What is your dream revolver? - Page 7

Super Sneaky Steve · November 3, 2014, 08:05 PM

5 shot L frame .45 Colt 2" barrel

NoirFan · November 4, 2014, 10:14 AM

They already made my dream revolver. A 4" S&W Model 19, pinned and recessed, bright blue finish. Now if we want to talk fantasy, it would be even better if S&W could rebuild that gun exactly the same but with advanced metallurgy to improve the forcing cone and frame durability. That would be the ultimate dream gun for me.

bucksnort13 · November 4, 2014, 10:26 AM

Mine would be a colt single action army in 45 lc

Crankgrinder · November 4, 2014, 11:01 AM

right now its a smith 629. Friend at work just picked up a smith 500, that would also be nice.

Tommy Vercetti · May 12, 2015, 11:10 AM

A Smith & Wesson model 650, .22 magnum with a three inch barrel

mk70ss · May 12, 2015, 03:21 PM

First Gen. Colt SAA in .45 LC. Always wanted one, never wanted to pay the huge money.

Venom1956 · May 12, 2015, 03:55 PM

5" PPC revolver DAO in 9mm

Darker Loaf · May 12, 2015, 05:11 PM

Just cut your 929 when you finally buy it! Heh! Or do you just want to trade me for my 986?

Model12Win · May 12, 2015, 07:57 PM

A Rolt Rugthon, alternatly known as a Rolter Snakurity Snix, is on my shot list.

It's a Ruger Security Six with a Colt's Python revolver barrel attached. Bubba special to be sure, but fine shooters nonetheless!

bigarm · May 12, 2015, 09:06 PM

One of two. Either a 3 1/2" model 27 in great condition or a 4 " model 25 in 45acp.

Doc Holliday 1950 · May 12, 2015, 09:13 PM

I'm not a fancy person. I already have my dream revolver. It's that Ruger
GP100 4" 357. But if I had a second dream it might be the Ruger 3" 327 mag.
My third dream of course is an UZI.( I don't think this qualifies as a revolver.)

Dragline45 · May 12, 2015, 09:15 PM

S&W 13 3", don't know why but I have always wanted one. They seem to demand a premium though.

wpsdlrg · May 12, 2015, 10:14 PM

I already have them both, for which I am very thankful.

A 3", heavy-barrel/ round butt, S&W Model 10-8, shipped in 1984.

A 3" heavy-barrel/ round butt, S&W Model 64-3, shipped in 1979.

(Same gun really, except that the 10 is blued and the 64 is stainless.)

I have a major "jones" for 3" round butt K-frames.....if that is not already obvious. Especially ones made before 1990.

HighValleyRanch · May 12, 2015, 10:36 PM

Wish for Ruger to come out with a 3 or 4 inch LCRX in .357!
For carrying in the woods and trails.

hornetguy · May 13, 2015, 09:51 PM

I guess I'm a simple guy.... I've been wanting a stainless Ruger Speed Six in .357, with a 3" barrel. I could live with a 4".
I missed getting to buy a USPS one (IIRC) back in the late 80's, or early 90's.... my wife's fault, but sometimes stuff happens... I think it was between $250 and $300 in Shotgun News.

I've seen a few of them at gun shows, but the price has been a little off-putting. Probably will just have to bite the bullet, so to speak, and get one.

Other than that, I want a stainless Bisley Blackhawk in .45 with a 5 1/2" barrel.

TXAZ · May 13, 2015, 10:33 PM

Titanium 3-shooter,12" .50 BMG.

(OP didn't say it had to be practical)

bloodysam · May 14, 2015, 12:38 AM

My dream revolvers are:

1. Korth .357
2. Ruger Redhawk .357.

Ok, I can sleep now since I want to dream about them.

I can also dream that somehow, the US Embassy in Manila approves my application for a US visa so I can at least see a Redhawk while travelling in the ConUS.

Don357 · May 17, 2015, 08:23 AM

Since we're dreaming, I would love to have a cartridge version of a LeMat Revolver. Imagine that firepower... 9 .44mag and a 20ga buckshot in 1 gun.

