What is your dream revolver?

rep1954 · June 27, 2015, 08:51 AM

What is your dream revolver that if you could walk into a gun shop today and buy you would?

Mine would be a S&W Registered Magnum downsized to a K-Frame chambered in 38 spl. +P with a 6" barrel. It would have all the checkering on the top surface and the set back from the muzzle rib and front sight also that beautiful hammer.

Targa · June 27, 2015, 09:18 AM

Im pretty simple and pretty boring, I won't call it a dream necessarily but a single action Ruger or Uberti, one of each preferably.

Slimjim9 · June 27, 2015, 09:25 AM

By "dream" do you mean one that might actually exist somewhere or total fantasy? For the former, right now, mine would be a Ruger GP100 model 1756, 5" blued .357 with tuned action (say 8lb DA/3lb SA), removable rail with red dot scope on top, Alamont grip+Chig insert, night sights.

For the latter: 12oz frame, 2" barrel, shrouded hammer like a M649, 6 rds of .44 magnum but recoils like a .22lr, makes no more noise than a light bulb blowing out. You did say "dream".

Grant D · June 27, 2015, 09:40 AM

Korth

745SW · June 27, 2015, 10:23 AM

Colt Python 4" stainless.

Bob Wright · June 27, 2015, 11:11 AM

More 'n likely it would be something like one of these:

Bob Wright

bedbugbilly · June 27, 2015, 11:25 AM

I like a good SA revolver - I have a Ruger NV and a Uberti Bisley - the Uberti Bisley has fast become my "favorite" and I guess I'd classify it as my "dream" revolver . . .

For a DA . . . give me a good S & W M & P anyway . . I have a 5" M & P . . . it IS my "dream" gun . . . shipped the year I was born and shoots like a "dream" . . .

A lot of folks say the "Python" is their "dream" gun . . well, I have a 4" blued one . . . quite frankly, I hate it . . . too much iron on it. I bought it for an "investment" . . . and it certainly has "appreciated" since I got it. Someday though, it's going . . . I like to shoot what I have and between the M & P and the Python . . . I'll grab the M & P overytime for DA.

surveyor · June 27, 2015, 12:48 PM

The one I let slip away, a s&w model 58, 6" with presentation box , and the faintest of turn lines on the cylinder. No dies or brass with it though,

wpsdlrg · June 27, 2015, 12:57 PM

Already got it. Smith & Wesson K-frame/ fixed sights/ 3" heavy barrel/ round butt / stainless/ 38 special. Model 64. (mine is a 64-3, to be exact.)

Shoots like a dream. Outstanding trigger, with no mods needed. One hole accuracy. Even compact enough to carry well.....though a little heavy for that.

Ozzieman · June 27, 2015, 01:11 PM

Ruger GP100 in 5 shot 44 Special. 3 inch fixed sights.

YARDDOG(1) · June 27, 2015, 01:21 PM

A no dash mdl 27 ; )
Y/D

jglsprings · June 27, 2015, 01:23 PM

2 1/2" Colt Python. nib

Grits · June 27, 2015, 01:39 PM

The one I had stolen - a Colt Diamondback.

aarondhgraham · June 27, 2015, 03:24 PM

Mine is fairly simple,,,
Because I already own the gun.

S&W Model 15 Combat Masterpiece.

The thing fits my hand perfectly,,,
It has more accuracy than I can utilize,,,
And it has the classic lines that make it beautiful.

Now if I were dreaming I would love to own,,,
A subtly engraved model with ivory grips.

Aarond

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FITASC · June 27, 2015, 06:42 PM

K-32 Masterpiece shooting wadcutters

mk70ss · June 27, 2015, 06:51 PM

Freedom Arms .45 Colt with a 3.75 inch barrel and adjustable sights.

Elliottsdad · June 27, 2015, 07:19 PM

A Ruger Vaquero in .357, stainless with bird head grips. These are still being made in .45LC, but I missed the boat a couple years ago on the .357s.
This, or the (hopefully) upcoming Ruger GP100 in .22lr.. which I've been waaaaaaaaiting for...

Joshua 2415 · June 27, 2015, 07:24 PM

A S&W Performance Center 327 Magnum 4" with 8 (or 9!!) rounds, like they make with their Model 627 (357 Magnum).

Mike Weber · June 27, 2015, 07:37 PM

Another 6 Colt Python or maybe a pristine model 27 S&W with 4 barrel.

