Revolvers Never Went Away (Reboot) - GMP

[@jeffhutchins7048]

I've said it before but it's amazing how many young shooters don't think we knew anything about guns , or how to use them, before KZbin came out.

[@fmgpubs]

Well said. I laugh at ‘em all the time. Roy

[@philmann3476]

Maybe someday these youngsters will come to appreciate the beauty of blued steel and walnut, too.

[@fmgpubs]

One can only hope, Phil! Roy

[@kenday4158]

My favorite firearms are revolvers and I'm 78 yo. Single actions rule! If you practice.

[@fmgpubs]

Don’t tell anyone, but I carried a 4 3/4” nickel Colt SAA with ivory in a Mitch Rosen holster as my off-duty gun for a few years. Shhh … Roy

[@JoeBrazil-q9p]

We REALLY need that podcast about carrying single action revolvers for defensive purposes. I’ve started working with a Ruger Carryhawk in 45 Colt with an IWB holster, and it’s amazing what can be done with one.

[@Pigpen51]

This reboot is a welcome interlude. I always enjoy listening to you and Roy discussing nearly any topic, but revolvers are indeed cool.

[@fmgpubs]

Appreciate that Pigpen! We’ll keep it going … Roy

[@4catsnow]

I still carry revolvers..My new one weighs 29 ounces,, has a snub noses barrel ,, and likes to shoot Federal 000 buckshot,, .45 Colt,, or 45ACP...And my best friend has most of the Colt snake guns...Nothing wrong with a revolver...

[@scottscheuerman8714]

I’ve always had a revolver clear back in the late 1970 I have always liked the 45 Colt

[@mytube132b]

I miss my SAA… my uncle has it and I have had a three screw Blackhawk since then and smith DA’s… I love the mechanisms. I have to exercise my reloading skills to shoot my model 57… unfortunately 41 Mag is hard to find, but worth the hunt to have components. Thanks for sharing and talking revolvers! 😊

[@kevinramsey3490]

After many years of wanting a SAA, I finally got everything paid off and retired. I immediately got my dream gun a Colt SAA with a 4.75" barrel in 44-40. I reckon technically, it's a Frontier Six Shooter. I followed it up with a .45 SAA. My 44-40 was unfired. It took about 2 minutes to take that adjective away. I also got an 1873 Springfield Trapdoor 45-70 that was made in 1883. It still shoots great. Now I'm a poor old retiree 😂

[@kevinramsey3490]

Btw, sounds like you have some sweet guns too.

[@fmgpubs]

You bet. Reloading for that .41 turns it into a do-anything gun! Roy

[@jacspring5459]

I can recommend Missouri Bullet company - specifically their coated Keith style bullets - I think you will like them.

[@fmgpubs]

I use ‘em Jac! Roy

[@jeffreylocke8808]

Revolvers are a great power option to pistols and ultimately super versatile as if they are a shorter cartridge and the revolver base cartridge is longer it will slide in and fire. Like a 38 Special in a revolver chambered for 357 magnum.

[@Me2Lancer]

Thank you gentlemen for discussing classic firearms. In the summer of 1965 when my ship was patrolling the coast of Vietnam, we pulled into the Navy Marine Corp Exchange in Subic Bay during R&R. During that visit I purchased my first personal handgun. It was a 6" Colt Trooper .357 Magnum. A couple years later after returning home to Dallas County, I purchased a Winchester Model 70 chambered in 30-06. Those guns got me off to a good start.

[@fmgpubs]

Two great guns, indeed! Those were the days, when you could buy guns in the Exchange. My first handgun (a Ruger Super Single Six) was bought by my Mom for me in ‘67 in San Diego at the Exchange. I paid though with grass cutting money! Roy

[@Verdha603]

I think one of the problems that’s become almost a tradition in the gun owning community is a tendency for individuals to take their favored firearm and treat it as “the answer” to anything. Like the metaphorical hammer that causes every problem to look like a nail, what people should really be viewing different guns as is different tools in the toolbox. Some tools will do some things better than others, but they all have a useful purpose. Semi-auto’s have their uses just like revolvers do. Granted I’ll admit my bias when I have a tendency to carry both. A P365XL and a Model 442UC have become that weird couple that I carry around to cover all my concealed carry bases.