Then there's always a Medusa.

But those are only dreams. In reality I would love to have a 7" Ruger Super Redhawk in .44mag.

Drawdown · May 17, 2015, 08:44 AM

A Model 17 S&W with either 6" but preferably 8 3/4" barrel to match my 6" Model 19 357Mag. Also would like a Colt Python 357 6".

Darker Loaf · May 18, 2015, 04:06 AM

OK, I'll bite.

My current dream revolver would be a S&W Model 460V 5", Model 460XVR (8.38"), or the Model 460XVR Bone Collector (7.5"). My preferences change almost hourly between them, but right now I am favoring the 8.38" version.

The dream part would then be to send the cylinder assembly to TK Customs and get it cut for .45 ACP. I just love the idea of a .45 ACP revolver that can shoot up to magnum levels. I would probably just mostly shoot .45 ACP; the idea of a beefy, long .45 ACP revolver ported and cut for moonclips just excites me. I bet .45 ACP out of one of those beasts would be soft as butterfly kisses. I'd probably work my way up to .460 slowly, but I've heard it's not bad out of the bigger models.

The other part of that build that excites me is like someone else's cut for .45 ACP .454 Ruger Super Alaskan Redhawk, you could just put a huge variety of rounds through the gun, if you wanted to. (I forget who posted that gun, but it was inspiring--thank you; shout out to the coolness of TFL community.)

It'd fit with my moon-clip-only policy for revolvers, too, heh... that and it has porting.

Finally, I also want a snubbie 9mm... My dream 9mm snub would be S&W, stainless, 3", DAO, magnaported, action job/stoning, 5-shot, with either finger-grooveless checkered wood OR G-10 grips, and brass front. In reality, I'd settle for shorter snub with no mods or work on it and likely will.

CajunBass · May 18, 2015, 06:15 AM

Since the first time I posted on this, I found one I had forgotten about.

Smith & Wesson Model 58, 41 Magnum. I used to drool over these in the Shooters Bible back in the day for some reason. I didn't even know why back then.

Found this one a few weeks ago and knew I wanted it the minute I saw it. It hadn't been in the display case an hour, so I knew better than to dicker. I just said, "I'll take it." It had Hogue grips on it when I got it, so I looked around and found a couple of sets of grips for it.

Altamonta Magna's.

Or the ones I like best, bonded Ivory.

I think I'm going to keep this one.

Real Gun · May 18, 2015, 09:20 AM

Quote:

I'm not a fancy person. I already have my dream revolver. It's that Ruger
GP100 4" 357. But if I had a second dream it might be the Ruger 3" 327 mag.
My third dream of course is an UZI.( I don't think this qualifies as a revolver.)

You know, I have that gun, and it is a fantastic marriage of platform and caliber. Problem is, what is it good for? To double down, I also have the new 4" in 327. I have carried 327 Federal Magnum and 357 Magnum but am lately of the mindset that I will try to carry subsonic rounds. That leaves me with more service from my 44 Specials, sacrificing a round, with the practical size being 5-shot. I have 38 Specials also.

I am investigating 32 S&W Long and 32 H&R Magnum, which I hadn't considered before.

This does not exclude 327 Federal Magnum, because I have two barrel lengths in the Single Seven for open carry hunting/plinking, mostly fun shooting at the range, since they are so accurate.

I have said that my real dream gun is in the works...a GP100 3" adj sights converted to 41 Special.

Brian Williams · May 18, 2015, 09:59 AM

A S&W model 10-5 with a 3 inch standard barrel, just like this

I think i stole this pic form Saxonpig

CowTowner · May 19, 2015, 12:39 PM

Even though I can't afford one now days. Mine would be a S&W Model 610 5 inch barrel with unfluted cylinder.
But I'd take this one any day:
http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/Vie...Item=483412793

AKexpat · May 19, 2015, 03:48 PM

...is a replica Colt Walker .44 (actually .451-.454) with a modified replica Colt Model Dragoon barrel/load lever and a .45 Colt conversion cylinder reamed out for .454 Casull. The Casull cases would be only loaded with BP or equivalent BP substitutes. The smokeless .45 Colt loads would be standard SAAMI spec pressure loads. The long Walker percussion cylinder has the capacity for 60 grains FFFg BP with a lubed pad and a soft lead round ball (the .45 magnum in its day) which is a safe maximum BP load for an open-top Colt.

