I Have A Weakness For Revolvers

highpower3006 · November 17, 2012, 12:34 PM

There I said it!

I was reorganizing my safe this morning to make some room for my latest revolver and I realized that I have a weakness for wheelguns.

Family portrait:

Left side=Smith and Wessons.
Right side=Colt.
Around the outside=Rugers

Edited to reflect the fact that I can't spell.

Daggitt · November 17, 2012, 02:53 PM

What a nice looking circle of friends you have there.

FM12 · November 17, 2012, 03:09 PM

Keeping revos alive! Do what you can! Starting my own bunch.

spanishjames · November 17, 2012, 03:42 PM

Quote:

I Have A Weakness For Revolovers

I think you've just coined a new term.

Grant D · November 17, 2012, 04:54 PM

I feel your pain! here's a few of my Smith's (only the model 60 has a lock)

Old Grump · November 17, 2012, 05:27 PM

Not a weakness, just good taste in guns.

1 old 0311-1 · November 17, 2012, 06:14 PM

I got the same problem, just had it longer

skidder · November 17, 2012, 08:33 PM

1 old-- Impressive to say the least!

TennJed · November 18, 2012, 01:28 AM

Need more Rugers

warnerwh · November 18, 2012, 04:07 AM

1-old: That is a very nice display. I've never seen anyone with that many handguns. Do you have any semi autos?

bedbugbilly · November 19, 2012, 08:29 PM

Nice herd! You don't have a "weakness" . . . you have an affection . . . recognize it and nourish it! Revolvers are like dogs or fine wine . . . there's always room for more!

TGSTGS · November 19, 2012, 08:30 PM

What a collection! I'd be looking into a 12 step program, NOT!!!!!

PT-92 · November 19, 2012, 10:04 PM

Mighty pretty hardware in this thread and I'm not even a "revolver guy" to be sure. I have a comparable amount/diversity of semi's but forgive me

not one revolver).

Funny thing is the first handgun I ever shot was my Dad's (RIP) S&W Model 10 service revolver and then his CPD BUG. I never really became a "gun nut" though until after I graduated College (semi 9mm craze had just taken hold) and began to make a few bucks (and I do mean "few"

) that allowed for a reasonable handgun/long-gun collection over the past twenty years.

Long story short, I have always 'browsed' the revolver threads just to maintain a basic knowledge of the industry. But in the last several years I have taken a renewed interests in them (I see them all the time as one of my favorite genres of film are Westerns). Suffice it to say that I will definitively be in contact with Santa about a wheel-gun this Christmas! If I had a "wish-list" for the bearded one I would like to have either a classic Colt Python or a S&W 29 (or 686 or....).

-Happy Holidays

Jbar4Ranch · November 19, 2012, 10:04 PM

Here are a few of them - these pics include very few of the rimfires or double actions...

Jbar4Ranch · November 19, 2012, 10:05 PM

Jbar4Ranch · November 19, 2012, 10:06 PM

Consecutively numbered .38-40/.40 S&W convertible Vaqueros. I have a third one, but not consecutive to these two. (edit) All three of these are already in the first picture.

Not really a revolver, but...

Straightshooter629 · November 19, 2012, 10:40 PM

I love you guys...

highpower3006 · November 20, 2012, 09:14 AM

jbar4Ranch: Now I feel so inadequate.

Webleymkv · November 20, 2012, 10:17 AM

While I don't have anything nearly as impressive as the previously shown collections, I too share an affinity for revolvers. Here are some of the wheelguns I've owned over the years:

PT-92 · November 20, 2012, 01:35 PM

Webleymkv,

Just curious, do you still own those beaut's as you say "over the years"... Reason I ask is I have always had a problem getting rid of them

. I never thought I would get close to maxing out my safe (yet some of the members here have several so I don't feel too bad)...

22-rimfire · November 20, 2012, 02:09 PM

If you have an itch for revolvers, by all means scratch it. I do.

Webleymkv · November 20, 2012, 03:06 PM

Quote:

Just curious, do you still own those beaut's as you say "over the years"... Reason I ask is I have always had a problem getting rid of them . I never thought I would get close to maxing out my safe (yet some of the members here have several so I don't feel too bad)...

