Does your appreciation of classic revolvers...

Mr Sip, we all know you are a good man with unlimited intelligence and funding.

What do you have against S&W 1911? I love all mine and those I know having them all love theirs. I carry my S&W and leave the Colt in the safe. The Colt has not been fired in years.
 
All my Smith revolvers are K & N framed 3 screw, blued steel and wood. I love them and shoot all of them. My other hand gun tastes tend to follow the proven path of service sidearms. One 1911 (S&W), a 92FS, a P226, a 4506-1 and a few others.

I feel they have all earned their stripes in the field or on the street. While my caliber choices range from 9mm to 45acp & 45 Colt, I find I shoot more .40 S&W than anything else. The 92FS and P226 can both go from .22lr to 9mm to .40S&W by changing out top ends.

LTC
 
The extreme examples of this would be a samurai and his sword ( a work of art) versus a hired (and bored) functionary issued a Glock. They might both be armed individuals in the service of something, but that's about all they have in common.

I suspect that when law enforcement cashiered the revolver they lost more than they gained in "firepower". The times, they were a-changin'.

I like the old wheelguns, and the 1911 and BHP suit me. Polymer and stamped guns are about as personal as a Bic pen.

Just my .02.
 
I like the classics.I hope I live long enough to see plastic become classic.
I have nothing against plastic or stamped or MIM or......In reality I have much respect for the new ways but have much more respect for the old.
 
I'm definitely a big fan of the classic revolvers, prewar or immediate postwar, and from both the major manufacturers. But I am trying to expand my horizons, so I recently acquired a modern S&W semiauto -- a first-year 4006, if that can be counted as "modern" in this context.

I'm open to the appeal of modern guns. Some recent S&W revolvers, even with the IL, have found their way into my safe and I like them a lot. I like the 4006. I like the S&W PPK/S I bought a couple of years back. Generally speaking, I like all the guns I buy, but the ones I like a little less as time goes on are the ones that need a little more work than I thought they would when I first picked them up. A couple of loose '20s and '30s era Colt revolvers are among these guns.

I have eyed Kimber and Wilson 1911s at the LGS from time to time. Maybe there is one of those in my future. But if there is, it would not be a replacement for a classic Colt 1911. I will need one of those under any circumstances. :D
 
As a Steel and Walnut man I have never developed a liking for plastic or alloy or whatever frames, and anyway the barrels and slides are still steel, aren't they ?
 
I'm old, I like old, especially blue steel and pretty wood. I also have lots of blue and wood long guns that I favor. Black tacticool or plastic just never turned my crank, ....................however someplace out on the internet is a picture of me shooting a glawk, and I'm smiling.
 
Ron H. said:
...For just one example, on a "using" gun, I much prefer the big, easy-to-see sights on modern 1911s over the tiny old style 1911 sights.
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I'm with Ron. On one hand, I think mods to 1911s can easily be over-done. But on the other, I grew up in the era when stock Colts were more of a pain in the neck than anything else, and I haven't forgotten it. For my purposes, there is no comparison between my TLE II and the '70s vintage Combat Commander I once owned.

A decent trigger, Commander hammer, sights I can see, and a properly fitted barrel are minimums, for me. I can do without the other trinkets, but some are "really nice" - like checkering on the front strap. I guess if you have never had a basically stock 1911 or 1911A1, it might be something you have to explore, just to satisfy your curiosity. :)
 
My first handgun was a Kimber, followed by a smaller Kimber, then a half dozen revolvers. Now I have a lever action rifle addiction.

You tell me :)
 
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
 
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....

Rita.jpg
 
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).
 
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...
 
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.
 
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.
 
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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.
 
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 .
 
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