Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Handguns Are people still buying revolvers?

i haven't seen a lot of new revolvers, or older ones for that matter, in lgs for quite some time.
There are a few older types on this forum that grew up in the pre semiautomatic, pre polymer time frame, that learned to shoot on them.
I still pretty much prefer revolvers mostly as i don't like loosing brass or picking it up.
i will say magazine capacity of a semiauto leads me that way in certain situations.
but it is real hard to beat a well tuned old smith.
and yeah, i am still buying them.

same here

J-frames make up a huge market.

Lots of simple defense guns out there.

My wife included

Just got a ruger lcr in 327. put a night sight on it and it is my new carry gun.

Yep, just picked up this police trade-in for $325.

My most recent purchase was a revolver. A single action to boot. Now that Colt is making a new snake I hope to look one up some time and also the Ruger GP-100 44 Special.

Yeah, that's what I figure. Wouldn't want to touch off a .357 Magnum that weighed much if any less than that one.

With the Hogue grips, it changes the angle of the grip just enough it's not much of a whack on the knuckle like the OEM grips. Way more controllable IMO.

That's what I figured, too.

Looks like you got that one durty, Ed.

Doing my part. Bought more older revolvers than anything else in the last couple years.

Revolvers is all I own.

So that is all the grand kids get to shoot when they are with PaPa. Doing my best to corrupt the youngest generation.

Ruger LCR in 327 is on my short list. I hear great things about its trigger and accuracy.

Let's see...

The kids are all Coo Coo for 380s, nines, 40s and a few 45s, but anyone looking for hammers n fun have to get a wheelie, period. Autos and any semblance of horsepower on reserve spells about 2lbs and the ergos of a brick.

Seems to me real gun junkies arent posting posits about plastic contraptions as much as the newfangled wheel guns. If they are, it isnt with any "aura".

Just my observations.

There's an old adage ~ 'Revolvers will work when all else fails.'

I have more revolvers than semi-autos in my safe, and two were bought this year.

I really enjoy shooting revolvers and have recently picked up a 6" 686-4 357Mag and 5" 629-4 44Mag. Love shooting steel with these two as the 686 with 38 Specials is a joy to shoot and that 629 sure smacks the steel plates!!






That being said, if I could only keep one, it would probably be my Ruger Bisley Blackhawk 45LC......

SP101 .357 with the fiber optic sights at 51 yards.

I just bought a Ruger Vaquero 45 Colt / 45 ACP. I am looking for a 629 Mountain Gun now.

I buy both. I own more revolvers though. I like them for woods carry.

My latest revolver is a Redhawk .45LC/45 ACP 4 in. I have a Ruger Old Model 5.5in Bisley in 45LC but thought I would like something in 45 ACP.

My latest semi auto is a Glock 26, Gen4 9mm, night sights, trigger, threaded barrel, etc.

Yes, last fall I picked up an LCR .327. And I like it.

That being said, I was at the store today picking up my 2 newest handguns, both semis, and the three other guys there were looking at wheel guns. One of them was looking for his wife to see what was available, said it's all she'll shoot.

Older bro just sent picture today of where they went out in the woods to plink. I asked what he bought with him. Just .38s he said, didn't want to be chasing brass.

Now y'all got me wanting another revolver.

Geno