Colt46 · June 27, 2015, 08:32 PM

My best friend has one he got as a gift from his father-in-law. Pretty gun that shoots like a dream.

tomrkba · June 27, 2015, 08:36 PM

Ruger GP100 with 3" or 3 1/2" barrel, wood grips the same size as the Ruger compact grips, night sights, chamfered charge holes, and trigger work. I'd like it to be cut for moonclips so either rimmed or clipped ammunition would work.

Another good one would be an S&W J-Frame chambered in 327 Federal Magnum with six shot capacity, night sights, chamfered charge holes, trigger work, compact grips and trigger work.

Hmm...I'd also like to see a Ruger Alaskan chambered in 357 Magnum with 8 shot capacity (using S&W N-Frame speed loaders), 3" or 3 1/2" barrel, Ruger compact grips, night sights, chamfered charge holes, and trigger work. I'd like it to be cut for moonclips so either rimmed or clipped ammunition would work.

BigJimP · June 28, 2015, 10:17 AM

Freedom Arms, single action revolver, large frame model 83, 5 shot...and I like their Octagonal barrel option...( 4 1/2", 7"...) they make very nice guns !

In a double action revolver it is always a S&W model 27 in a 4" ..and Nickel is preferred...( .357 Mag )...and an older model with pinned barrel and recessed cylinder...

(and I already have them ...!) http://thefiringline.com/forums/atta...1&d=1340222605

http://thefiringline.com/forums/atta...0&d=1339790943

http://thefiringline.com/forums/atta...8&d=1319646515

jstanfield103 · June 28, 2015, 11:15 AM

Just received my dream revolver the other day. S&W 686 Performance Center Competitor

peggysue · June 28, 2015, 04:29 PM

I have them all and then some.

Driftwood Johnson · June 28, 2015, 04:42 PM

Howdy

For many years the gun I thirsted over was a Smith and Wesson 44 Handejector, First Model, the Triple Lock. I finally got to scratch that itch a couple of years ago and now have two of them.

This one is a bit unusual, a Target Model with 7 1/2" barrel, shipped the first year of production, 1908.

I actually like this one better, nickel plated, standard sights, 6 1/2" barrel, it shipped in October of 1915. If I had encountered this one first, I probably would have stopped looking for any more Triple Locks. As it was, the target model came along first.

Now that I have a couple of my Grail guns, I don't really lust for anything anymore. But sometimes something comes along that I just can't pass up.

This 44-40 Merwin Hulbert Pocket Army, Second Model is my latest acquisition. Produced sometime between 1880 and 1883.

Here is another great old revolver that came my way, a Bisley Colt, chambered in 38-40, made in 1909 IIRC.

This K-22 from 1935 made its way into my safe last year. It is no longer wearing the trigger shoe or the grip adapter.

Found a terrific as-new-in-the-box S&W Model 14-3 last year. Sorry, I'm only allowed six photos per post.

But with all these great guns, not to mention the ones already in my safe, I really am not lusting for anything more. But when something terrific shows up, I usually grab it.

June 27, 2015, 08:51 AM	#1
rep1954 Senior Member Join Date: July 5, 2009 Location: Mid Western Michigan Posts: 1,187	What is your dream revolver? What is your dream revolver that if you could walk into a gun shop today and buy you would? Mine would be a S&W Registered Magnum downsized to a K-Frame chambered in 38 spl. +P with a 6" barrel. It would have all the checkering on the top surface and the set back from the muzzle rib and front sight also that beautiful hammer.

June 27, 2015, 11:11 AM	#6
Bob Wright Senior Member Join Date: July 10, 2012 Location: Memphis, Tennessee Posts: 2,987	More 'n likely it would be something like one of these: Bob Wright __________________ Time spent at the reloading bench is an investment in contentment.

June 27, 2015, 11:25 AM	#7
bedbugbilly Senior Member Join Date: November 19, 2009 Posts: 3,287	I like a good SA revolver - I have a Ruger NV and a Uberti Bisley - the Uberti Bisley has fast become my "favorite" and I guess I'd classify it as my "dream" revolver . . . For a DA . . . give me a good S & W M & P anyway . . I have a 5" M & P . . . it IS my "dream" gun . . . shipped the year I was born and shoots like a "dream" . . . A lot of folks say the "Python" is their "dream" gun . . well, I have a 4" blued one . . . quite frankly, I hate it . . . too much iron on it. I bought it for an "investment" . . . and it certainly has "appreciated" since I got it. Someday though, it's going . . . I like to shoot what I have and between the M & P and the Python . . . I'll grab the M & P overytime for DA. __________________ If a pair of '51 Navies were good enough for Billy Hickok, then a single Navy on my right hip is good enough for me . . . besides . . . I'm probably only half as good as he was anyways. Hiram's Rangers Badge #63

June 27, 2015, 01:11 PM	#10
Ozzieman Senior Member Join Date: December 14, 2004 Location: Northern Indiana Posts: 6,117	Ruger GP100 in 5 shot 44 Special. 3 inch fixed sights. __________________ It was a sad day when I discovered my universal remote control did not in fact control the universe. Did you hear about the latest study.....5 out of 6 liberals say that Russian Roulette is safe.

