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JSThane wrote:Well, except the Redhawk is a double-action like the 29, but I cannot shoot a 29 more than one or two cylinders' worth before my hand hurts, while I can shoot a Redhawk through about 80 dollars' worth of ammo and be fine.

Weight of gun, weight/speed of bullet, shape of the grip, and shape of the shooter's hands, all factor in.

I was speaking of the Ruger Super Blackhawk, not the Redhawk. The Redhawk is 58 oz versus the Model 29 at 48 oz.

WildBill wrote:

JSThane wrote:Well, except the Redhawk is a double-action like the 29, but I cannot shoot a 29 more than one or two cylinders' worth before my hand hurts, while I can shoot a Redhawk through about 80 dollars' worth of ammo and be fine.

Weight of gun, weight/speed of bullet, shape of the grip, and shape of the shooter's hands, all factor in.

I was speaking of the Ruger Super Blackhawk, not the Redhawk. The Redhawk is 58 oz versus the Model 29 at 48 oz.

I'm quite aware of the difference, and I'm at swapping the two in my head prior to my last reply. If this keeps up, I won't have any memory left by the time I'm 40!

You ain't 40yet?!...I figured you for older...

RogueUSMC wrote:You ain't 40yet?!...I figured you for older...

I'm exactly the opposite in-person. I've had people stop me as I walk past - in uniform - and ask me if I'm old enough to be wearing that badge.

Picked up a S&W Model 327 yesterday. Medium frame, 2" barrel, and 8 rounds of .357 magnum. Sweet gun.

JSThane wrote:

RogueUSMC wrote:You ain't 40yet?!...I figured you for older...

I'm exactly the opposite in-person. I've had people stop me as I walk past - in uniform - and ask me if I'm old enough to be wearing that badge.

The other night I had to ask the waitress to check my ID when I ordered a glass of wine.

WildBill wrote:

JSThane wrote:

RogueUSMC wrote:You ain't 40yet?!...I figured you for older...

I'm exactly the opposite in-person. I've had people stop me as I walk past - in uniform - and ask me if I'm old enough to be wearing that badge.

The other night I had to ask the waitress to check my ID when I ordered a glass of wine.

Why would you ask someone to check your ID?

Anygunanywhere

Something about a tongue and a cheek I think...lol

anygunanywhere wrote:

WildBill wrote:

JSThane wrote:

RogueUSMC wrote:You ain't 40yet?!...I figured you for older...

I'm exactly the opposite in-person. I've had people stop me as I walk past - in uniform - and ask me if I'm old enough to be wearing that badge.

The other night I had to ask the waitress to check my ID when I ordered a glass of wine.

Why would you ask someone to check your ID?

Anygunanywhere

I was being a wise guy. It was at restaurant where I often have dinner so the waitress knows me.

She carded a guy who looked to be about 40, so I jokingly asked if she wanted to see my ID too.

I'm throwing in my vote for the GP100. I love that wheel-gun, and the longer the barrel, the better. I used a S&W 686 to qualify with for my instructor's certification, and it's a great gun too.

TBM

The_Busy_Mom wrote:I'm throwing in my vote for the GP100. I love that wheel-gun, and the longer the barrel, the better. I used a S&W 686 to qualify with for my instructor's certification, and it's a great gun too.

TBM

The longer the barrel the better accuracy for qualifying. Concealed carry may be another matter.

The_Busy_Mom wrote:I'm throwing in my vote for the GP100. I love that wheel-gun, and the longer the barrel, the better. I used a S&W 686 to qualify with for my instructor's certification, and it's a great gun too.

TBM

The GP100 is a real blue collar, working man's (or lady's) gun. There are prettier revolvers, slicker revolvers, smoother revolvers, and so on, but I love the solid, no nonsense GP100.

WildBill wrote:

anygunanywhere wrote:

WildBill wrote:

JSThane wrote:

RogueUSMC wrote:You ain't 40yet?!...I figured you for older...

I'm exactly the opposite in-person. I've had people stop me as I walk past - in uniform - and ask me if I'm old enough to be wearing that badge.

The other night I had to ask the waitress to check my ID when I ordered a glass of wine.

Why would you ask someone to check your ID?

Anygunanywhere

I was being a wise guy. It was at restaurant where I often have dinner so the waitress knows me.

She carded a guy who looked to be about 40, so I jokingly asked if she wanted to see my ID too.

Must be the dementia kicking in on my part.

My lovely wife recently arrived back at the RV after shopping at a nearby Kroger. One of the items she bought was six bottles of her favorite table wine. You get a discount with six. She is 61 but really does not show her age. I think she is more beautiful now than when we met. The teenage checkout person asked her for ID and it annoyed my wife. I started to ask why but decided to leave it alone because I would not have understood anyway....

I thought it was pretty funny.

Anygunanywhere

VMI77 wrote:Picked up a S&W Model 327 yesterday. Medium frame, 2" barrel, and 8 rounds of .357 magnum. Sweet gun.

http://www.smith-wesson.com/webapp/wcs/ ... rrorView_Y

Here's a link to the 327.

SIA

Kinda confusing being as S&W made a .327 cal revolver. the .327 was a high powered .32 that was supposed to give you a punch of a .357 with a six round cylinder...