Consorting with the enemy (hey, its better than no consorting at all!) S&W herecy!

[roundels]

Only two colts in my armory. A Police Positive in .32 and a Gold Cup. Put them in my son's gun safe years ago when I moved out of state and haven't seen them since.

I have two, a new 4" stainless Python and a nickeled Gen 3 SAA in .44 Spl. My wife has a mint 1970s-era Detective Special so it's a family thing.

 

[SGT ROCK 11B]

… Gold Cup. Put them in my son's gun safe years ago when I moved out of state and haven't seen them since.

I stopped giving my children firearms because they just sell them. They're not interested in vintage classics.

 

[pawncop]

I went and checked my spreadsheets to determine how many manufacturers I had. Turns out 15 is the present tally, the vast majority are S&W.

I enjoy firearms but my heart belongs to the ones I carried on duty and for the most part it was S&W.

Well I didn't count my long guns, 23 if you please.

 

[RebCop]

I've sold most of my Colts but have a few I like too much to get rid of.
One is a New Service .45 ACP, another is a .32 Officers Model with some
interesting target additions and there's a very nice early Police Positive .32.
Can't have too many .32's…

Regards,

I love what they did to the front sight of the OM as it does make it better. Bullseye was shot at 25 and 50 yards and the Colt front sight makes it hard to adjust to the different ranges.

 

[65Whelen]

Don't hate me but I joined their forum. And in the past I even owned a few of them. The good news I sold them. Boy was I lucky to get rid of that Python, Diamondback and SAA.

 

[Baxter6551]

Both my Colts were gifted to me - a 1955 Officers Model Heavy Barrel from a coworkers Dads estate and a 1965 Trooper .357 from the family of a friend that I was on the Police Dept with. It was his duty revolver when we still provided our own revolvers.
I'm also a fan of the Ruger Six series with my Father in Laws 6 inch blue, a stainless 4 inch acquired from a coworker and a recently acquired Speed Six.

 

[s&wchad]

Colts are OK - for an off brand...

 

[M1A4ME]

I only have two non S&W revolvers. A Ruger Speed Six 2&3/4" stainless .357 and a Dan Wesson 10" heavy shroud .44 magnum in stainless steel. I've not shot the Dan Wesson in nearly 20 years. The Ruger was bought for carry in river environments and got submerged frequently. I just couldn't do that to one of my S&W revolvers so I bought the cheaper Ruger to mistreat.

I've never had a Colt revolver. In college a friend of one of my shooting buddies was always bragging about his Colt Python and how it would shoot rings around anything else. He went shooting with us once. His Python failed to shoot rings around my 6" 586. He was always too busy to go shooting with us after that.

In my years of revolver shooting the only one that every outshot my 586 was another friends 6" M14. I always said, if I was going to buy a .38 Special it would be a Model 14 6".

 

[shovelmike]

I am guilty of occasional heresy too, I inherited Dad's H&R 949 revolver (wife loves it). I also have a Rossi 351 38 cal. , beautifully blued with a target hammer (wider and more comfortable than most S & W I've seen)

 

[Lance Boyle]

Well, I have several brands in the safe and they all seem to get along alright but my favorite to go to the range is a S&W 19-3 with a six inch Python barrel. A few custom gunsmiths still do this conversion if you can find an older Python barrel and have more money than you need.

I was offered a Smython years and years ago by a state trooper who used to shoot a lot of games. My nose wrinkled at the thought of the bastard child and I passed and it was cheap too. Should have grabbed it.

 

[Lance Boyle]

I am a Smith lock work fan but I am very glad Colt is getting back in the game. It's good for shooters and America.

 

[Onomea]

My Three Fifty-Seven:

 

[Okie Red]

I have a 6" Colt New Service 357 magnum that shipped in 1941 according to the Colt letter. It doesn't out shoot any of my several Smith's. I purchased it because I had never seen a NS in .357 and didn't know they made them in .357. It is a nice pistol at 90% but it spends its life in the safe.

 

[Riposte1]

I was offered a Smython years and years ago by a state trooper who used to shoot a lot of games. My nose wrinkled at the thought of the bastard child and I passed and it was cheap too. Should have grabbed it.

I gave the son a "Smolt" by Bill Davis of CA one year for Christmas - it is a nickel S&W Model 19 with a 6" Python barrel (that was the Davis term but he might have had others).

I've hear of the same thing done to Ruger Security Six's and called a "Couger".

Neat guns but we will never fire a .357 in ours do the lack of a forward solid lockup (it does have the spring loaded ball bearing in the yoke.

Riposte

 

[Onomea]

Somebody here posted about their Smython a year or two ago. I've never seen one, but think they are pretty cool.

I doubt if their supposed greater accuracy would make a difference to most shooters, and certainly would not to me, but I like the concept anyway.

Fun with guns and all.

 

[JHW47]

I gave the son a "Smolt" by Bill Davis of CA one year for Christmas - it is a nickel S&W Model 19 with a 6" Python barrel (that was the Davis term but he might have had others).

I've hear of the same thing done to Ruger Security Six's and called a "Couger".

Neat guns but we will never fire a .357 in ours do the lack of a forward solid lockup (it does have the spring loaded ball bearing in the yoke.

Riposte

My "Smython" has the spring-loaded ball in the yoke and it seems to lock up fine. I think the idea for these was to shoot competition with .38 spec wadcutters as the Colt barrel was supposed to stabilize the 148 grain wadcutter better than the S&W. The S&W action was easier to tune and less likely to go out of time and need less maintenance than the Colt. Mine is by far the most accurate revolver I have ever shot. Of course, it was a lot more accurate when I was younger. My grandson now outshoots me with it.

 

[Drifter Mike]

My money goes to second worst. Ruger's all time worst decision in my book was the day Bill Ruger publicly got into bed with the antis on magazine capacity. That was the actual definition of consorting with the enemy and a lot of us neither forgave nor forgot. It took the LCR to lure me back after that.

" consorting with the enemy " You mean like SIG " gifting " a 365 to the as$ Newscum in commieforniastan? Now that is " consorting with the enemy", I have sold all my SIG's and will NEVER buy another!

 

[RebCop]

The faster twist of the Colt barrel shot wad cutters better.

 

[bph9]

I only have two non S&W revolvers. A Ruger Speed Six 2&3/4" stainless .357 and a Dan Wesson 10" heavy shroud .44 magnum in stainless steel. I've not shot the Dan Wesson in nearly 20 years. The Ruger was bought for carry in river environments and got submerged frequently. I just couldn't do that to one of my S&W revolvers so I bought the cheaper Ruger to mistreat.

I've never had a Colt revolver. In college a friend of one of my shooting buddies was always bragging about his Colt Python and how it would shoot rings around anything else. He went shooting with us once. His Python failed to shoot rings around my 6" 586. He was always too busy to go shooting with us after that.

In my years of revolver shooting the only one that every outshot my 586 was another friends 6" M14. I always said, if I was going to buy a .38 Special it would be a Model 14 6".

I currently have A Smith 19 pinned and recessed, A Model 29 and two Model 57's and one is pinned and recessed and the other is not and of course a Colt "Original" Python. The Python shoots far better than any of the others.

 

[CajunBass]

I've always liked both and have owned a number of each...a few Rugers and other brands too.

I've only got two Colt revolvers now...and only one Smith and Wesson revolver. Since this is about Colts...

Both 2020 Pythons. They are shooters with 38 wadcutters, about all I shoot these days.

They ain't afraid of magnums either though.