Does your appreciation of classic revolvers...

[elm_creek_smith]

Don't care if my M1911A1 says "Colt" as long as it is pre-Series 70, parkerized, and is full sized. I'm not going to shoot competition any more, so fixed, low-profile sights are just fine with me.

I also like blued or nickel-plated fixed-sight revolvers with wood grips.

Yeah, I guess it does.

ECS

 

[semperfi71]

I have always enjoyed history. Hence "classics" appeal to me more so than "the latest".

However that attitude has made me pay more for guns that I could have bought when they were "the latest" and now are "classics"...like a M657 3 inch.

But...some classic beauties will never be surpassed, like Rita Hayworth....

 

[nawilson]

My first 1911-style pistol was a Kimber TLE 2 also. I then bought a Colt LW Commander XSE... something about the Colt name caused me to sell the Kimber to buy a 1950 Colt Government Model. I love the classics, but I can appreciate some of the new features (like sights you can see).

 

[sipowicz]

It's a known fact that Rita loved the 1911....but she preferred the 5 inch over the 4 1/4....

 

[Rawhyde]

I think it does for me. If it doesn't have blued steel and wood, I lose interest very quickly. I hear (long and loud) how fantastic polymer stocks, parkerizing, tacticool finishes, carry bevelling (almost indistinguishable from a hamfisted polishing job except to the most discerning eye) and other such modern features are....they just don't inspire me.

I have a really nice Remington 700VS in .22-250. It shoots great, but the genuine plastic stock and the flat black "finish" on the metal just ruin it for me. It would be a fantastic rifle if it had been properly polished and blued and fitted with a nicely figured stock with an ebony forend cap. The rifle was a gift from many years back that lived in a closet until a friend of mine lamented about a "coyote problem". The coyotes weren't a problem for long, but I'm not sure if they died from lead poisoning or overexposure to ugliness. Last year, I looked the gun up on Remington's website, and was staggered by the price of this gun. I was expecting it to be in the $350-400 range. I thought the horrible finish and plastic stock were major cost cutting measures to make a heavy barrel varmint rifle really cheap.

What do I know anyway? I like S&W revolvers that are older than I am, and I won't buy a car without a clutch pedal...

 

[M29since14]

It's a known fact that Rita loved the 1911....but she preferred the 5 inch over the 4 1/4....

There he goes again... D)

 

[Andy Griffith]

Yes.

1911's are a little too "modern" looking for me. I do wish there were more reproductions of the 1905 Colts and others with the 19th cenutry look to them.

Although I own items that are more modern, the 19th century designs are more aesthetically pleasing. Although I'd never buy one because it's polymer, I do like the cylinder treatment that Ruger did to their LCR- a throwback to the "church steeple" cylinder flutes that Webley had on their WG model.

 

[Imshootin]

I love revolvers, have owned many and still do. Been shooting them for the better part of 46-47 years but when it comes to putting something on my hip when I leave the house, nine out of ten times it will be one of my semi-autos, usually a Sig, Glock or M&P.

 

[pawncop]

^^^^^^^^^^^
I am of the same school. I carry a M&P 45 ACP as my duty sidearm, and my Glock 32 (357 Sig) is my primary off duty sidearm, but then I have my 686 2 1/2" issued off duty and I just love revolvers.

 

[boatbum101]

I like my 1911's . I have 4 . 3 for competition & 1 for social work . I have several S&W & Colt wheelguns too . For looks you can't beat pretty bluing & gorgeous wood . Of course nickel's good too . Now days I carry a SIG . It's lighter & holds more ammo .

 

[Cyrano]

I'm only 78; I have an Iver Johnson break top revolver made in 1894 (it's the first model with the latch thumbpiece at the front, and the pushbutton for cylidner release). I prefer my Glock 19.