Colt snub nose revolver question?

I am a big fan of the D-frame Colt. I'm currently looking for an original hammer shroud for a blued Colt Agent. If I can't find one of those, I'd be barely satisfied with an aftermarket one.

I'm not brave enough to take a Colt revolver apart, no matter what the frame -- I have a very short list of people I allow to work on my Colts, and I am not on it.

I love Colt revolvers; They are precision made, precision crafted tackdrivers from an era where gunmaking was an ART and Colt was the best in the business.

They are a reminder of a happier time for me, to be sure.

I should probably save up for one. I miss my old Police Positive duty revolver.

Colt Snub Nose Revolver

Basically, that's the difference. Many revolvers which might be made principally to be snub nostril don't have any visable hammer. That is so the gun may also be carried concealed and no longer capture on apparel when drawn. Nonetheless, that isn't genuine of all snub nostril revolvers. Some have the designated frame as that model when it's made with an extended barrel. Backside line, the term "snub nostril" or "snubbie" with ease implies that it has a short barrel.

Colt revolvers. Are these no longer interesting to people? Well.... They are a like old British Sports cars. A bit of a acquired taste & replaced in the marketplace By Z cars & Miatas. Taurus will sell you a 7 shot snub Model 817 made lighter with titanium alloy for the less price than the Colts. Ruger & S&W have products as well.

You need to buy yourself a Colt Lawman MK III. It's a gun that most folks have never heard of. Neatest things you can imagine. Medium frame Colt with a glass smoth action, 2 inch barrel with fixed sights, chambered for 357 magnum.

The extra weight on that medium steel frame makes it very controllable when firing 38+P loads. And since it was built to handle the full power 357 mag loads, it will last a lifetime of shooting thousands and thousands of 38 Special cartridges.

Personally, I prefer the vintage 1960s and 1970sColt double-action revolvers to anything out there.

Welcome to my world. I notice with a great deal of amusement how the lemmings rush off to buy whatever is new and improved and yadda. I love snapping up the golden oldies that people are sneering at. They ride inflation quite well and may serve you in a number of ways in the future.

Nobody wants a revolver these days - let along a used one.

Dont take my word for it - go grab your nicest stainless one with adjustable sights in cherry condition and try to use it as a trade in at a gun shop. The shop owner will point to his overloaded display case of revolvers he cant sell, and, bad enough he wont give you near what it was worth 20 years ago........ most shops are prohibiting thier buyers from taking any in, even in trade. They just dont move.

Part of the reason revolvers are out of demand - nobody is running around Congress trying to ban them. It's the semi-auto with big mags that are going to be banned again - and - everyone with a spare cent to their name is buying what ever they can in the hope it will be grandfathered.

That said - I am sure if some half dressed, or half undressed Hollywood actress with big boobs made a movie where she ran around using only a revolver and speed loaders - or a big video game that did the same - then revolvers would become desirable........... just like a gold plated Desert Eagle.

I still carry a j frame often.... Keep a Colt Cobra in the collection too.

Lots of people recommend small pistols and revolvers to new shooters or people who can't or won't invest in training.

Minimal sights, very sensitive (recoil wise) to a poor grip, big flash everything else conspire against any one who is less than conversant shooting the snub nosed gun or pocket pistols in general

Sad too.... If you spend some time, these revolvers can be accurate at 25 yards.

Anyone who intends self defense with a revolver needs to practice... Those who go it alone or never work through some issues will be discourages .... And some overconfident - with snub nosed guns.

I encourage people to shoot the guns they carry.... Even in IDPA we still have side matches for bug guns and law enforcement still has to qualify with those little guns if they wish to carry them.

Corner the market huhhh, very cool. I think we have moved to the next generation of buyers. Many have only the experience of these new plastic blocky looking things we have today. Soon they will be selling Star Trek Phasers, and us old timers will need to take classes to learn those.

Personally, I have tried the new crop of products, been given some as proto types through the years to try. But I have never considered buying one. I am fine with the double action trigger pull on the revolvers of the day, but can not get the hang of the new semi-auto DAs. They just seem very heavy to pull and catchy as H*ll. I am a Single action guy because I like the trigger feel, a nice clean break. The new plastic semi-autos just un-nerve me as far as the feel of the trigger. And even at the SA trigger operation they are no where close to as crisp as the old SA triggers.

Bet these plastic guns wear out. Most any of the old all metal guns have lasted 3 life times already, and are still the best ever made.

You Know we are loosing so much, and so many things. When was the last time you saw a kid playing catch in the yard ? How many even own a baseball glove these days ? In our time every kid had them. What about seeing a kid skipping down the street ? They never even heard of it let alone can they skip. Funny, I guess we should just sit back down in the Barko Lounger friend. We can talk of the old times. The world is changing.

EDIT : I am a Colt !911 fanatic. Have a .38 Smith Body Guard, and call it my 5 shot Derringer, small enough to fit in your jacket pocket. And is really fairly accurate, certainly to at least 30 feet for me.

All the people who carry guns have gone stampeding off to bigger, faster calibers - who knows why. But I've seen the cases in gun shops filled with .38 revolvers of one make or another. People seem to own them for a while - find they're too gutless and go after a .357 or some auto.

But the .38 5 shot revolver is just about the perfect defense weapon for a LOT of people who aren't terribly well trained. There's nothing to know except to NOT pull the trigger if you don't want to shoot them. And the 2" barrel is really easy to conceal. Most people can't hit anything anyway - so 2", 4", 6" don't make a lot of difference. Any self-defense shooting they'll ever do will be real close quarters.