No, of the ones pictured I only still own the S&W M28 and M66. The Redhawk and the S&W M21 were both sold and replaced with a S&W 629-6 (though the Redhawk is still in the family as I sold it to my younger brother). The Colt Cobra was also sold to a lady acquaintence who was moving to another state by herself and needed a handgun for personal protection. I do, however, own a few more revolvers which I've never gotten around to taking pictures of including the aforementioned 629, a S&W M36, Webley Mk. IV, and H&R Model 999 Sportsman. I've also previously owned a Taurus 445 snub but never bothered to take a picture of it. I sometimes regret selling the S&W M21 and the Colt Cobra, but I've never really missed the Taurus or the Ruger all that much (of course I can still shoot the Ruger occasionally

).

Wyoredman · November 20, 2012, 03:15 PM

I now feel totaly and completely inadequate!

You guys are my heros!

FairWarning · November 23, 2012, 01:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wyoredman

I now feel totaly and completely inadequate!

I don't. I would feel strange knowing I have more guns than I can thoroughly get to know in my entire lifetime!

I prefer to have intimate knowledge of a more moderate arsenal. But to each his own!

Straightshooter629 · November 23, 2012, 05:44 PM

I think I've died and gone to revolver heaven...

November 17, 2012, 12:34 PM	#1
highpower3006 Senior Member Join Date: July 30, 2011 Posts: 226	I Have A Weakness For Revolvers There I said it! I was reorganizing my safe this morning to make some room for my latest revolver and I realized that I have a weakness for wheelguns. Family portrait: Left side=Smith and Wessons. Right side=Colt. Around the outside=Rugers Edited to reflect the fact that I can't spell. Last edited by highpower3006; November 17, 2012 at 06:38 PM.

November 17, 2012, 05:27 PM	#6
Old Grump Member in memoriam Join Date: April 9, 2009 Location: Blue River Wisconsin, in Posts: 3,144	Not a weakness, just good taste in guns. __________________ Good intentions will always be pleaded for any assumption of power. The Constitution was made to guard the people against the dangers of good intentions. There are men in all ages who mean to govern will, but they mean to govern. They promise to be good masters, but they mean to be masters. --Daniel Webster--

November 17, 2012, 08:33 PM	#8
skidder Senior Member Join Date: August 17, 2008 Location: Montana Posts: 579	1 old-- Impressive to say the least! __________________ Gun permit?? A bread crumb tossed to a sleeping society awoken by the sound of complacency. "They are for your own good", and "you will understand when you see all the lives they save". Yes master, what else will you toss me from your bag of infringements?? Do you want me to roll over and play dead? I do that very well. --skidder

November 18, 2012, 04:07 AM	#10
warnerwh Senior Member Join Date: February 12, 2009 Posts: 278	1-old: That is a very nice display. I've never seen anyone with that many handguns. Do you have any semi autos? __________________ Portland, Or

November 19, 2012, 08:29 PM	#11
bedbugbilly Senior Member Join Date: November 19, 2009 Posts: 1,367	Nice herd! You don't have a "weakness" . . . you have an affection . . . recognize it and nourish it! Revolvers are like dogs or fine wine . . . there's always room for more! __________________ 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

November 17, 2012, 02:53 PM	#2
Daggitt Senior Member Join Date: March 11, 2011 Posts: 270	What a nice looking circle of friends you have there.

November 17, 2012, 03:09 PM	#3
FM12 Senior Member Join Date: February 5, 2007 Location: Monroeville, Alabama Posts: 1,543	Keeping revos alive! Do what you can! Starting my own bunch.

November 17, 2012, 06:14 PM	#7
1 old 0311-1 Junior member Join Date: November 5, 2012 Posts: 89	I got the same problem, just had it longer

November 18, 2012, 01:28 AM	#9
TennJed Senior Member Join Date: September 26, 2010 Posts: 1,247	Need more Rugers

November 19, 2012, 08:30 PM	#12
TGSTGS Member Join Date: November 17, 2012 Posts: 16	What a collection! I'd be looking into a 12 step program, NOT!!!!!

