then I came across a beautiful .480 revolver which I just had to have and has me considering the black art of bullet casting now