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Post by MLB on Sept 21, 2005 9:45:31 GMT -5
Seems to me that every handgun enthusiast I talk to has a gun or two in mind that he'd pick up if he saw it for the right price (or saw it at all in some cases.) Not for investment purposes (I'm sure we'd all grab up Hitler's ppk if we could), but just because you'd like to have the gun.
I'm watching for a 4" blued Python (along with everyone else it seems) and a Walther P5C. I don't see those around much. Something about them that I really like.
Others I think I'll eventually pick up are a S&W Model 29 and a Browning Hi-Power, but those are on a longer list...
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Post by TMan on Sept 21, 2005 11:01:56 GMT -5
I want either a PPK or a PPK/s chambered in .32 ACP. They are readily available in .380, but that isn't what I want. I know, I know, but they had .32 ACP on sale once, and I have a ton of it.
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Post by "DoubleAction" on Sept 21, 2005 13:42:40 GMT -5
TMan; I actually remember looking for only one handgun of those that I've bought; everything else was found by coinsidence, brought to my attention by someone else, or offered up.
I have preferences for certain pieces and one day I hope to acquire a Blued S&W model 29 with a four inch barrel.
I need to have some drop style holsters made for my four inch N frames.I also need to acquire some more grips for my square butt N frames.
I'm usually patient when buying another gun; I usually browse when I'm on my own and if I see something on the back burner, I'll buy it.
I probably have a different story for every gun I own; how I found it, the deal, the money, why I bought it, and why I've kept it for so long.
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Post by 5ontarget on Sept 21, 2005 14:54:45 GMT -5
DA, Maybe you could get TA to make some grips for you.
On my someday lists... S&W 686, or a Model 27 (I could kick, shoot, and otherwise maim myself for passing on one I saw at a gunshow a couple years ago. I just didn't have quite enough $$ for it), maybe even a model 28, and 1911 trophy gold cup or something similar, new or used.
Making the old guns list, a Swedish Mauser, and a shootable P38.
The list is long, and the ranks change sometimes, but those are guns that are currenlty pretty high on the list.
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Post by "DoubleAction" on Sept 21, 2005 15:50:08 GMT -5
5ontarget; The 686 is a good choice in the .357 magnum, so is the model 28, but the 27 seems to be one with alot of attention put into it. The difference in asking price between the three should not be by much but what some of the 27s offer in shooting will be far much more. I can squeeze off more shots, in less time, with less recoil, using my 27 that I can with my Python. The trigger on the 27 I found has a double action stroke measuring between 7 1/2 to 7 3/4 lbs, and extremely smooth. I would like to have a 27 with a Python barrel; Now that would be one hell uv a Double Action revolver. I could probably send the Python out for a trigger job, but at the present time it's stroke is around 8 lbs.
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Post by TMan on Sept 21, 2005 17:25:47 GMT -5
5ontarget, have you thought about the P1 vs the P38? I'm rather fond of the P1 that I have. It doesn't compare to some of my other guns, but when you consider the price it is one heck of a pistol. Cabela's has quite a few P38's in their Fort Worth store, but they seemed to me like they were more money than they were worth. They also had several Luger's, but again the price. When I look at something like that I think what else I could get for that amount of money - like a fill-up at the gas station.  |
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Post by MLB on Sept 21, 2005 19:53:58 GMT -5
Lugers are an easily recognisable handgun. Since I was little, I remember seeing that shape (along with the 1911 and generic revolvers) even as toy guns. I think that adds to the price.
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Post by 5ontarget on Sept 22, 2005 7:17:01 GMT -5
What I really want is a P08, but I know that I would never shoot it, and therfore I looked for something similar that I would shoot.
I like the history of the P38 more than the P1, however like TMan said, sometimes it comes down to price, and what else can be done with the same amount of money. $500+ for a pretty worn out, nothing matches P38, or for about $100 less I could get an Exc cond P1....Hmmm. I would have no problem shooting the P1. Depending on the condition and history of the P38 that came along, I might have more reservations.
That's exactly why I want one...or something close.
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Post by KyJim on Sept 22, 2005 14:48:04 GMT -5
A .22 Colt Diamondback for the right price.
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Post by TMan on Sept 22, 2005 19:16:41 GMT -5
KyJim have you shot one of the Diamondbacks. I had a guy that wanted to sell me his, he let me put 50 rounds through it. It was a nice revolver, but he wouldn't go below $750 for it. I didn't think I wanted to spend that much money for a .22 revolver that I didn't shoot all that well with. I'm not positive, but I think it may have had a 4" barrel. In retrospect, I'm glad I didn't buy it.
I'm becoming a firm believer in relatively long sight radius handguns. For less than $200 more I got a new 460 S&W XVR, which is the most accurate revolver I've ever shot. Well that statement is going to get me crucified. What I'm trying to say the most accurate shooting I've ever done on a revolver is with the 460 XVR.
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Post by MLB on Sept 22, 2005 19:32:42 GMT -5
The bigger holes just make them look closer together TMan. ;D
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Post by TMan on Sept 23, 2005 16:14:14 GMT -5
The bigger holes just make them look closer together TMan. ;D At first I thought you were just being a toad, but then I thought about it. If I took the same area, which was blown out of the center of the target, and then figured what that would like like with .22 bullet holes through it, I would say that it wasn't good. I would expect a much tighter group with 22's. However, it still really impresses people at the range. Maybe it is just the noise. |
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Post by MLB on Sept 23, 2005 20:49:35 GMT -5
First impressions are generally correct, I was just being a "toad" (new expression to me).
There is a hint of truth to it though...
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Post by 5ontarget on Sept 24, 2005 3:51:16 GMT -5
yeah, the 460 holes are roughly 2x as big as the .22. Should only take 1/2 as many shots to blow the center of the target out.
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Post by KyJim on Sept 25, 2005 23:53:12 GMT -5
Tman -- I haven't actually shot one, just played with one. Very smooth -- felt like my Python.
I saw one about 2 years ago at a gun show for about $400 in excellent condition. I was a little short on cash but have been kicking myself ever since.
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Post by MitchHankSauer on Oct 5, 2005 0:00:31 GMT -5
My next purchase will be a return to the Sig Sauer family - either a Sig P229 or Sig P220 (stainless) with tactical rail.
My first Sig was a P226, but I have moved on since to the .45 caliber as in Kimber 1911 TLE.
MHS
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Post by TMan on Oct 5, 2005 1:41:23 GMT -5
Mitch before you buy a 220 Stainless, see if someone around you has a 220 Sport they will let you shoot. I get more favorable comments about it when people shoot it than I do on the X-Five. I should keep a tally, but I know it is everyone's favorite that has shot it.
I took my dealer's wife to the range one day and she didn't want to shoot a 45 ACP. Her husband had let her shoot a Kimber and she didn't like the recoil at all (she is a little bit of a thing). She did better with the 220 Sport than she did with the X-Five.
People that have shot it have remarked that it feels like they are shooting a 38 Special. Although it is wonderful, it is not a gun for concealed carry. Neither is my Bushmaster 97s. I could imagine whipping it out and the reaction you would get: mutha...
One of my shooting buddies is quite long in the tooth and on the frail side. I'm very careful about what I let him shoot because I don't want him getting hurt. I didn't hesitate to let him shoot the 220 Sport. He hesitated with the Bushmaster after he saw the spectacular muzzle blast and heard the noise, but he trusted me when I told him it didn't have any recoil. He will never shoot the XVR.
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