November 19, 2012, 10:04 PM	#13
PT-92 Senior Member Join Date: March 20, 2007 Location: "Undisclosed Bunker" Posts: 1,310	Mighty pretty hardware in this thread and I'm not even a "revolver guy" to be sure. I have a comparable amount/diversity of semi's but forgive me not one revolver). Funny thing is the first handgun I ever shot was my Dad's (RIP) S&W Model 10 service revolver and then his CPD BUG. I never really became a "gun nut" though until after I graduated College (semi 9mm craze had just taken hold) and began to make a few bucks (and I do mean "few" ) that allowed for a reasonable handgun/long-gun collection over the past twenty years. Long story short, I have always 'browsed' the revolver threads just to maintain a basic knowledge of the industry. But in the last several years I have taken a renewed interests in them (I see them all the time as one of my favorite genres of film are Westerns). Suffice it to say that I will definitively be in contact with Santa about a wheel-gun this Christmas! If I had a "wish-list" for the bearded one I would like to have either a classic Colt Python or a S&W 29 (or 686 or....). -Happy Holidays __________________ NRA Life Member “A free people ought...to be armed..." ―George Washington

November 19, 2012, 10:04 PM	#14
Jbar4Ranch Senior Member Join Date: May 20, 1999 Location: Near Helena, Montana Posts: 1,452	Here are a few of them - these pics include very few of the rimfires or double actions... __________________ Sometimes the squeaky wheel gets replaced... SASS 47015

November 19, 2012, 10:05 PM	#15
Jbar4Ranch Senior Member Join Date: May 20, 1999 Location: Near Helena, Montana Posts: 1,452	__________________ Sometimes the squeaky wheel gets replaced... SASS 47015

November 19, 2012, 10:06 PM	#16
Jbar4Ranch Senior Member Join Date: May 20, 1999 Location: Near Helena, Montana Posts: 1,452	Consecutively numbered .38-40/.40 S&W convertible Vaqueros. I have a third one, but not consecutive to these two. (edit) All three of these are already in the first picture. Not really a revolver, but... __________________ Sometimes the squeaky wheel gets replaced... SASS 47015 Last edited by Jbar4Ranch; November 19, 2012 at 10:18 PM.

November 19, 2012, 10:40 PM	#17
Straightshooter629 Senior Member Join Date: August 30, 2009 Location: Columbus, Ohio Posts: 465	I love you guys...

November 20, 2012, 09:14 AM	#18
highpower3006 Senior Member Join Date: July 30, 2011 Posts: 226	jbar4Ranch: Now I feel so inadequate.

November 20, 2012, 10:17 AM	#19
Webleymkv Senior Member Join Date: July 20, 2005 Location: Indiana Posts: 9,498	While I don't have anything nearly as impressive as the previously shown collections, I too share an affinity for revolvers. Here are some of the wheelguns I've owned over the years: __________________ Smith, and Wesson, and Me. -H. Callahan Well waddaya know, one buwwet weft! -E. Fudd All bad precedents begin as justifiable measures. -J. Caesar

November 20, 2012, 01:35 PM	#20
PT-92 Senior Member Join Date: March 20, 2007 Location: "Undisclosed Bunker" Posts: 1,310	Webleymkv, Just curious, do you still own those beaut's as you say "over the years"... Reason I ask is I have always had a problem getting rid of them . I never thought I would get close to maxing out my safe (yet some of the members here have several so I don't feel too bad)... __________________ NRA Life Member “A free people ought...to be armed..." ―George Washington

November 20, 2012, 02:09 PM	#21
22-rimfire Senior Member Join Date: February 19, 2005 Location: Tennessee Posts: 4,385	If you have an itch for revolvers, by all means scratch it. I do.

November 20, 2012, 03:15 PM	#23
Wyoredman Senior Member Join Date: September 6, 2011 Location: Wyoming Posts: 1,024	I now feel totaly and completely inadequate! You guys are my heros! __________________ Go Pokes! Go Rams!

November 23, 2012, 05:44 PM	#25
Straightshooter629 Senior Member Join Date: August 30, 2009 Location: Columbus, Ohio Posts: 465	I think I've died and gone to revolver heaven...