[@1boortzfan]

As a former LEO from the 70's my EDC today is a J frame Smith. I just feel these slab sided wonder nines have no soul. I taught my son to shoot over and over using a Smith 617. He came out of his academy class as top gun with a Glock. Roll on.

[@kevinramsey3490]

I carry the original Sig P365 now because it's lightweight since I had back surgery and my hip replacement surgery. For years I carried a Colt Commander and a "J" frame model 36. I'd still consider myself well armed with either.

[@fullquiver]

Great show. Thanks for showing some love for the wheel gun. 🤓

[@fmgpubs]

You bet. We’ll keep doing ‘em. Roy

[@whomagoose6897]

I got three revolvers that are never "going away." It's that "cold dead hands" thing.

[@fmgpubs]

I understand Goose. Roy

[@Green_Light_tactical]

Another great video on my favorite topic, the Wheelgun!

[@fmgpubs]

Ours too! Roy

[@flaco5581]

Frank hamer carried ol lucky! It was presented to him by the people of Navarro Texas(or Oklahoma I don't remember) for his service as town sheriff. He never carried a reload...but sometimes carried a second revolver.

[@fmgpubs]

You’re right. His son said, “Dad never walked from one side of the dining room table to the other side without sticking Old Lucky in his belt.” Roy

[@jamesshackelford6721]

It was Navarro County in Texas . If I remember right my dad told me that Frank Hamer told him that he never went anywhere unarmed even at home. Some of the Old Texas Rangers and Lawmen always carried even after they retired. My dad did after he retired from the Houston Police Department

[@keithjones668]

As always...great job, Brent

[@daleweller5193]

I have always enjoyed my single action revolvers.

[@fmgpubs]

I understand Dale! Roy

[@AFRevolver357]

Love it Brent DB and Bryan

[@jacspring5459]

Shhhhh! I've been able to find some really good deals on some classic revolvers on auction boards lately. I just picked up an excellent condition Ruger 3 screw Blackhawk - .357 Mag (1964) for a very reasonable amount (under $700) - I am really stoked about it. Please don't clue the dang youngsters in on this until I get all of these I want. ha ha ha I guess I'm one that would rather have two or three classic Ruger Blackhawks than one super nice Freedom Arms but that's just how I am. Good vid guys thanks!

[@fmgpubs]

Shhhh… you’re right! Roy

[@tinyt6330]

Sold my 365 and got a S&W 357. Wish I never wasted my time and money on the 365

[@fmgpubs]

I’ve heard that before Tiny. Roy

[@ricjona1069]

I carry 2 6 shot snub noses for EDC. I have a couple of 92 lever clones, I reload 38 and 357, and have several K frames for HD. I do have a safes full of all the other goodies but have found that revolvers and leverguns in 38/357 meet all my present needs. Grab and shoot, no safeties. Same manual of arms for all the hand guns. Same manual of arms for the levers. They all use the same ammo. Should there ever be a reason to go to court for an SD shooting, the guns are more jury friendly. I have a 22lr of everything I carry and used for HD so I can cheaply get additional trigger time. I even have Airsoft revolvers and a levergun and have a hallway range set up in the house. We all know, do not start someone with a 357 snubbie. That's cruel and unusual punishment. A 4 inch 22lr or 38 all steel is a perfect entry to the revolver world.

[@fmgpubs]

Couldn’t agree more Ric! Roy

[@mytube132b]

@@ricjona1069- “Kodak mode”, point and shoot, is a redeeming factor of revolver carry! I had a model 642 that was the brick in my pocket until I acquired a 340pd than didn’t drag my jacket down so much.

[@jeffhutchins7048]

One comment reminded me of a movie HARLEY DAVIDSON AND THE MARLBORO MAN. One of the guys "learned to shoot" with a custom Ruger 454 Casull. He couldn't hit CRAP!

[@fmgpubs]

I always say, leave your attitude at home in the gun safe when you go shooting. I know of many people who buy a .454 or .500, shoot a few rounds then just brag about it from then on … but don’t shoot it. Roy

[@exothermal.sprocket]

This sort of topic warms my heart. I'm so glad my brother started me on a 45 Blackhawk in my early adulthood, and my dad started me on a single-shot Marlin .22 in my childhood. I don't even know what a black gun is, for the most part. I think too many black plastic aficionados confuse "suppressive fire" with "self defense." My argument has been, how does the 16 rounds left back in the magazine make the 1 round downrange more effective?