June 27, 2015, 01:21 PM	#11
YARDDOG(1) Senior Member Join Date: October 24, 2008 Location: GATOR COUNTRY HA HA HA! Posts: 721	A no dash mdl 27 ; ) Y/D __________________ There's a GATOR in the bushes & She's Callin my name >Molly Hatchett<

June 27, 2015, 09:18 AM	#2
Targa Senior Member Join Date: March 20, 2014 Posts: 2,084	Im pretty simple and pretty boring, I won't call it a dream necessarily but a single action Ruger or Uberti, one of each preferably.

June 27, 2015, 09:25 AM	#3
Slimjim9 Senior Member Join Date: February 5, 2015 Posts: 783	By "dream" do you mean one that might actually exist somewhere or total fantasy? For the former, right now, mine would be a Ruger GP100 model 1756, 5" blued .357 with tuned action (say 8lb DA/3lb SA), removable rail with red dot scope on top, Alamont grip+Chig insert, night sights. For the latter: 12oz frame, 2" barrel, shrouded hammer like a M649, 6 rds of .44 magnum but recoils like a .22lr, makes no more noise than a light bulb blowing out. You did say "dream".

June 27, 2015, 09:40 AM	#4
Grant D Senior Member Join Date: August 14, 2011 Location: Brazos County, Texas Posts: 1,038	Korth

June 27, 2015, 10:23 AM	#5
745SW Senior Member Join Date: August 25, 2011 Location: California Posts: 776	Colt Python 4" stainless.

June 27, 2015, 12:48 PM	#8
surveyor Senior Member Join Date: April 13, 2007 Posts: 770	The one I let slip away, a s&w model 58, 6" with presentation box , and the faintest of turn lines on the cylinder. No dies or brass with it though,

June 27, 2015, 01:23 PM	#12
jglsprings Senior Member Join Date: January 7, 2009 Posts: 1,827	2 1/2" Colt Python. nib __________________ Let's eat Grandma. Let's eat, Grandma. Commas save lives...

June 27, 2015, 01:39 PM	#13
Grits Member Join Date: February 14, 2015 Location: South Carolina Posts: 42	The one I had stolen - a Colt Diamondback.

June 27, 2015, 03:24 PM	#14
aarondhgraham Senior Member Join Date: December 1, 2009 Location: Stillwater, OKlahoma Posts: 8,638	Mine is fairly simple,,, Mine is fairly simple,,, Because I already own the gun. S&W Model 15 Combat Masterpiece. The thing fits my hand perfectly,,, It has more accuracy than I can utilize,,, And it has the classic lines that make it beautiful. Now if I were dreaming I would love to own,,, A subtly engraved model with ivory grips. Aarond . __________________ Never ever give an enemy the advantage of a verbal threat. Caje: The coward dies a thousand times, the brave only once. Kirby: That's about all it takes, ain't it? Aarond is good,,, Aarond is wise,,, Always trust Aarond! (most of the time)

June 27, 2015, 06:42 PM	#15
FITASC Senior Member Join Date: December 6, 2014 Posts: 6,440	K-32 Masterpiece shooting wadcutters __________________ "I believe that people have a right to decide their own destinies; people own themselves. I also believe that, in a democracy, government exists because (and only so long as) individual citizens give it a 'temporary license to exist'—in exchange for a promise that it will behave itself. In a democracy, you own the government—it doesn't own you."- Frank Zappa

June 27, 2015, 06:51 PM	#16
mk70ss Senior Member Join Date: January 12, 2008 Location: Tennessee Posts: 1,597	Freedom Arms .45 Colt with a 3.75 inch barrel and adjustable sights.

June 27, 2015, 07:19 PM	#17
Elliottsdad Senior Member Join Date: November 23, 2010 Location: Glenwood, Iowa Posts: 238	A Ruger Vaquero in .357, stainless with bird head grips. These are still being made in .45LC, but I missed the boat a couple years ago on the .357s. This, or the (hopefully) upcoming Ruger GP100 in .22lr.. which I've been waaaaaaaaiting for...

