Six Shot Revolver - Is it just me?
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Dirty Harry's speech would have sounded funny with 7 shots.
Does anyone remember the Bugs Bunny cartoon where Yosemite Sam pulls his revolver, which says "Six-shooter" on the side. Then Bugs pulls a "Seven-shooter" then Sam pulls the "eight-shooter" then Bugs pulls a "nine-shooter" ....
Damn that was funny.
(I just looked it up the cartoon was "Hare Trigger")
Sorry. I know. Off topic.
Damn that was funny.
(I just looked it up the cartoon was "Hare Trigger")
Sorry. I know. Off topic.
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Hence my signature line.
Revolver King
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I have 5s,6s,7s,8s&10s and I love them all. I really like shooting my moon clipped clark custom 686+ with 6" barrel. It seems to just suck up those moon clips. ah yes I love them all.
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I know there are people who NEVER in their life will have an accidental discharge, who use safe gun practices all the time, and who count every shot, even in "high capacity" revolvers. Obviously, you will NEVER have a problem with a 7 or 8 shot revolver, ever. But for us old brainwashed codgers, who might be less than perfect, I just wondered if anyone felt the same as I did about six shooters being just...right.....
DaveWW
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Actually Tom, when I'm running heavy charges of Lilgun or 2400, that extra metal is comforting.
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So tell me TwoGunsStanding How old is old codger?
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The 7 shot 686 Mountain Gun is the single best, most versatile revolver has ever made, bar none. It can be used with light target loads for target practice, full 125 grain JHPs for self-defense, 180s for hunting, it holds one more than the K frame, weighs about the same, has a round butt for ease of carry, is lively in the hand, has the strongest cylinder by virtue of the offset locking notches (in between the charge holes instead of directly over the thinnest part), and it has adjustable sights to allow zeroing for a wide variety of different loads.
Conventional wisdom has always been that if you could only own one revolver, it should be a 4 inch .357 medium frame S&W. The 686 7 shot Mountain Gun IS that revolver!
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This sounds like a Mr. Monk thing, having to have even numbers or something.
Well, I've got five, six, and eight shot revolvers, but I've also got semiautomatics that make me count to seven, eight, ten, fifteen, and eighteen. I think it's my having studied music, and percussion in particular, that makes that easy for me. One gets used to whatever number of beats there are in a measure being repeated, and whatever number that is, that's what it is, whether two, three, four, five, six, seven, nine, twelve, or whatever. There's a song in Jesus Christ Superstar that goes, 1-2-3-4, 1-2-3, 1-2-3-4, 1-2-3, over and over like that. So 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8 isn't that big a deal. I like that eight shot N frame .357, by the way.
Well, I've got five, six, and eight shot revolvers, but I've also got semiautomatics that make me count to seven, eight, ten, fifteen, and eighteen. I think it's my having studied music, and percussion in particular, that makes that easy for me. One gets used to whatever number of beats there are in a measure being repeated, and whatever number that is, that's what it is, whether two, three, four, five, six, seven, nine, twelve, or whatever. There's a song in Jesus Christ Superstar that goes, 1-2-3-4, 1-2-3, 1-2-3-4, 1-2-3, over and over like that. So 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8 isn't that big a deal. I like that eight shot N frame .357, by the way.
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Born in 1952, been shooting handguns regularly for 42 years.
Revolver King
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Shoot Thats not old, I was born in 1946 and that isn't old either. Now if you were born in the 30's now your getting close. LOL
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Originally posted by Gunned-up:
If you need more than five or six, get to the range and pratice....
That's per assailant. I figure you don't get to pick in advance how many there'll be if one is involved in an "incident". You don't even get to fill out an application. I've also got three fire extinguishers in different parts of my house, but I hope I never have to actually rely on all three at once.
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I like seven.
TwoGunsStanding,
I didn't mean to sound lika a smart axx.
My point was that I am equally uneasy with 5, 6, or 7, shot revolvers. I had an A.D. 30 years ago. Since then, regardless of how many they hold, all guns make me uneasy until I can visibly see that the cylinder/chamber is clear.
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Nygma, I appreciate your contributions and honesty. I was poking fun, as a friend of mine who always acted as if he would never have an accidental discharge finally had one after about 15-20 years of shooting (he would never tell me when it happened, only that it did). When I am handling any revolver, I think the flag goes up, but if handling and shooting something other than a six shooter, I get nervous a little more. Of course, single actions of Colt style should be loaded and carried with five, and guns should always be checked (I have gone the other way, and carried empty guns as CCW, having grabbed the wrong gun or not checked it as one is supposed to do). We have to constantly be aware that adopting a regular habit or routine of "check & respect" for any gun we are handling is a good idea. I saw the results of three people (not all law officers) handling/transporting a shotgun to the police indoor range and then the last guy (range officer) supposedly "clearing it" by racking it and "checking it" by then firing it at the ceiling. You guessed it. Soemone had put the gun into the arsenal loaded, the arms room officer grabbed it and sent it for a ride to the off-side range by a civiian employee, and then guy #3 fires it accidentally. The indoor range inner door was open and about 7-8 officers had their ears ringing for awhile. All guns are loaded at all times until proven differently.
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