[@fmgpubs]

Agreed completely! Roy

[@oldtanker4860]

My first handgun was a S&W model 28 4 inch. I shot it a lot and later got a 6" version to compete with. I shot what was called the AZ combat pistol league. I stayed shooting a revolver until the "gamers" decided every stage had to be no less than 7 rounds to support the 1911 guys. I also went to a 1911 when I could afford one being sold by a Secret Service Agent in a divorce. Later I went back to the revolver because that was what I wore on duty. I competed with my duty belt and holster against the "real" competitors. I never won the game shootings but I was very very comfortable with my duty rig. When I had to draw down on a guy trying to stab me I have no memory of drawing it. All I thought was "get gun" and there it was in my hands pointed at the bad guy, that fortunately I did not have to shoot. That revolver is slated for a Grandson. I still have the holster and speed loaders / pouch. When I put them on they feel comfortable. The muscle memory has not faded after 45 years.

[@fmgpubs]

That muscle memory never goes away Tank. I was shooting in the southern CA combat pistol league in the early to middle ‘70s too, first with a 6” Model 19 then with a Gold Cup once, as you say, the gamers started to play. Roy

[@kevinramsey3490]

I still think the 16 gauge is still the best gauge for everything. Full range of ammo has gotten back on the shelves. My Sweet 16 and my SxS double are happy again.

[@mytube132b]

@@kevinramsey3490 - agreed! I have an Ithaca 37 in 16ga. that I picked up when I was going to school in Arizona… 16 ga. Ammo was available on the shelf there so I bought some stock. It is lots less available in Eastern Oregon. 20ga. And 12ga. are the standard hereabouts.

[@kevinramsey3490]

@@mytube132b awesome! We could be friends!

[@fmgpubs]

Agreed Kevin. My favorite one! Roy

[@victorv8259]

Brent, love the podcast, greetings from Brazil. Loved the quote "every generation thinks they invented a new thing!".

[@fmgpubs]

They always do, don't they! Roy

[@ironmikehallowween]

Also, Frank Hamer did carry single action revolvers, but also the 38 Super. One of the best cartridges ever developed for a handgun.

[@richardbunnn4asx]

I'm a 70 year old gun addicted shooter. All guns are fun. I love my revolvers and they include Dan Wessons, S&Ws, a few Colts and Rugers. All gather a group at the range mostly new shooters.

[@fmgpubs]

If they’re smart, they’ll want to learn more from you Richard! Roy

[@Enrique_Fuego]

I know I’m late to the party (add in the fact that is also a reboot) but when the subject came up of considering SA for edc I got really excited. My path to SA carry kind of mirrored what Brent was discussing (Frank Hamer, etc.). My edc started out this year with a 3” SP101 but within the last few months SA’s have ruled the rotation with a Cimarron Lightning Convertible (3.5” 38 Special / 9mm) and Pietta 1873 (4.75” convertible chambered in 45 Colt / 45 ACP). These platforms just have soul.

[@fmgpubs]

Soul is the right word for it Enrique. I understand. Roy

[@12cm32]

Only the smart own a revolver...

[@jeffhutchins7048]

Is it REALLY worth hanging out with an old guy just to get the chance to shoot a revolver? 😂😅😊

[@fmgpubs]

yup. 100 percent. Or we get lonely … Roy

[@jeffhutchins7048]

I'm oldish, nobody wants to hang out with me😢........well nobody I want to hang out with.😊 Kinda like Groucho Marx said: I have no desire to be a part of any organization that would have me as a member......or something like that.

[@fmgpubs]

Always loved that quote. Roy

[@CharlesKey52]

Its a training thing. Military today (and police) train to drive the target to the ground with rounds. The mentality is if you have the rounds you should use them. I think it is in response to enemy tactics but also the number of bad guys high on meth etc.

[@richardbunnn4asx]

When I teach the NRA basic pistol class, I spend time on ALL types of handguns. Even single actions can be different, i.e. Ruger Blackhawks vs. Colt SSA. When we go to the range, the first lesson is .22LRs no matter what experience they have, then move up to higher power firearms. Accuracy counts more then volume of fire.

