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Favorite gun that's "enjoyable" to shoot and have?
- Thread starter fulloflead
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Another Winchester vote. Wanted one ever since I first saw them in the cowboy movies in the '50's. True Americana.
I voted for several. I belong to a large gun in north Georgia. I never know how busy various ranges will be. I always pack a little bit of everything.
Pistols: I enjoy shooting my 1911's followed by my FN HP. I practice with others, but the 1911's at the most fun.
Rifles: I shoot several old Mausers (sold my Mosin) but always take a scoped Rem700 in 30-06AI for long range shooting. I hope to have an M1 Carbine soon. I've already been buying magazines.
But overall I enjoy shotguns and clays, though not listed. I have a thrower at the farm. I blast clays, then hit a spinner target range for 22's with my Ruger MKII or Walther P22. That's right, 22's weren't on the list.
tjg
Pistols: I enjoy shooting my 1911's followed by my FN HP. I practice with others, but the 1911's at the most fun.
Rifles: I shoot several old Mausers (sold my Mosin) but always take a scoped Rem700 in 30-06AI for long range shooting. I hope to have an M1 Carbine soon. I've already been buying magazines.
But overall I enjoy shotguns and clays, though not listed. I have a thrower at the farm. I blast clays, then hit a spinner target range for 22's with my Ruger MKII or Walther P22. That's right, 22's weren't on the list.
tjg
Of all the weapons I owned, I think I'd vote for my old S&W model 19. (Blued-steel K-frame .357 magnum)
I carried that gun for the 10 years I was on the local county PD, and had it set up with Herret's Jordan Trooper grips.
Best double-action revolver I ever handled. I put thousands of rounds of handloads through the thing; everything from .38 target loads to full-house magnums. Even loaded up a bunch of the Kieth 173-grain semi-wadcutters over his recommended (compression) load of 2400.
Herrett's is still making a similar grip:
Smooth and rounded with no finger grooves or checkering. Jordan maintained these allowed the recoil to transfer to the palm, rather than the web of the hand, provided a broad shelf of support for the middle finger, and allowed micro-adjustments on drawing at high speed.
I found all that to be true.
I carried that gun for the 10 years I was on the local county PD, and had it set up with Herret's Jordan Trooper grips.
Best double-action revolver I ever handled. I put thousands of rounds of handloads through the thing; everything from .38 target loads to full-house magnums. Even loaded up a bunch of the Kieth 173-grain semi-wadcutters over his recommended (compression) load of 2400.
Herrett's is still making a similar grip:
Smooth and rounded with no finger grooves or checkering. Jordan maintained these allowed the recoil to transfer to the palm, rather than the web of the hand, provided a broad shelf of support for the middle finger, and allowed micro-adjustments on drawing at high speed.
I found all that to be true.