So you love revolvers, but we must know why.

This does not invalidate your fondness for other kinds of guns, but there's just something about a revolver that touches your soul in a way that you may or may not be able to understand yourself.

We may have seen your collection, and you may show them again if it helps you, but now we must know WHY.

If you haven't explained it thus far, now is your chance, and we're here for you.

I love revolvers. I'm not stuck in the past...I wouldn't willingly ditch my semi-auto as a daily carry choice around town or for duty, but in their own particular niche they can't be beat.

I like that the DA trigger and think it makes for a safe and effective pocket carry option.

I like the shape of the grip for the same reason...it's easy to grasp in a pocket without bumping the trigger.

I like that the action of the gun is driven by my finger and is not reliant on inertia or recoil forces.

And there's nothing else out there that can deliver that amount of energy out of such a small package. If you need a legit hand-canon, pound for pound a revolver is going to fit the bill better than any semi-auto.

Love?
I would say I have a sincere fondness for a good wheel gun.

During my stint in the Marines, I learned how to shoot on the M-9's and the 1911's / M-45's.

Some of my training took me to Quantico, and there is where I really learned how to shoot on S&W Mod-66's and Mod-19's. Like REALLY learned how to shoot! I don't know how many thousands of rounds through those.
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Hard for a 6 shooter to jam, I love my 340PD in my jacket pocket in the winter (only with +P or +p+!)
Yes, being pragmatic about shooting and carrying a gun for a living, I won't go back to carrying a wheelgun for duty or self defense. 5-6 rounds vs 8-21 rounds in a semi-auto? I'll go with quantity. In retirement, I'll carry a semi-auto. But something about a Colt Python, blue, stainless, or the nickel. Talk about beautiful! A nice engraved revolver will always have a place in my heart. A nice single action?!?! hell yes!

However, I may just have to send my S&W Mod-19 to Turnbull and have it case hardened and use it as a BBQ Gun.

Oh yeah. Here's a couple of mine. Pre-model 29 and a pre-model 27.

3” Colt Python
6” Colt Python
4” matte stainless King Cobra late 80’s
4” Gp100
4” Smith 66-1
4.25” Smith Combat
3” Smith 686 plus

I def love the wheel guns!

Guilty.

My collection is nowhere near as impressive as those pictured but I am definitely a big fan of revolvers. I will add 2 or 3 to my growing collection this year (all probably Rugers).

None of those clipazine thingys to fuss with.

Count me in. Love them. First gun I ever got. Model 67 in the early 80’s. (I do wish I had gotten a 66 instead lol).

I just entered the 327 revolver phase. Somehow ended up with a passel (or a peck?) of SP101’s.

Versatile, simple, safer in general, and for some reason a rolling DA stroke is very easy for me to control. Probably because it’s what I grew up on. Plus, you can’t spin a cylinder on an auto.

Pretty much what 92fstech said. I have no business loving revolvers. Born in the 70s, child of the 80s, brought up on the Wundernine so to speak.

The reality is I like the slower more methodical approach to a good wheel gun. I still think they are eminently practical for a great many things but screw that noise, they are sexy as hell and just have something lost to them. Manual transmissions are slower, less fuel efficient and basically the “wrong choice” in everything except bringing joy to your drive. A good wheel gun is similar, but alas progress cares not for your joy.

Would I take a wheel gun as my primary defensive gun over a good semi auto today? No. Would I feel woefully under gunned with a good 686+ or GP100 or .357 NFrame? Hell no.

I shoot my 4" S&W Model 10 in our monthly highly modified USPSA matches.
Multiple speedloaders are your friend.
I always take first place in the revolver class-----(I am the only one in that class).

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Guilty as charged! I like the class and elegance of blue steel for sure. No stainless abomination please.

I shoot them fast and accurately and can manipulate and reload them pretty fast as well. When I go to a match and people are shocked I am using an outdated old wheel gun - they are even more shocked when I beat most of them at said match despite all the comps and red dots.
Can load from powder puff to near nuclear without Function issues, conceal well, grips can be adjusted to fit just right. A lot going for them. People these days seem obsessed with capacity and the latest gizmo. If you can make optimal use of the first 6, having more becomes much less important

I don't consider myself a big revolver guy, but my collection felt incomplete w/o one. Once I shot a S&W, I understood why devoted wheel gun guys develop such good trigger pulls.

As others have posted, it's not my go-to for SD, but I do enjoy shooting revolvers as range guns.

I have attempted to replace my standard carry revolvers over the years but always end up back with them. My most recent foray was a Dan Wesson DWX. I did manage to carry it for a couple months, but it just didn't feel right so I went back to the same carry rotation since the 1980's. Maybe I just missed that speed loader lump in my pocket. I have two guns in that rotation. Both are 66-1's.

It’s no secret that I love revolvers, I have more than just a few. Lots of reasons to love them.