The pic below is a Walker (not mine: white iron frame) although one could obtain virtually the same pistol using a First Model Dragoon (squareback TG with oval bolt stop slots), or a Second Model Dragoon (squareback TG with rectangular bolt stop slots) with a Walker cylinder (percussion w/oval bolt stop slots or cartridge conversion), or a 3rd Model Dragoon (round/oval TG and rectangular bolt stop slots, but I like squareback TG's) and milling down the Dragoon forcing cone to fit with about .002" gap. The backstrap/gripframe would be much more similar to the 1851 Navy/1860 Army than the Walker configuration.

The differences in pistol weight would be negligible no matter the route taken at about 4.0-4.5 lbs. per pistol.

Much larger than my 1851 Navy .36 squareback.

May 12, 2015, 11:10 AM	#155
Tommy Vercetti Senior Member Join Date: June 26, 2004 Location: Fairhope, Alabama Posts: 1,119	A Smith & Wesson model 650, .22 magnum with a three inch barrel __________________ "When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying the cross." Sinclair Lewis, (It Can't Happen Here, 1935) "Orators are most vehement when their cause is weak" Marcus Tullius Cicero

May 12, 2015, 03:55 PM	#157
Venom1956 Senior Member Join Date: October 4, 2008 Location: WI Posts: 3,656	5" PPC revolver DAO in 9mm __________________ E-Shock rounds are engineered to expend maximum energy into soft targets, turning the density mass into an expanding rotational cone of NyTrilium matrix particles, causing neurological collapse to the central nervous system.- Yeah I can do that. I guarantee you will know it if a bicyclist hits your house going 1000 mph. -Smaug

May 12, 2015, 10:36 PM	#164
HighValleyRanch Senior Member Join Date: July 15, 2005 Posts: 4,065	Wish for Ruger to come out with a 3 or 4 inch LCRX in .357! For carrying in the woods and trails. __________________ From the sweet grass to the slaughter house; From birth until death; We travel between these two eternities........from 'Broken Trail"

May 13, 2015, 09:51 PM	#165
hornetguy Senior Member Join Date: January 14, 2011 Location: on the north side of DFW Posts: 970	I guess I'm a simple guy.... I've been wanting a stainless Ruger Speed Six in .357, with a 3" barrel. I could live with a 4". I missed getting to buy a USPS one (IIRC) back in the late 80's, or early 90's.... my wife's fault, but sometimes stuff happens... I think it was between $250 and $300 in Shotgun News. I've seen a few of them at gun shows, but the price has been a little off-putting. Probably will just have to bite the bullet, so to speak, and get one. Other than that, I want a stainless Bisley Blackhawk in .45 with a 5 1/2" barrel. __________________ I always felt that if I got to the point where I thought it was time to bury my firearms, it was actually time to pick them up..

May 13, 2015, 10:33 PM	#166
TXAZ Senior Member Join Date: September 5, 2010 Location: McMurdo Sound Texas Posts: 4,322	Titanium 3-shooter,12" .50 BMG. (OP didn't say it had to be practical) __________________ Cave illos in guns et backhoes

November 3, 2014, 08:05 PM	#151
Super Sneaky Steve Senior Member Join Date: August 9, 2011 Posts: 1,248	5 shot L frame .45 Colt 2" barrel

November 4, 2014, 10:14 AM	#152
NoirFan Member Join Date: July 25, 2006 Posts: 97	They already made my dream revolver. A 4" S&W Model 19, pinned and recessed, bright blue finish. Now if we want to talk fantasy, it would be even better if S&W could rebuild that gun exactly the same but with advanced metallurgy to improve the forcing cone and frame durability. That would be the ultimate dream gun for me.

