does anyone have a recommendation for a good revolver at a low-mid price range?
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does anyone have a recommendation for a good revolver at a low-mid price range?
Depends on what caliber your looking at. Personally I absolutely LOVE my .22/.22Mag Ruger single six. Shoots straight, cheap to shoot, fun to shoot, can be used for certain things, and gives you the two cylinders for the two variations. I paid 480 brand new a few years ago, damn thing shoot better than any of my other hand guns other than one of my Kimbers, even then it's a tie.
I was looking at this revolver, does anyone have any experience with it?
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Did you get the Magpul stuff yet? I'll be getting it when it goes back in stock at PrimaryArms. I'll also be getting a sweet used (1 year old) loaner over-under from the sporting clays course I go to. Original price was $2600 but they are selling it for $1250
Honestly for a real nice small, affordable pistol that Smith and Wesson 380 body guard is the best I have shot in my life. Until you move up into the subcompacts. Now for something that you can use for hunting and personal protection I have no idea. For hunting you want range, but most personal protection incidents happen at very close range. The range means a longer barrel, the personal protection means you want something that can pull out quick and which means a short barrel.
The only pistols I've seen used for hunting have been longer ranged handguns that typically have the ability to mount a scope. I hunt with a shotgun or muzzleloader, then I carry my Colt 1991A1 simply for walking up on the game. I would not actually hunt with it, but that is my personal preference.
I just got some good news. I thought that in PA you could only use revolvers for defense while hunting, but apparently in 2007 that was changed. http://forum.pafoa.org/hunting-23/11...unting-pa.html
So I am no longer restricted to a revolver. And I dont want to use the gun for hunting, I am looking to use it as a sidearm just in case I need it
Then I would personally recomend, a compact .45. The colt series compact .45's I have always loved. Then again they are not as cheap. I have tried the compact, .40 and .45 springfield XD's, I am a springfield fan I hate glocks on the affordable end ( I do personally prefer Kimbers above all others), and they fired great handled well for myself. The most important thing about a hand gun is the personal feel, if it doesn't feel natural when you pick it up it isn't for you.
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Not yet on the magpul , and a good over and under makes for an awesome clay gun.
I looked, but they are all way over my price range. At the moment I am looking for something $400-$500 until I don't have to save up for a car. Thats why I was looking at the S&W 442
Got a call from one of my sporting clays coach and he told me he can get a new Beretta Teknys Gold Target 12 guage semi-auto for $1480 instead of MSRP $2540. So I should have a pretty sweet shotgun in a few months
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Gotta say that I love my 870, but having to pump it really gives me a disadvantage with simo targets :P
This is the new one I looked at Monday thinking of getting this one instead of the berretta 96
Its a S&W 40 cal
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Youll love it. I have the 9mm.
If you get it take it to the range and check the sights. Mine shot about 2" left and half inch low at about 30'. Easily corrected tho. Some are on right out of the box.
HE SCORES!!!!!
I got lucky and will pick up my new weapon a week from friday :)
Ruger 10/22 takedown olympic, only 5000 produced
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wow, that is nice loco! Did you win it? I always try all of these contests and raffles, but never win a thing :( Enjoy it!
However, I do buy some toys now and then :P
Beretta Teknys .12 guage semi has been awesome and it is fantastic for sporting clays, I just need a bit of practice with it now. I have too much time to think between shots now that I don't have to pump :D
and I got the Magpul furniture for my 870, it looks badass and feels great to hold, but I'll let you know how it feels to shoot on Sunday
ctually I was in the gun shop saturday and he ordered ten of them, told him to hold one for me. they came in today... a whole 2 of them. being limited dealers can only get two so he has one left which he was gonna nab for himself. wasn't expecting them this soon, so paid part of it till next paycheck.
Now i'm torn wether i should shoot it at all :(
As long as it is very well maintained I would shoot it, not like a normal 10/22, but enough to experience it. Speaking of which I should probably clean my 10/22 it's been a few thousand rounds.
serial numbers are not a regular ruger either. for these they begin... GOLD0001 - GOLD5000
was thinking of getting a 10-22 and this just happened to come along, not to mention its stainless
I swear by my 10/22, ive had 3 jams after about 7000 rounds. Has to get one new mag so I bought 6, just to make sure. Haven't cleaned it in about 2500 rounds give or take a couple hunred with the my ruger single six involved. Thing still shoots straight, and never malfunctions. Although my little henry repeater .22 is gaining ground on the 10/22 right now for myself, along with my little henry ranch hand .22 ( still learning how to aim with it since the original stock doesn't really serve much of a purpose) is a fun one to try to perfect.