[@Tony-pq3xv]

Back in 1997 when i was 26, I bought my first gun which was a S&W m66 snubby. I still think to this day revolvers are awesome. I own 3 now. Well technically 4. I have an Uberti revolver carbine in 45Colt. I may have more semi autos but will always own revolvers.

[@theepicgamerultimate4831]

I think part of it is how expensive revolvers are today, not only that but with today's lack of quality control plaguing most if not all manufacturers. I will be damned if I'm going to mail order a revolver at around $1,000 and have a defective piece of junk that I have to send back and wait a few weeks or months. My only advice to new shooters is to check out a surplus revolver.

[@fmgpubs]

I think the used revolver market is a great way to get into this. Roy

[@Bob.W.]

60 - 70 years ago most guns were for hunting. The shotguns could also stay in the closet just in case. The loaded .22 was near the back door to take care of the garden. Now it seems that most are sold for defensive purposes against humans.

[@fmgpubs]

Amazing to see the change. I personally think most of that occured due to the NRA pushing it and the return of all the vets. Roy

[@oldcop18]

My issued revolver saved my life more than once in my 30 yrs on the street (retired in ‘97). Mas Ayoob wrote an article in American Handgunner in 2016 outlining my story.

[@fmgpubs]

We old cops do have some revolver stories … Roy

[@alancranford3398]

About the different police cartridge consumption--check the officers killed in the line of duty annual reports from the revolver days against today's semiautomatics. The point of the police pistol is to save the officer's life, the lives of the public, and compel the crime suspects to change their behavior (quit trying to harm the innocent and stop resisting arrest). That's not the whole story--but check the results of expending more shots in terms of dead cops. Note also that fewer suspects die.

[@kevinjones7171]

Revolvers aren’t dead. Bought my grandson a Wrangler when he was 6. He’s 11. Still loves shooting it and my Bearcat and single six. Just got a birds head Wrangler. Not going to do ‘Roy’ job on it!!😋. But I’m tempted

[@fmgpubs]

Go for it Kevin! Roy

[@ironmikehallowween]

It’s an evolution of gun ownership. Eventually you begin to appreciate craftsmanship, aesthetics, and tradition.

[@fmgpubs]

One hopes Mike! Roy

[@jerryorange5140]

I saw a KZbin video where a guy was taking apart a Taurus 92 and making it hard by locking the slide to the rear to use the take down lever. I decided he didn’t know what he was doing and decided anything else he had to say would be questionable.

[@fmgpubs]

There’s a lotta’ that on youtube Jerry. It seems anyone with a phone and a youtube channel is an expert now! Roy

[@notred0774]

I am an old fart. Maybe thst is why i have no fear of carrying a 6 shot semiauto 380. The piece is much easier to conceal and carry every day. I do own one revolver but it is a 22 and I have no intention of ever carrying because of weight and size. Even a 9mm C is more practable not accounting the fact that you have 12 to 15 rounds if needed. 6 rounds should be plenty even for an old fart like me that can no longer fight for run from trouble. Even or first training class showed a double pop instead of accurate single shot. I dont expect to ever really need to fire my carry arm but if I ever do I am prepared by training and mentally to hit a target.

[@jameskelly7782]

🤔..... business opportunity, 80% revolver kits?

[@jeffhutchins7048]

PLEASE, NO!!!!! As many 80% pistols that I've had to "tune" after the owner built/assembled them is pretty high. Revolvers are so much more complicated that I don't want to think of that horror show.

[@jameskelly7782]

@@jeffhutchins7048 lol....ok Jeff.

[@jeffhutchins7048]

​@@jameskelly7782😊

[@fmgpubs]

I’d tend to agree. As in 100 percent! Roy

[@jeffhutchins7048]

​@@jameskelly7782😊

[@MyRanger12]

8 to 10 rounds, more like MAG DUMPS.

[@fmgpubs]

Indeed …. Roy

[@MrNedsaabdickerson]

I never got into Video games, and I am a veteran of the USMC and NG. The problem today is that children and men now think they were in the military after playing video games. The people who went to Iraq and Afghanistan are old now, let alone Vietnam vets. Video games and popular culture ruined the United states and it made an impact on gun culture too.

[@fmgpubs]

Can’t disagree with you sir. Roy

[@MrNedsaabdickerson]

I have S&W Models: 19, 28, 29, 66, 64, 10,15 had 36,65, 14

[@fmgpubs]

Keep at it Mr. Ned! Roy