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Re: Good 38 Special revolvers. kaywoodie #18476690 06/04/23
Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 45,265 Likes: 21 North East Urth Valsdad Campfire 'Bwana
Valsdad Campfire 'Bwana Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 45,265 Likes: 21 North East Urth	Originally Posted by kaywoodie Ok, here’s Melvin. Looks like something Small Change mighta got rained on with. The desert is a true treasure for him who seeks refuge from men and the evil of men. In it is contentment In it is death and all you seek (Quoted from "The Bleeding of the Stone" Ibrahim Al-Koni) member of the cabal of dysfunctional squirrels?

Re: Good 38 Special revolvers. tikkanut #18476695 06/04/23
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79S Campfire Ranger 7 Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 23,506 Alaska valley trash	Originally Posted by tikkanut Originally Posted by Jim_Conrad This new progressive press has me thinking I might need some new 38 specials. I have an old DA Colt. I am cured of buying new Smith and Wessons....what were some good old ones? Thinking for target practice and plinking for the family. What would a good Target model be if we get really serious? Thanks. I've herd how well you shoot Step up to a 10mm with 16 rd mags You'll be safer in bear country Oh boy… Originally Posted by Bricktop Then STFU. The rest of your statement is superflous bullshit with no real bearing on this discussion other than to massage your own ego. Suckin' on my titties like you wanted me.

Re: Good 38 Special revolvers. Jim_Conrad #18476704 06/04/23
Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 23,506 Alaska valley trash 7 79S Campfire Ranger
79S Campfire Ranger 7 Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 23,506 Alaska valley trash	Model 19-4 and model 28-2 Originally Posted by Bricktop Then STFU. The rest of your statement is superflous bullshit with no real bearing on this discussion other than to massage your own ego. Suckin' on my titties like you wanted me.

Re: Good 38 Special revolvers. jbmi #18476827 06/05/23
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kwg020 Campfire Ranger Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 19,244 Likes: 4 North of Des Moines	Originally Posted by jbmi Awful hard to beat a Colt Diamondback. FINALLY !! Someone get's it right. Swap them grips out for a set of Pachmayers and you have the perfect revolver. Thank you kwg Last edited by kwg020; 06/05/23. For liberals and anarchists, power and control is opium, selling envy is the fastest and easiest way to get it. TRR. American conservative. Never trust a white liberal. Malcom X Current NRA member.

Re: Good 38 Special revolvers. Jim_Conrad #18476832 06/05/23
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viking Campfire Ranger V Joined: Apr 2008 Posts: 17,171 Likes: 6 MonDak	Yeah, just go buy a Colt or GP100.

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Re: Good 38 Special revolvers. Jim_Conrad #18476837 06/05/23
Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,788 SE S. Dakota 3584ELK Campfire Regular
3584ELK Campfire Regular Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,788 SE S. Dakota	Originally Posted by Jim_Conrad This new progressive press has me thinking I might need some new 38 specials. I have an old DA Colt. I am cured of buying new Smith and Wessons....what were some good old ones? Thinking for target practice and plinking for the family. What would a good Target model be if we get really serious? Thanks. Model 15-4 is a great revolver in a S&W. In a Colt, I enjoy the Detective Special. Taurus makes a ported .357 in their model 627. "I didn't realize we had so many snipers in this country." by J23

Re: Good 38 Special revolvers. JacquesShellac #18476849 06/05/23
Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,788 SE S. Dakota 3584ELK Campfire Regular
3584ELK Campfire Regular Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,788 SE S. Dakota	Originally Posted by JacquesShellac Originally Posted by Slavek Originally Posted by smallfry 38s? 15 or 67. Really the modern S&Ws are quite acceptable if you can get over the some of the non traditional stuff. Even the 2 piece barrel 66s are accurate and tough as nails. 38spl is an awesome cartridge. Blasphemy, you are going to anger amuse Boomers with safes full of vintage S&W revolvers. They luv: extra screws in frame, pinned one piece barrels, recessed chambers, no lock, no MIM. That is to say they appreciate quality and refinement. Personally I do not care, because I'm an uninformed dolt S&W MIM parts do not break and harmless lock hole can be plugged or covered with larger cylinder release for $50 or less. Ha! Excellent edit! "I didn't realize we had so many snipers in this country." by J23

