GeorgeD
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What is the best revolver everyone has ever fired? For me, it is a Performance Center 627!
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bigfreakinrevolver
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My favorite is a model 28 chambered in 357/44 Bain and Davis. Smaller revolver big boom!
BigBlueSix
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My M19-3 with target trigger and hammer. What a honey.
TenTea
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M1955 Target with a *W* mainspring.
Matt Hooper
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My 1961 Colt Python. S&W - M 15-9 McGivern Lew Horton
Boogsawaste
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My lowly 10-5 with a small pit in the barrel, some slight rust spots here and there, but the best trigger I've ever tried and it's also the most accurate gun for me. Seriously, it feels just right in my hands. I've had/have other k frames, j frames, n frames, rugers, taurus, and shot L and x frames of different calibers/barrel lengths, but that old, beat up, nothing special, 10-5 will always be mine. Until I pass it down to my son. Thankfully he's only 2 years old so I get to hang on to it a little while longer. 
Groo01
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Groo here
Stock or custom??
Stock or custom??
Cpo1944
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Outdoors-man .22 Lr vintage, 1935 ,Just wonderful and points like its hooked to my brain.
Best for what?
For sheer excellence of execution, my 4" Model 29-2, proudly crowned with the best grips ever made for it, Pachmayr SN-S Presentations.
For best defensive weapon, probably my roundbutted 25-2 with 4.25" cutoff barrel with serrated red-insert sight and narrow rounded and polished trigger and chamfered chambers, and Pachmayr (sound familiar?) Compac grips.
For slightly more comfortable carry for defensive purposes, either of my Improved Model 56 revolvers, AKA 2" Model 15, with bobbed hammer and Rogers/Safariland grips.
That's revolvers. Best trigger and probably accuracy on any of my handguns probably comes from my H&R USRA Model 195 with adjustable sight radius and Roper grips. [The Roper grips are probably also a repeat, since it seems pretty obvious that the Pachmayr Presentations are a copy of the Roper design.]
For sheer excellence of execution, my 4" Model 29-2, proudly crowned with the best grips ever made for it, Pachmayr SN-S Presentations.
For best defensive weapon, probably my roundbutted 25-2 with 4.25" cutoff barrel with serrated red-insert sight and narrow rounded and polished trigger and chamfered chambers, and Pachmayr (sound familiar?) Compac grips.
For slightly more comfortable carry for defensive purposes, either of my Improved Model 56 revolvers, AKA 2" Model 15, with bobbed hammer and Rogers/Safariland grips.
That's revolvers. Best trigger and probably accuracy on any of my handguns probably comes from my H&R USRA Model 195 with adjustable sight radius and Roper grips. [The Roper grips are probably also a repeat, since it seems pretty obvious that the Pachmayr Presentations are a copy of the Roper design.]
loeman
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Md 681
Nothing fancy here. Just performance. I own many revolvers, most of them S&W but this Model 681 gets the most range time due to fine factory tuning, ergonomics and accuracy.
Nothing fancy here. Just performance. I own many revolvers, most of them S&W but this Model 681 gets the most range time due to fine factory tuning, ergonomics and accuracy.
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diggler1833
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Favorite S&W: 27-2.
I've also got other "favorites" though...like just about any of my pistols that I pick up and point
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I've also got other "favorites" though...like just about any of my pistols that I pick up and point
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Rick_A
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These two:
20140914_094019 by Slick_Rick77, on Flickr
20140721_092448 by Slick_Rick77, on Flickr
The 442-1 was my first new Smith since selling my revolvers off years ago. It's a joy to shoot and an easy carry. It dispels the myth that snub nosed revolvers are tough to shoot and inaccurate.
The 22-4 is the workhorse. It looks as good as it shoots. I have fancier guns but this is the shooter.
20140914_094019 by Slick_Rick77, on Flickr
20140721_092448 by Slick_Rick77, on FlickrThe 442-1 was my first new Smith since selling my revolvers off years ago. It's a joy to shoot and an easy carry. It dispels the myth that snub nosed revolvers are tough to shoot and inaccurate.
The 22-4 is the workhorse. It looks as good as it shoots. I have fancier guns but this is the shooter.
one eye joe
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'70 COLT PYTHON IS MY ALL TIME FAVORITE--BUT IT IS LONG GONE.