November 4, 2014, 10:26 AM	#153
bucksnort13 Member Join Date: October 29, 2014 Posts: 51	Mine would be a colt single action army in 45 lc

November 4, 2014, 11:01 AM	#154
Crankgrinder Senior Member Join Date: July 24, 2011 Location: Texas Posts: 917	right now its a smith 629. Friend at work just picked up a smith 500, that would also be nice.

May 12, 2015, 03:21 PM	#156
mk70ss Senior Member Join Date: January 12, 2008 Location: Tennessee Posts: 1,597	First Gen. Colt SAA in .45 LC. Always wanted one, never wanted to pay the huge money.

May 12, 2015, 05:11 PM	#158
Darker Loaf Senior Member Join Date: October 25, 2012 Posts: 715	Just cut your 929 when you finally buy it! Heh! Or do you just want to trade me for my 986?

May 12, 2015, 07:57 PM	#159
Model12Win Junior member Join Date: October 20, 2012 Posts: 5,854	A Rolt Rugthon, alternatly known as a Rolter Snakurity Snix, is on my shot list. It's a Ruger Security Six with a Colt's Python revolver barrel attached. Bubba special to be sure, but fine shooters nonetheless!

May 12, 2015, 09:06 PM	#160
bigarm Member Join Date: November 4, 2012 Posts: 65	One of two. Either a 3 1/2" model 27 in great condition or a 4 " model 25 in 45acp.

May 12, 2015, 09:13 PM	#161
Doc Holliday 1950 Senior Member Join Date: June 16, 2014 Location: Bout as south as it gets Posts: 1,238	I'm not a fancy person. I already have my dream revolver. It's that Ruger GP100 4" 357. But if I had a second dream it might be the Ruger 3" 327 mag. My third dream of course is an UZI.( I don't think this qualifies as a revolver.)

May 12, 2015, 09:15 PM	#162
Dragline45 Senior Member Join Date: November 30, 2010 Posts: 3,513	S&W 13 3", don't know why but I have always wanted one. They seem to demand a premium though.

May 12, 2015, 10:14 PM	#163
wpsdlrg Senior Member Join Date: August 18, 2009 Posts: 826	I already have them both, for which I am very thankful. A 3", heavy-barrel/ round butt, S&W Model 10-8, shipped in 1984. A 3" heavy-barrel/ round butt, S&W Model 64-3, shipped in 1979. (Same gun really, except that the 10 is blued and the 64 is stainless.) I have a major "jones" for 3" round butt K-frames.....if that is not already obvious. Especially ones made before 1990.

May 14, 2015, 12:38 AM	#167
bloodysam Junior Member Join Date: November 17, 2011 Posts: 13	My dream revolvers are: 1. Korth .357 2. Ruger Redhawk .357. Ok, I can sleep now since I want to dream about them. I can also dream that somehow, the US Embassy in Manila approves my application for a US visa so I can at least see a Redhawk while travelling in the ConUS.

May 17, 2015, 08:23 AM	#168
Don357 Member Join Date: January 11, 2010 Location: lower Alabama Posts: 54	Since we're dreaming, I would love to have a cartridge version of a LeMat Revolver. Imagine that firepower... 9 .44mag and a 20ga buckshot in 1 gun. Then there's always a Medusa. But those are only dreams. In reality I would love to have a 7" Ruger Super Redhawk in .44mag.

May 17, 2015, 08:44 AM	#169
Drawdown Member Join Date: December 14, 2014 Posts: 16	A Model 17 S&W with either 6" but preferably 8 3/4" barrel to match my 6" Model 19 357Mag. Also would like a Colt Python 357 6". __________________ Better drawdown Alvin!