Re: Good 38 Special revolvers. Jim_Conrad #18479266 06/05/23
Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 8,198 Likes: 4 T TheKid Campfire Outfitter
TheKid Campfire Outfitter T Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 8,198 Likes: 4	Since people are posting N frames I’ll at least post an actual 38 Special one. I had to drag a bunch of 38s out of the range box and give them a cleaning up since me and the boy went out and burned up a few hundred wadcutters yesterday. I guess the one on the right is KW’s Melvin’s brother Marvin since he doesn’t have a T grip. The one on the left is a 15-3. Marvin lives in the nightstand most of the time. The 15 gets shot a bunch and carried too. The 10-5 shoots low with powder puff wadcutters, not low enough to matter for its intended purpose but 3-4” at 25 yards. The 15 with the adjustable sights is pretty easy to make good hits with it to 75 yards or more. I’m about out of my 1950s keg of Unique so I’ve been experimenting with PowerPistol for my full power load. 6.0gr under a 158 “Keith” seems like a good place to be. It’s accurate and should be around 1000fps.

Re: Good 38 Special revolvers. TheKid #18479291 06/05/23
Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 23,506 Alaska valley trash 7 79S Campfire Ranger
79S Campfire Ranger 7 Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 23,506 Alaska valley trash	Originally Posted by TheKid Since people are posting N frames I’ll at least post an actual 38 Special one. I had to drag a bunch of 38s out of the range box and give them a cleaning up since me and the boy went out and burned up a few hundred wadcutters yesterday. I guess the one on the right is KW’s Melvin’s brother Marvin since he doesn’t have a T grip. The one on the left is a 15-3. Marvin lives in the nightstand most of the time. The 15 gets shot a bunch and carried too. The 10-5 shoots low with powder puff wadcutters, not low enough to matter for its intended purpose but 3-4” at 25 yards. The 15 with the adjustable sights is pretty easy to make good hits with it to 75 yards or more. I’m about out of my 1950s keg of Unique so I’ve been experimenting with PowerPistol for my full power load. 6.0gr under a 158 “Keith” seems like a good place to be. It’s accurate and should be around 1000fps. When you reload do you wear a cowboy hat? Originally Posted by Bricktop Then STFU. The rest of your statement is superflous bullshit with no real bearing on this discussion other than to massage your own ego. Suckin' on my titties like you wanted me.

Re: Good 38 Special revolvers. Jim_Conrad #18479303 06/05/23
Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,584 natman Campfire Regular
natman Campfire Regular Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,584	Originally Posted by Jim_Conrad This new progressive press has me thinking I might need some new 38 specials. I have an old DA Colt. I am cured of buying new Smith and Wessons....what were some good old ones? Thinking for target practice and plinking for the family. What would a good Target model be if we get really serious? Thanks. Either an older S&W K38 Target Masterpiece or the same gun under its current name of Model 14. They were designed to be Target models. Most come with all the Target goodies; Target trigger, hammer, sights, grips and an overtravel stop. They are very accurate. Last edited by natman; 06/05/23.

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Re: Good 38 Special revolvers. 79S #18479311 06/05/23
Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 8,198 Likes: 4 T TheKid Campfire Outfitter
TheKid Campfire Outfitter T Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 8,198 Likes: 4	Originally Posted by 79S Originally Posted by TheKid Since people are posting N frames I’ll at least post an actual 38 Special one. I had to drag a bunch of 38s out of the range box and give them a cleaning up since me and the boy went out and burned up a few hundred wadcutters yesterday. I guess the one on the right is KW’s Melvin’s brother Marvin since he doesn’t have a T grip. The one on the left is a 15-3. Marvin lives in the nightstand most of the time. The 15 gets shot a bunch and carried too. The 10-5 shoots low with powder puff wadcutters, not low enough to matter for its intended purpose but 3-4” at 25 yards. The 15 with the adjustable sights is pretty easy to make good hits with it to 75 yards or more. I’m about out of my 1950s keg of Unique so I’ve been experimenting with PowerPistol for my full power load. 6.0gr under a 158 “Keith” seems like a good place to be. It’s accurate and should be around 1000fps. When you reload do you wear a cowboy hat? And snakeskin boots, duh.