Nostalgia, Smith & Wesson revolvers were what I learned to shoot handguns with. As an Explorer with the sheriff’s department I shot on the department’s pistol team with a 6” Smith 686 that belonged to our advisor that he let me shoot. This was early 80’s and the L-Frames had just come out, I thought I was hot shit on the range with that 6” 686. Still have a soft spot for the 686 and own 4 of them now along with a 586. Then there’s Inspector Callahan with his Smith Model 29. Every gun guy has to own one of those just, because. And Sledge Hammer with his 629…

Power, hard to beat a .44 Magnum for practicality and power in a handgun. In autos, I love 10mm, but it does not equal the .44 Magnum. Here in Alaska, .44 Magnum is needed because, well, bears. Pissed off moose are also a reality. For a woods gun, the power and reliability of a revolver just make sense. Did I mention Dirty Harry carried one?

Practicality, a lightweight J-Frames drop into and carry very well in a pocket holster for when discretion is needed. I had not carried one in probably over a year but have been carrying them quite a bit recently. Current relationship requires it, while my lady is fine with me carrying, she has joint custody over her 2 children with her ex who is very anti-gun. Then there’s the 3” medium frame revolver which for me is just the sweet spot for carrying. I have two in this category, a Smith 66 in .357 and a Ruger GP100 Wiley Clapp in 10mm. Both ride in El Paso Saddlery pancake holsters very comfortably and disappear under an untucked shirt. For me they’re just the perfect balance of concealability, shootability and power. The GP100 with the moon clips adds another level of practicality. Very easy to change over from hardcast when out on the trail to hollow points when I come back into civilization. Currently waiting on a 386 Night Guard to add another to this category.

Affirmation, I try and make a habit of throwing a gun into my range bag that I shoot extremely well. It’s for those days when I’m shooting a new gun or trying something new. Things don’t go as well as I hoped for during that range session, I’ll try and end with something that I always shoot well to remind myself that I can shoot, just having an off day or whatever. One of those guns is a Smith 686 6” Classic Hunter, kind of a deluxe version of what I used to shoot with the sheriff’s department.

Because, fuck you that’s why. Several months ago was in Sportsman’s and asked if they had my .357 Magnum ammo. The kid behind the counter replied, “Why would you want ammo for a Fudd gun like that?” Well fuck you, ya’ little whippersnapper, I went home and strapped on my 3” Smith 66 and carried it for the rest of the weekend.

My joy of handling and shooting a revolver goes back a long way. The first gun I bought as an adult was an old S&W Model 10. I learned to appreciate the crispness of that trigger. As time moved on I was able to enjoy the power of a S&W Model 29 44 Magnum.
When I took my CCW class, I was the only person on the firing line with a revolver, a S&W Model 66. I drew some looks from the others, until it was my turn to shoot and cleanly performed the requirements of that test. Now these old hands can't handle the 44 Magnum, but there is still a smile when I see the smoke from a handloaded 158gr SWC shot through that old Model 10 occasionally. For daily carry, I may drop a snubbie in my pocket, but usually a P365 is on my side. I can't argue with the magazine capacity of my P365 for that "just in case I need it" feel.

I don't know about love but I certainly enjoy my revolvers, especially the older ones.

Have a couple still, this 686 no dash, and a 29-2 Smith. Only picture I had on file was the 686, guess I'll have to pull the ol Magnum out...

Did have a Ruger LCR in 38 that I carried it was actually a nice pocket carry. Didn't care for the trigger though..

I've always been a fan of revolvers, owned many over the years. I mostly carry a semiauto now but do have a Ruger GP100 for carry.

I enjoy several revolvers. My first gun was a 1957 Colt Frontier Scout two-tone .22LR that my Dad gave me; I still have it, of course. But I have a GP-100/.357; several SP-101’s in .357, .327 (X2), and .22LR; and an LCR/.38. I also have a 1959 Frontier Scout that was my Father-in-law’s, and a Taurus Model 85 snubbie.

My favorite thing about revolvers? Not having to pick up empty brass from the ground.

Almost forgot.

Fun, there’s just something inherently fun about shooting revolvers. I slow down, enjoy the shooting experience. It’s just more of a process, dropping individual cartridges into the cylinder, staging a double action trigger, thumbing back the hammer in single action, ejecting the empty brass…. Then there’s the real fun when I start to feel a little obnoxious. I have a Smith 627 with a 5” full lug barrel and only 6 small .357 diameter chambers in that big cylinder. It’s a heavy beast that really soaks up recoil. Full magnum loads have minimal felt recoil. Rapid fire with full magnum loads; BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! It’s a crowd pleaser. Then there’s my special, “Go way Tactical Ted” handload. It’s a 185gr. Hornady XTP over an insane amount of Winchester 296 that I chrono’d at 1,750fps out of a 7-1/2” Ruger Bisley. It produces a 5’ diameter flameball at the muzzle in broad daylight and it’s really impressive on an indoor range.

So when I have those really obnoxious Tactical Teds in the lane next to me pelting me with brass, doing mag dumps and hootin’ and hollering’, returning fire with a cylinder full of those loads usually makes them go away or at least find another lane further down the line…