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I dunno what got me thinking about wheelguns. Oh wait, thats a lie. I keep hearing about all these FTF, stovepipes, etc. And I got to contemplating. What if that happened when you would depend on your handgun to defend your life? There is no such thing as a "do over" when it comes to life and death. Because no matter what the manufacturer of semi-auto all those type of guns are prone to the problems of that particular design, right?
So as my first gun, the one that would never leave my home, my cherry breaker as a handgun owner, a spinnin' wheelgun. So I started hunting for a decent priced minimum 6 shot (cause there are bad guys with hi-cap mags out there) revolver.
The Taurus 617 caught my eye in a 2 inch snubbie .357 (with .38 option) and is a 7 shot in either blue steel or shadow gray titanium. (Comes down to a matter of weight 19.9 Titanium vs. 28.3 Steel)
Has anyone bought one? handled one? Does the wheel of the revolver fall to the left or right? is it silly to think of getting a wheelgun as my first or should I stick to the hi-cap world of semi-autos? Is it a good idea to stagger load such a revolver with .38 and .357 rounds? Are you tired of me asking an omnibus of questions?
The Custodian
I dunno what got me thinking about wheelguns. Oh wait, thats a lie. I keep hearing about all these FTF, stovepipes, etc. And I got to contemplating. What if that happened when you would depend on your handgun to defend your life? There is no such thing as a "do over" when it comes to life and death. Because no matter what the manufacturer of semi-auto all those type of guns are prone to the problems of that particular design, right?
So as my first gun, the one that would never leave my home, my cherry breaker as a handgun owner, a spinnin' wheelgun. So I started hunting for a decent priced minimum 6 shot (cause there are bad guys with hi-cap mags out there) revolver.
The Taurus 617 caught my eye in a 2 inch snubbie .357 (with .38 option) and is a 7 shot in either blue steel or shadow gray titanium. (Comes down to a matter of weight 19.9 Titanium vs. 28.3 Steel)
Has anyone bought one? handled one? Does the wheel of the revolver fall to the left or right? is it silly to think of getting a wheelgun as my first or should I stick to the hi-cap world of semi-autos? Is it a good idea to stagger load such a revolver with .38 and .357 rounds? Are you tired of me asking an omnibus of questions?
The Custodian