May 18, 2015, 04:06 AM	#170
Darker Loaf Senior Member Join Date: October 25, 2012 Posts: 715	OK, I'll bite. My current dream revolver would be a S&W Model 460V 5", Model 460XVR (8.38"), or the Model 460XVR Bone Collector (7.5"). My preferences change almost hourly between them, but right now I am favoring the 8.38" version. The dream part would then be to send the cylinder assembly to TK Customs and get it cut for .45 ACP. I just love the idea of a .45 ACP revolver that can shoot up to magnum levels. I would probably just mostly shoot .45 ACP; the idea of a beefy, long .45 ACP revolver ported and cut for moonclips just excites me. I bet .45 ACP out of one of those beasts would be soft as butterfly kisses. I'd probably work my way up to .460 slowly, but I've heard it's not bad out of the bigger models. The other part of that build that excites me is like someone else's cut for .45 ACP .454 Ruger Super Alaskan Redhawk, you could just put a huge variety of rounds through the gun, if you wanted to. (I forget who posted that gun, but it was inspiring--thank you; shout out to the coolness of TFL community.) It'd fit with my moon-clip-only policy for revolvers, too, heh... that and it has porting. Finally, I also want a snubbie 9mm... My dream 9mm snub would be S&W, stainless, 3", DAO, magnaported, action job/stoning, 5-shot, with either finger-grooveless checkered wood OR G-10 grips, and brass front. In reality, I'd settle for shorter snub with no mods or work on it and likely will.

May 18, 2015, 06:15 AM	#171
CajunBass Senior Member Join Date: May 6, 2005 Location: North Chesterfield, Virginia Posts: 4,767	Since the first time I posted on this, I found one I had forgotten about. Smith & Wesson Model 58, 41 Magnum. I used to drool over these in the Shooters Bible back in the day for some reason. I didn't even know why back then. Found this one a few weeks ago and knew I wanted it the minute I saw it. It hadn't been in the display case an hour, so I knew better than to dicker. I just said, "I'll take it." It had Hogue grips on it when I got it, so I looked around and found a couple of sets of grips for it. Altamonta Magna's. Or the ones I like best, bonded Ivory. I think I'm going to keep this one. __________________ For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16 (NKJV)

May 19, 2015, 12:39 PM	#174
CowTowner Senior Member Join Date: October 17, 2007 Location: Cowtown of course! Posts: 1,747	Even though I can't afford one now days. Mine would be a S&W Model 610 5 inch barrel with unfluted cylinder. But I'd take this one any day: http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/Vie...Item=483412793 __________________ NRA Chief Range Safety Officer, Home Firearms Safety, Pistol and Rifle Instructor *“Today, we need a nation of Minutemen, citizens who are not only prepared to take arms, but citizens who regard the preservation of freedom as the basic purpose of their daily life......”* President John F. Kennedy

May 19, 2015, 03:48 PM	#175
AKexpat Senior Member Join Date: January 5, 2014 Location: SW WA State Posts: 490	My Dream Revolver... ...is a replica Colt Walker .44 (actually .451-.454) with a modified replica Colt Model Dragoon barrel/load lever and a .45 Colt conversion cylinder reamed out for .454 Casull. The Casull cases would be only loaded with BP or equivalent BP substitutes. The smokeless .45 Colt loads would be standard SAAMI spec pressure loads. The long Walker percussion cylinder has the capacity for 60 grains FFFg BP with a lubed pad and a soft lead round ball (the .45 magnum in its day) which is a safe maximum BP load for an open-top Colt. The pic below is a Walker (not mine: white iron frame) although one could obtain virtually the same pistol using a First Model Dragoon (squareback TG with oval bolt stop slots), or a Second Model Dragoon (squareback TG with rectangular bolt stop slots) with a Walker cylinder (percussion w/oval bolt stop slots or cartridge conversion), or a 3rd Model Dragoon (round/oval TG and rectangular bolt stop slots, but I like squareback TG's) and milling down the Dragoon forcing cone to fit with about .002" gap. The backstrap/gripframe would be much more similar to the 1851 Navy/1860 Army than the Walker configuration. The differences in pistol weight would be negligible no matter the route taken at about 4.0-4.5 lbs. per pistol. Much larger than my 1851 Navy .36 squareback. __________________ To be governed – is to be watched, inspected, directed, indoctrinated, numbered, estimated, regulated, commanded, controlled, law-driven, preached at, spied upon, censured, checked, valued, enrolled – by creatures who have neither the right, nor the wisdom, nor the virtue to do so. - Pierre-Joseph Proudhon

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