CURRENTLY, MY 4" 625-3 MODEL OF 1989. IT HAS THE BEST TRIGGER OF ANY S&W REVOLVER THAT I HAVE EVER OWNED. IT PUNCHES BIG .45 ACP HOLES INTO CLOVERLEAF PATTERNS WITH REGULARITY, INDOORS @ 50'…..
CURRENTLY, MY 4" 625-3 MODEL OF 1989. IT HAS THE BEST TRIGGER OF ANY S&W REVOLVER THAT I HAVE EVER OWNED. IT PUNCHES BIG .45 ACP HOLES INTO CLOVERLEAF PATTERNS WITH REGULARITY, INDOORS @ 50'…..
JimZ1006
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I only have a few S&W revolvers, but my favorite by far is the 629-3 Classic Hunter that I picked up from a friend a few years ago. It's super accurate and has the best trigger out of any revolver I have ever fired. Only change I've made to it are the checkered target stocks I put on it a while back that I purchased from one of the members here, it not only looks better but they fit my hand much better than the rubbers that it came with. This one is definitely a keeper.
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I have a S&W 640-3 for carry, and a S&W NM 66-8 that's getting there. However, the gun that gets shot the most, and always brings a smile to my face, is a GP100 Match Champion. If I do my job, I can't miss with it. It never fails to outshoot anything else I have in my stash. The 66-8 is slightly more crisp in SA, but in DA, the MC is like silk.
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"Best" is such an interesting word. I have an old 4" Model 10, a Wells Fargo turn in, most of the nickel is worn off, but it is an exceedingly good shooter. My first Model 19, a 4", was excellent but I blew it up. My Model 27 Classic comes pretty close to defining "best" in a host of ways.
However, because I think that I still shoot so amazingly well with my old Model 10 2" snub gun that I bought new in 1981 it, too, comes amazingly close to defining "best".
But I cannot gainsay my Ruger Vaqueros, since you didn't limit us to S&W. 4 5/8" barrels as I recall (haven't thought about it much, lately, but I believe that is correct. They are deadly accurate at close and long range. They're pretty close to being the best, too.
I expect my M25-5 will become the best once I shoot it enough.
Best is so hard to define......
***GRJ***
However, because I think that I still shoot so amazingly well with my old Model 10 2" snub gun that I bought new in 1981 it, too, comes amazingly close to defining "best".
But I cannot gainsay my Ruger Vaqueros, since you didn't limit us to S&W. 4 5/8" barrels as I recall (haven't thought about it much, lately, but I believe that is correct. They are deadly accurate at close and long range. They're pretty close to being the best, too.
I expect my M25-5 will become the best once I shoot it enough.
Best is so hard to define......
***GRJ***
Fishinfool
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As much as I like my N frames, my all time favorite has to be my 4 inch 586 no dash with Pachmayr grips.
It was my first duty gun. Ammo was free. I have shot the snot out of it in practice, qualifications, PPC, plinking. It has the smoothest double action trigger of any S&W I have used, and feels like an extension of my hand when I am using it. I always qualified Distinguished Expert with it, and won many a PPC match using that gun. I have taken several whitetails and a black bear with it, and have used it to defend my life.
To this day, I would not feel disadvantaged at all carrying this revolver on my hip, loaded with 6 Remington .357 mag. 125 grain SJHP's.
Larry
It was my first duty gun. Ammo was free. I have shot the snot out of it in practice, qualifications, PPC, plinking. It has the smoothest double action trigger of any S&W I have used, and feels like an extension of my hand when I am using it. I always qualified Distinguished Expert with it, and won many a PPC match using that gun. I have taken several whitetails and a black bear with it, and have used it to defend my life.
To this day, I would not feel disadvantaged at all carrying this revolver on my hip, loaded with 6 Remington .357 mag. 125 grain SJHP's.
Larry
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My 586 PC L Comp with the trigger and action "Carmonized" by Mike Carmoney. Anyone who has pulled the trigger on this gun is simply astonished. No one knew a DA trigger on a revolver can be like this. The DA pull is about 6 lbs. and smooth as silk. It is absolutely mind-bending. I wish you could all pull this trigger so you could understand what I am talking about.
