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Old 12-07-2017, 10:49 AM   #8651
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Shot a few short barrel revolvers yesterday, all with .38 Special wadcutters and .357, on bullseye targets at 25 yds.

-S&W J frame $495.00 couldn't place 5 shots on the paper.
-Chiappa $1,150 mistimed 2 out 6.
-Ruger $549.00 OK but cheaply made. All 5 outside of 7 ring.
-Kimber K6 high quality - good shooter, best trigger but DA only and $800. All 6 inside of 6 ring.
-My own 40 year old S&W Model 13-3 placed all 6 in the 9/10.
Good friend of mine had a Chiappa. Had to send it back twice to the factory because it locked up shooting his low power hand loads. He no longer owns a Chiappa.

His Ruger GP-100 has been flawless.
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Old 12-07-2017, 10:57 AM   #8652
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I might well be as old as your grandfather and I'm here to tell you that if you want a modern wheel gun as good as they came 40 years ago out of the box you'll have to pay huge $$$ to a good custom shop. Welcome to the age of plastic everything.
US firearms was making some of the nicest single actions we have ever had, everything in house at the old colt building. They could've been bought new for under a grand and ordered just how you wanted; a few years ago they went under and now the market has realized what they missed out on. Anyone who knows what they have is asking north of four digits.
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Old 12-07-2017, 11:29 AM   #8653
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US firearms was making some of the nicest single actions we have ever had, everything in house at the old colt building. They could've been bought new for under a grand and ordered just how you wanted; a few years ago they went under and now the market has realized what they missed out on. Anyone who knows what they have is asking north of four digits.
I shot one several years ago and it was truly wonderful. Then when I decided to buy one they were gone. They do show up on GunBroker for north of $2000, waaay north.

Anyway, I'm now looking for a high quality snubie and I'm not finding anything as good as this:

https://kortharms.com/de/sky-marshal-2-zoll-133.html
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Old 12-07-2017, 12:32 PM   #8654
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::shudders:: revolver talk...
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Old 12-07-2017, 02:48 PM   #8655
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::shudders:: revolver talk...


I don't have any, but I almost feel like I need to just because even though I don't really want one all that much either.
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Old 12-07-2017, 02:49 PM   #8656
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I shot one several years ago and it was truly wonderful. Then when I decided to buy one they were gone. They do show up on GunBroker for north of $2000, waaay north.

Anyway, I'm now looking for a high quality snubie and I'm not finding anything as good as this:

https://kortharms.com/de/sky-marshal-2-zoll-133.html
you do know that this is one fires blanks only
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Old 12-07-2017, 06:51 PM   #8657
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you do know that this is one fires blanks only
Ooops, I linked the wrong page. Here we go:

https://kortharms.com/de/sky-marshal-2-zoll.html

2 inch, 9mm
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Old 12-07-2017, 07:14 PM   #8658
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Beretta PX4 Storm compact or subcompact, anyone got one? Opinions?
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Old 12-07-2017, 08:32 PM   #8659
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I'd rather shoot my cap and ball revolvers than an AR any day of the week. Much less boring.
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Old 12-07-2017, 09:05 PM   #8660
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I'd rather shoot my cap and ball revolvers than an AR any day of the week. Much less boring.
That's cool man. You do you. Sounds like too much work to me.
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Old 12-08-2017, 02:27 AM   #8661
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I shot one several years ago and it was truly wonderful. Then when I decided to buy one they were gone. They do show up on GunBroker for north of $2000, waaay north.

Anyway, I'm now looking for a high quality snubie and I'm not finding anything as good as this:

https://kortharms.com/de/sky-marshal-2-zoll-133.html
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Ooops, I linked the wrong page. Here we go:

https://kortharms.com/de/sky-marshal-2-zoll.html

2 inch, 9mm
I don´t know why, but I dislike the hammer

what do you think of the Chiappa Rhino



https://www.northwestfirearms.com/th...review.171423/

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Old 12-08-2017, 09:07 AM   #8662
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... what do you think of the Chiappa Rhino ....
Not much.
I shot it. It mistimed two out of six and it burned my hand from the lower cylinder gap. They told the owner of that gun to change his grip which is stupid advice. You draw - you fire and then -if you must first fiddle with your grip- you die.