BTW serpa you can't go wrong with a S&W. My SVE40 was a fun one, and although I had to get rid of it I would buy and S&W again. Just wish I didn't have the .45's and the 9mm's then I could justify buying a few .40's, maybe in the future.
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This is what i finally bought today I get it wedesday final price was 390.00 US for pistol tax and application fee I will be picking up ammo when i pick up the pistol I want to try target loads frist and a box of hollow points anyone got a good brand for ammo for it
the pistol is a S&W 40
SVE 40? I had a 2005 SVE put blazer, cheap as shit, shit ass ammo through it. Never malfunctioned, or jammed. I also put a few hundred of the remmington UMC through it and never had an issue. They are very reliable weapons, does your have a safety on it? I got rid of mine because it only had the trigger safety, and I didn't care for that.
i pretty sure it does it has a trigger safety and safety next to slide
one thing i learned is dont just grab a box of ammo, try different bullet grains. you'll find the pistol will shoot different with different grain bullets. my 9mm with 124gn shoots low from center, 147 shoot high. you may need to find that one round and brand that shoots right.
i reload and am going to back off the powder a tad with the 124's to see if i cant bring it up a bit.
(by the way, the lighter the bullet, the more gn's of powder behind it. my 9mm 124's load at 5.3gn of powder, my 90's load out at 6.7 gn's. the larger the bullet weight, the further it seats in the case which leaves less room for powder)
what a difference a scope makes... you definitely don't want to be on the recieving end of my 45-70 h&r buffalo classic now.
picked up a used swift 6-18x44mm scope for cheap. used 3 rounds at 50yds to get it close to center, then sighted it in at 100yds. Shot high by about 3" so took it down 10 clicks, still shot high so did another 15 clicks, and it still shot high by an inch. so took it down more and popped a shot... dead center twice. good enough since that hefty of a bullet would knock a deer over anyways, not to mention anything in its path.
I just got a 442 and love it was only $372 the recoil is quite heavy with +P after 50 rounds i start to lose some skin
best ammo i can find http://www.buffalobore.com/index.php...uct_list&c=104
In the last few months i have added
S&W 442
S&W M&P22
ruger LCP
ruger 10-22
And built a 2nd AR15 off of an Aero Precision upper and lower
I reallly really need to stay out of the store.
Picked up a S&W 22a (22lr) target pistol. new for 229
This thing is a blast to shoot, but took about 50 rounds down the tube before it settled in. the thing will shoot better than I ever will. picked up a cheap browning buckmark red dot for it too.
Had to borrow a pic... really need to get some new pics of my stuff, things keep changing
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This is a 22 long rifle, single shot, bolt action Anschutz 1407 in an 1807 three-position stock (IIRC it's a 1977). Adjustable in just about every dimension and fly-castrating accurate. The 26" bull barrel gives her about a 12 pound total weight and it has the strangest report when fired, probably again due to the length of the barrel.
Wrong thread to start!
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No muzzle loaders SATX? :D Very nice collection you've got there. What are they all? Particularely the side-by-side in the first photo.
Actually I do have a bunch front stuffers. Some of them date back to the fur trade era right on up to the civil war. I have a friend that is a history buff and is in a War of 1812 reenactment group. He keeps pestering me to loan him a few, but they are family heirlooms and I'm not so hot to let him go play soldier with them.
That 1st side by side is an older model Norinco 99 12ga. I quit using that when I switched over to a TTN copy of the 1878 SxS. I use them to compete in SASS. I have more pics of guns I haven't posted, but I thought I had sucked up enough band width for one day... Might make another post when I get back from the library.
Have a nice collection of early Winchester lever guns that may uncle passed on to me when he died. 1876's, 1892's, 1894's. Plus a whole bunch of bolt action hunting rifles. The only thing I brought up to Canada for now was one of my 7mm mag bolt guns for hunting.
Crap, I keep losing it!!!!
duracoat, german flectarn camoflage. Definitely not cheap to have done. But I think when you can lose it on a carpet, it's worth it...lol
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Just came into the forums... Thread hasnt been posted on in awhile so Ill add... Im a sucker for NFA items, so I usually get a new toy every 4-5 months ;)
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Well i have AK 47 its really good gun for shooting,
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I wanna play! :eusa_shifty: Long time since a post in here.
Some of my sicks and stones:
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Unfortunately I personally don't own anything.... however, one of my grooms-men owns the following and I have access to any ;).
i think he's ready for the Zombie Apocalypse lol
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In case it wasn't seen... his AR-50 (me). He also has a Barrett 50 and a Dessert Eagle (Couldn't find the pics)
Ok here are some of my goodies! Enjoy hogs. Model 1917, M1 Garand & CZ 452 lux
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