The other day I let the guy who owns a local shop/range shoot it. He is in his 60s and has owned this high volume shop since the 80s. He has probably handled more guns then we could ever imagine. It went down like this...
I went shooting 2 weeks ago at his shop/range. I went into the range and he followed me in with the brand new Korth 1911 pistol that retails for $5500. It was just released two weeks ago. He handed me the Korth and 2 boxes of 45ACP and told me to have at it. The Korth jammed 4 times, though it was crazy accurate. I told him I was not impressed and then handed him my 586 L Comp.
As I was handing it to him, I said to him "I bet you have never felt a revolver with a DA trigger like this." He laughed and said "oh yeah, you really think so?", I said "I know so." He laughed again. You should have seen the look on his face when he pulled the trigger. He then said, "Obviously it is not reliable with many kids of ammo, right?". I handed him the gun and 5 or 6 different brands of ammo, even some Georgia Arms reloads and old 3D Ammo wadcutters from the 80s, and i said "see for yourself." Every time he pulled the trigger, he was dumbstruck.
Ah I now see you said stock revolver. Clearly my 586 L Comp is not stock. The most accurate stock revolver I have is my 4" Chiappa Rhino. I picked it up a month or so ago. This is the first cylinder I ever fired through it DA:
If you are a revolver fan, you owe it to yourself to shoot a 4" Rhino. It is a very impressive gun. I have the 2" Rhino as well. I can't get it to shoot like the 4", but it is plenty accurate. But the Rhinos are not my favorite stock guns.
If I had to pick one stock gun and call it my favorite, it would be a tie between these two siblings: 686PC 2.5" and 627PC 2.6"
627PC 2.6"
686PC 2.5"
If I had to pick one it would probably be the 627PC. The extra round squeaks it ahead of the 686PC. The 627PC is currently my EDC in a Tucker IWB Texas Heritage:
627PC 2.6"
Gotta Love the accurate firepower in a serious cartridge
Tucker IWB Texas Heritage
The other day I let the guy who owns a local shop/range shoot it. He is in his 60s and has owned this high volume shop since the 80s. He has probably handled more guns then we could ever imagine. It went down like this...
I went shooting 2 weeks ago at his shop/range. I went into the range and he followed me in with the brand new Korth 1911 pistol that retails for $5500. It was just released two weeks ago. He handed me the Korth and 2 boxes of 45ACP and told me to have at it. The Korth jammed 4 times, though it was crazy accurate. I told him I was not impressed and then handed him my 586 L Comp.
As I was handing it to him, I said to him "I bet you have never felt a revolver with a DA trigger like this." He laughed and said "oh yeah, you really think so?", I said "I know so." He laughed again. You should have seen the look on his face when he pulled the trigger. He then said, "Obviously it is not reliable with many kids of ammo, right?". I handed him the gun and 5 or 6 different brands of ammo, even some Georgia Arms reloads and old 3D Ammo wadcutters from the 80s, and i said "see for yourself." Every time he pulled the trigger, he was dumbstruck.
Ah I now see you said stock revolver. Clearly my 586 L Comp is not stock. The most accurate stock revolver I have is my 4" Chiappa Rhino. I picked it up a month or so ago. This is the first cylinder I ever fired through it DA:
If you are a revolver fan, you owe it to yourself to shoot a 4" Rhino. It is a very impressive gun. I have the 2" Rhino as well. I can't get it to shoot like the 4", but it is plenty accurate. But the Rhinos are not my favorite stock guns.
If I had to pick one stock gun and call it my favorite, it would be a tie between these two siblings: 686PC 2.5" and 627PC 2.6"
627PC 2.6"
686PC 2.5"
If I had to pick one it would probably be the 627PC. The extra round squeaks it ahead of the 686PC. The 627PC is currently my EDC in a Tucker IWB Texas Heritage:
627PC 2.6"
Gotta Love the accurate firepower in a serious cartridge
Tucker IWB Texas Heritage
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I had never even held Rhino before I bought it that day. Bought it, then walked into their range and first 6 rounds fired. I was pretty shocked.
Arik
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I own 3 K frames and 2 J's. So I would say my imported M13-2
SJshooter
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For me, it's my 66-2. I have close to 20 Smiths and shoot them all, but this one just has the sweetest trigger you can imagine.
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