June 27, 2015, 07:24 PM	#18
Joshua 2415 Member Join Date: March 8, 2014 Posts: 82	A S&W Performance Center 327 Magnum 4" with 8 (or 9!!) rounds, like they make with their Model 627 (357 Magnum).

June 27, 2015, 07:37 PM	#19
Mike Weber Senior Member Join Date: April 24, 2002 Location: Northern California Posts: 238	Another 6 Colt Python or maybe a pristine model 27 S&W with 4 barrel. __________________ M. Weber "Molon labe" http://shootersfreehold.com/ A place for firearms enthusiasts to congregate.

June 27, 2015, 08:32 PM	#20
Colt46 Senior Member Join Date: November 25, 2002 Location: Campbell Ca Posts: 1,090	Another vote for the Combat Masterpiece My best friend has one he got as a gift from his father-in-law. Pretty gun that shoots like a dream.

June 27, 2015, 08:36 PM	#21
tomrkba Senior Member Join Date: November 29, 2011 Posts: 751	Ruger GP100 with 3" or 3 1/2" barrel, wood grips the same size as the Ruger compact grips, night sights, chamfered charge holes, and trigger work. I'd like it to be cut for moonclips so either rimmed or clipped ammunition would work. Another good one would be an S&W J-Frame chambered in 327 Federal Magnum with six shot capacity, night sights, chamfered charge holes, trigger work, compact grips and trigger work. Hmm...I'd also like to see a Ruger Alaskan chambered in 357 Magnum with 8 shot capacity (using S&W N-Frame speed loaders), 3" or 3 1/2" barrel, Ruger compact grips, night sights, chamfered charge holes, and trigger work. I'd like it to be cut for moonclips so either rimmed or clipped ammunition would work. Last edited by tomrkba; June 27, 2015 at 08:42 PM.

June 28, 2015, 10:17 AM	#22
BigJimP Senior Member Join Date: February 23, 2005 Posts: 13,195	Freedom Arms, single action revolver, large frame model 83, 5 shot...and I like their Octagonal barrel option...( 4 1/2", 7"...) they make very nice guns ! In a double action revolver it is always a S&W model 27 in a 4" ..and Nickel is preferred...( .357 Mag )...and an older model with pinned barrel and recessed cylinder... (and I already have them ...!) http://thefiringline.com/forums/atta...1&d=1340222605 http://thefiringline.com/forums/atta...0&d=1339790943 http://thefiringline.com/forums/atta...8&d=1319646515 Last edited by BigJimP; June 28, 2015 at 10:25 AM.

June 28, 2015, 11:15 AM	#23
jstanfield103 Senior Member Join Date: October 20, 2010 Location: Kentucky Posts: 114	Just received my dream revolver the other day. S&W 686 Performance Center Competitor

June 28, 2015, 04:29 PM	#24
peggysue Junior member Join Date: May 20, 2014 Posts: 1,835	I have them all and then some.

June 28, 2015, 04:42 PM	#25
Driftwood Johnson Senior Member Join Date: January 3, 2014 Location: Land of the Pilgrims Posts: 2,033	Howdy For many years the gun I thirsted over was a Smith and Wesson 44 Handejector, First Model, the Triple Lock. I finally got to scratch that itch a couple of years ago and now have two of them. This one is a bit unusual, a Target Model with 7 1/2" barrel, shipped the first year of production, 1908. I actually like this one better, nickel plated, standard sights, 6 1/2" barrel, it shipped in October of 1915. If I had encountered this one first, I probably would have stopped looking for any more Triple Locks. As it was, the target model came along first. Now that I have a couple of my Grail guns, I don't really lust for anything anymore. But sometimes something comes along that I just can't pass up. This 44-40 Merwin Hulbert Pocket Army, Second Model is my latest acquisition. Produced sometime between 1880 and 1883. Here is another great old revolver that came my way, a Bisley Colt, chambered in 38-40, made in 1909 IIRC. This K-22 from 1935 made its way into my safe last year. It is no longer wearing the trigger shoe or the grip adapter. Found a terrific as-new-in-the-box S&W Model 14-3 last year. Sorry, I'm only allowed six photos per post. But with all these great guns, not to mention the ones already in my safe, I really am not lusting for anything more. But when something terrific shows up, I usually grab it.

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