I've been shooting revolvers for a long time, they never went away for me.

While I don't shoot them as much as I used to, I still enjoy them very much.

"Billy346
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I love shooting revolvers. Right now I only have one, a Smith and Wesson M29 Classic .44 Magnum. It goes to the range with me every time I go. I've noticed since I learned to master the double action trigger on my revolver, semi-autos are much easier to shoot and control."

So --- you only have one. I bet that one "made your day".

You sure picked a nice one for your first.

PS I stole your picture.

Shoot and carry revolvers more now than I ever did. Too bad my interest wasnt there when the prices were good.

I see two uses for a revolver nowadays:
1 = the BUG, the S&W 5 shot snubby excels in this role.

2 = the large caliber hunting handgun

And over the years we (my wife and I) have owned (past tense) a few good ones, I am just not seeing a "comeback"

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Originally posted by captain127:
My dream revolver would be a "919" a six shot k frame moon clip 9mm in blued. Doubt it will ever happen as they seem firmly wedded to that butt ugly stainless

S&W 547 is as close as you'll get. No moon clips, it had a really unique spring loaded extractor star.

Ruger also did the Speed Six in 9mm.

as a person that makes their living in marketing (study, strategy, analysis...blah, blah), ...revolvers aren't "making a come back".

I call this the "Red Ford Explorer syndrome". When I bought a red Explorer, all of a sudden, my new paradigm caused me to be aware of all the other red Explorers on the road.

This effect is magnified by the internet.

"hmm...I have an interest in revolvers. Oh, look at all the revolver posts".

Having said all that nonsense, I love my old S&W's . :-)

There's no "come back," but it's really hard to beat a Blackhawk in .41 magnum.

I don't know if it is because of a "comeback," but small revolvers have earned a place as carry guns. They are easy to conceal and deploy. Small revolvers are more reliable than pistols of comparable size. Nothing is safer to carry than a revolver.

Well so far the vote is 100% they're not coming back. But, I have a gut feeling that they will, and there have been a few times that my gut beat conventional wisdom over the long haul, so I'm sticking with my gut, notwithstanding my respect for the vote so far in this thread.

I have been shooting 65 years now, have several revolvers as well as autos, but I will always have a thing for revolvers, my latest is the new offering from Kimber, with their K6S, this is one of the nicest revolvers I own, and find myself carrying it almost daily, and I look forward to the new Colt Cobra when it comes out in supposedly April, so yes I think revolvers are making a come back, they're easy to carry, reliable and point and shoot very well for most people, and that is what most of us look for in an EDC gun, I won't say they are better than my auto's but I won't be getting rid of any of mine either...

For something that isn't coming back, nice ones sure are damned expensive.

Several of my last few purchases have been Ruger revolvers.

A SBH bisley 454 and a redhawk kodiak backpacker 44mag, and a Blackhawk convertible in 45. All of Them are awesome.

Ruger sure has been hitting the market with new revolvers.

Ruger had/has the single six in 327 Fed Mag, now available in the SP101 and the LCR.
Plus they added the LCRx model in a couple calibers.

Seems to be a lot of interest in the newer revolvers than ever before.

They never came back for me; from my early days of gun ownership they were a non-starter so there was nothing to come back from. Then something happened: I bought one a few years ago. I liked it. Now I own several. And I like them.

Hey, I know...it's time to start a thread...we can call it:

You will buy a revolver. Seems like I've heard that somewhere before, but I can't quite place it...

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Originally posted by soggy_spinout:
They never came back for me; from my early days of gun ownership they were a non-starter so there was nothing to come back from. Then something happened: I bought one a few years ago. I liked it. Now I own several. And I like them.

Hey, I know...it's time to start a thread...we can call it:

You will buy a revolver . Seems like I've heard that somewhere before, but I can't quite place it...

You start it and I'll post in it..

i've bought last year a Manurhin MR73 gendarmerie 3" wich a delice to shoot, just super accurate at 25 and solid groups in DA at combat distance.
This gun is in service with the famous French GIGN, now i know why!!!!

Revolver guy here . I have a weakness for pre lock Smith 686's.

I don't think that revolvers will ever be equal to or exceed the popularity of semi-autos but they will always have a following and a role to play. If I had to choose just one handgun for everything, it would be my S&W Model 66-1, 4 inch barrel, .357 magnum.

My most used range gun is a .22 rimfire S&W 617. Lots of fun and accurate!

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Originally posted by wrightd:
Does anyone know if S&W is making any revolvers w/out the blasted lock hole, besides the jframe 642 ?

It's amazing they're still doing that given the percentage of people who do not like them. I wouldn't be caught dead with one, unless is was a 500 S&W vs big brown.

Another j-frame, the 340PD, is available with no lock.

I have one for pocket carry.