Re: Good 38 Special revolvers. TheKid #18479652 06/06/23
Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 131,823 Likes: 30 USA T The_Real_Hawkeye Campfire Sage
The_Real_Hawkeye Campfire Sage T Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 131,823 Likes: 30 USA	Originally Posted by TheKid The 15 with the adjustable sights is pretty easy to make good hits with it to 75 yards or more. It was a two inch Model 15 that I was originally instructed with back in 1980. My instructor was a retired Deputy Sheriff and Certified NRA Instructor. He used to say the same thing about it, i.e., due to the improved sight picture (vs a Model 10), you could get great accuracy from it, despite the short sight radius.

Re: Good 38 Special revolvers. Jim_Conrad #18480252 06/06/23
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mark shubert Campfire Ranger M Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 16,399 Likes: 1 Las Vegas NM	Carry a Model 37 RB 3" around a LOT, snake load first! Keep a 37 SB in the office drawer. Shoot a Model 10 4" quite a bit, and keep Melvin's twin in a Model 12 on the nightstand. "The Warden" seized a Model 10 4" around 25 years ago, from me, and carries it in her truck. She's used it with 148 gr wadcutters to behead MANY rattlesnakes. I've always been a curmudgeon - now I'm an old curmudgeon. ~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~

Re: Good 38 Special revolvers. Jim_Conrad #18481175 06/06/23
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Blacktail308 Campfire Regular B Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 2,068 SW Oregon	3" model 60. Adjustable sights, grip of choice and bang away...... "May the LORD bless you and keep you, may His face shine upon you, may He be gracious and give you peace" from Numbers 6:24-26

Re: Good 38 Special revolvers. earlybrd #18485010 06/07/23
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MartinStrummer Campfire Tracker Joined: Dec 2021 Posts: 3,553 Likes: 6	Originally Posted by earlybrd Originally Posted by MartinStrummer Got an older M10, 4". Spent some time with some diamond hones and so 400 grit emery cloth. The old gal is slick as a button and a whole lot more accurate than I can hold it! 😉 Tried it as an EDC. Like toting a lead brick on your hip! LOL! Went with a S&W "M&P" in .40. Love it! 40 is a bad mofo Sadly, the CBP switched from the .40 S&W to the 9mm. Sad mistake. CBP doesn't have many shootings, but the .40 S&W had proven to be reliable. I don't have any idea "why" CBP decided to go 9mm, but all the agents I've talked to would like to have the .40 back.....both male and female!

Re: Good 38 Special revolvers. Jim_Conrad #18487480 06/08/23
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Colt_West Campfire Member C Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 140 ‘Banks of the Calfkiller	M10-8 This one sees a steady diet of 158 XTPs. Mainly because I have a chit ton of them. Last edited by Colt_West; 06/08/23.

Re: Good 38 Special revolvers. Jim_Conrad #18487618 06/08/23
Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,269 southeastern Arizona J JefeMojado Campfire Regular
JefeMojado Campfire Regular J Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,269 southeastern Arizona	I have several K frame Smith's, but day in day out, awful hard to beat a 4" heavy barrel M10 or M64 . Portable, packable, rugged and dependable.

Re: Good 38 Special revolvers. Jim_Conrad #18487684 06/08/23
Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 8,037 Likes: 6 Michigan K KenMi Campfire Outfitter
KenMi Campfire Outfitter K Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 8,037 Likes: 6 Michigan	Ruger .357 in SP101 or GP100, depending what frame and barrel you want. Then you always have the option to shoot mags, and have a stronger gun as well. LCR is pretty crappy. Had a 357 version, and thought it sucked. Sold it and got a SP101, and also have a 6" stainless GP100

Re: Good 38 Special revolvers. Jim_Conrad #18488012 06/08/23
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1911a1 Campfire Tracker Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 5,681 Likes: 4 N.E. Texas	My 38's Two I just inherited from My brother I lost recently. The Colt Dik and the 5" Smith. The middle is a Hard chromed (I think) 15-2 ex service pistol. I believe that because of some electro-penciled numbers on it. There is some light pitting under the Chrome. Edit: Could some help date the S&W 5" ? Thanks! Last edited by 1911a1; 06/08/23. Figures don't lie, But Liars figure Assumption is the mother of mistakes

Re: Good 38 Special revolvers. Jim_Conrad #18488017 06/08/23
Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 131,823 Likes: 30 USA T The_Real_Hawkeye Campfire Sage
The_Real_Hawkeye Campfire Sage T Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 131,823 Likes: 30 USA	Very nice. Sorry to hear about your brother.

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