S&W model 65

[druryj]

I would like to have grabbed one of those up as a project gun but I’d like it the SA/DA and a full hammer. I agree that there’s just something funky about a bobbed hammer. To me anyway.


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[coolhandluke]

I would like to have grabbed one of those up as a project gun but I’d like it the SA/DA and a full hammer. I agree that there’s just something funky about a bobbed hammer. To me anyway.


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Different strokes I guess...the look of a bobbed hammer doesn't bother me. I'm actually partial to the looks of the factory S&W DAO hammers, but it's also a function over form issue. For those of us who shoot in DA rather than SA, the hammer spur is expendable. It just adds bulk, unnecessary mass to cycle, and interferes with your hold if you happen to prefer a high grip.

 

[Gunbuffer]

no one who knows how to run a wheelgun defensively uses the hammer, or the SA action

 

[MacFromOK]

no one who knows how to run a wheelgun defensively uses the hammer, or the SA action

In a scenario where the shooter comes in a large store or mall and starts mowing folks down, I'd want to take him out as far away as possible. SA would definitely enhance that option.

Just my ...

 

[NikatKimber]

no one who knows how to run a wheelgun defensively uses the hammer, or the SA action

True. But I don't have any specific intentions of using my revolvers defensively. They're my range toys, like my .22s.

 

[Gunbuffer]

True. But I don't have any specific intentions of using my revolvers defensively. They're my range toys, like my .22s.

Range toys vs defensive guns are about the same difference as genitals vs marital aids.

 

[NikatKimber]

Range toys vs defensive guns are about the same difference as genitals vs marital aids.

One is actually for a purpose and the other is just for fun? Sounds exactly like what I said.

There might be something else to it but I don't have any experience with them; it sounds like you might.

 

[Gunbuffer]

I’m a big proponent of Marital Law. My favorite was ‘68 Czechoslovakia

 

[gerhard1]

FWIW, my wheelguns are carried. I prefer them to any other action type.

 

[druryj]

FWIW, my wheelguns are carried. I prefer them to any other action type.

And I know you shoot them well. So please, what is your take on this DA/SA thing? Cock the hammer or no? Or is it just there for looks?