Going to shoot again the Kimber K6s today. Get more time with it. Loved the staged trigger, the radical dehorning and the minimal cylinder to frame gap. You couldn't customize a S&W or Ruger or whatever to this level at any cost.
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Old 12-08-2017, 11:30 AM   #8663
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Ooops, I linked the wrong page. Here we go:

https://kortharms.com/de/sky-marshal-2-zoll.html

2 inch, 9mm
there is no way that gun doesn't snag on everything it possibly could if you're carrying concealed.

rails? exposed hammer? 2" barrel? are they stupid?

If that gun was DAO, hammerless and the rails went away, it would be a winner. that is, if the extraction works as it should.

I carried a ruger LCR for a bit. for the price, I like the gun a lot. It's winter time now, so concealing a snubby .357 is easier, so it sits in the safe.
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Old 12-08-2017, 11:38 AM   #8664
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::shudders:: revolver talk...
I love my cowboy gun.
Ideally I hope to score an older one to complement the new hotness; metalmilitia (miss you sir) had an older S&W he let me handle when we last went to the range...man it was buttery awesome.
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Old 12-08-2017, 12:42 PM   #8665
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Shrug

I had a 4" bright stainless Colt King Cobra .357mag, it didn't do anything for me. Sold it for a bit more than I paid for it.
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Old 12-08-2017, 05:30 PM   #8666
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On another note ... I bought a Springfield 1911 Mil-Spec because I have a soft spot for the GI pistol.

Right away I sent it to Springfield's custom shop to do lots of custom work including "radical" dehorning and blueing.

The dehorning came out fair but not radical enough for me.

The blueing is not nice, apparently the old chemicals are now illegal, etc.

Enter the nice people at Clark Custom Guns:

https://clarkcustomguns.com/gun/meltdown/

I'm very tempted to have them melt it and hard chrome parts of it.

By the time I get it back it'll be a candidate for most expensive 1911 folly.

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Old 12-08-2017, 05:40 PM   #8667
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On another note ... I bought a Springfield 1911 Mil-Spec because I have a soft spot for the GI pistol.

Right away I sent it to Springfield's custom shop to do lots of custom work including "radical" dehorning and blueing.

The dehorning came out fair but not radical enough for me.

The blueing is not nice, apparently the old chemicals are now illegal, etc.

Enter the nice people at Clark Custom Guns:

https://clarkcustomguns.com/gun/meltdown/

I'm very tempted to have them melt it and hard chrome parts of it.

By the time I get it back it'll be a candidate for most expensive 1911 folly.

It's not up to Ed Brown prices yet.
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Old 12-08-2017, 05:41 PM   #8668
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Clark customs is great. You won’t be disappointed. For bluing I’d have to toss my Dan Wesson 44 up there.
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Old 12-08-2017, 05:51 PM   #8669
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... what do you think of the Chiappa Rhino ....
I shot a 3" .357. It burned my hand with the fire out of the lower barrel and it mistimed twice with its labyrinthine transfer bar.

Other than that ...apparently it was a John Browning design thus proving that there ain't nobody who bats 100.
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Old 12-08-2017, 05:57 PM   #8670
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It's not up to Ed Brown prices yet.
EZ for U 2 say. I bet Ed Brown hasn't built many $5.850 1911s without a stitch of engravings.
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Old 12-08-2017, 06:14 PM   #8671
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EZ for U 2 say. I bet Ed Brown hasn't built many $5.850 1911s without a stitch of engravings.
$6,000?!

That's SVI 2011 territory right there. The SVI might actually be cheaper.
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Old 12-08-2017, 07:08 PM   #8672
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A $6K Springfield GI 1911? Ouch.
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Old 12-08-2017, 08:17 PM   #8673
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Old 12-08-2017, 09:31 PM   #8674
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Old 12-08-2017, 09:44 PM   #8675
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Not me. I've got a TS Orange.
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