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Post by tinkerpearce on Feb 9, 2020 20:57:18 GMT -5
OK, I told the wife I'd make only one big handgun purchase in 2020. I'll have to save up. but the budget agreed on is $1200. I have several contenders for the role.
Mauser Model 1910/14 in .25 ACP: I like these because they are quirky, neato, fun to shoot and I reload .25 ACP... and .25 auto PPKs are unobtainium.
Astra Jovino Terminator .44 Magnum: I owned one by accident (long story) and it was awesome; accurate, fantastic DA trigger. Sold it when the 1st wife and I moved to NYC, and I've regretted it ever since.
Sig P210 new production or P210 Carry: Fantastic gun, pleasure to shoot, originals FAR out of budget. For carry and competition.
S&W .38 Terrier (I-frame): Sweet little guns. Discrete carry and shooting for pleasure.
Colt Pocket Hammer .38 ACP: Because it's cool, where it all began, and I'll never find a 1905 in my price range.
Thoughts? Something I should add to the list (within the price range?)
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Post by bcelliott on Feb 9, 2020 21:26:34 GMT -5
Of these options, if I were making the decision, it would definitely be the P210. They are beautiful and accurate pistols!
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Post by bushog on Feb 9, 2020 23:00:42 GMT -5
I've had my eye on the P210s ever since they were reintroduced a few years ago.
Now (and then) they were pretty spendy.
The new production P210s (I think made in the USA?) are more reasonably priced.
A real classic.
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Post by Burnston on Feb 9, 2020 23:17:30 GMT -5
We have dramatically different taste in firearms, (that is not a bad thing.) When you mentioned a $1,200 budget, my mind when in several different directions, but none of them along the above mentioned lines. This is why your posts are always so interesting to me.
After considering the above list, I cast my vote for the Pocket Hammer. There is an subtle elegance about these pistols, and one that I am shocked you do not already own. It just seems like a Tinker's firearm.
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Post by tinkerpearce on Feb 10, 2020 1:31:28 GMT -5
We have dramatically different taste in firearms, (that is not a bad thing.) When you mentioned a $1,200 budget, my mind when in several different directions, but none of them along the above mentioned lines. This is why your posts are always so interesting to me. After considering the above list, I cast my vote for the Pocket Hammer. There is an subtle elegance about these pistols, and one that I am shocked you do not already own. It just seems like a Tinker's firearm. I'm curious as to the directions your mind has gone; the list is not set in stone! I actually added the Pocket Hammer to the list today when I discovered it might be possible to get one in the price range.
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Post by Burnston on Feb 10, 2020 1:57:38 GMT -5
I can only consider from my position, according to my own personal tastes, restricted to my own personal resources. That said, my tentative $1200 gun list would be; S&W 629-6 Carry Comp First issue Colt Detective Special .38 Colt 1917 .45 Colt (And then crucify it with a professional "Fitz" job) Great Western II "Buntline" .45 Colt Uberti No. 3 Russian in .44 Russian (Which I would also crucify by whacking off the barrel to four inches) Webley mkI .455 (three inch barrel, bird's head grip) Colt 1903 .32acp S&W Heavy Duty 38/44 (Which I'd then have converted to........something)
I hope my first comment did not come off as critical. To the contrary, your distinguished taste is what keeps you mentally bookmarked for my browsing habits. As you can see, my list is not nearly as unique or imaginative, which probably has to do with my black and white mind vs. your inquisitive, "tinkering" mind. However, I think we can both agree, it is in a vastly different direction than yours. Thus the nature of our shared and fantastic hobby.
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Post by tinkerpearce on Feb 10, 2020 3:34:16 GMT -5
It did not come off as critical at all! My Webley Mk.1 has a four inch barrel, and my Detective Special is in .32. Dang it... now I have to think about adding an Uberti Schofield to the list!
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Post by x101airborne on Feb 10, 2020 7:26:20 GMT -5
I bought my father a C.Sharps 45-90 and a Uberti Schofield (don't specifically remember the barrel length, but it was under 6 inches) in 45 Colt. That Uberti is fantastically accurate!! So is the Sharps, but when I pay 3K for a rifle, it damn well better be!
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Post by HolyHotLoads on Feb 16, 2020 8:30:16 GMT -5
I saw an Astra Terminator for sale not too long ago, sweet looking piece. I know nothing about Astra, I thought they were lower end guns.
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Post by tinkerpearce on Feb 16, 2020 22:50:41 GMT -5
I saw an Astra Terminator for sale not too long ago, sweet looking piece. I know nothing about Astra, I thought they were lower end guns. That's not an uncommon perception but in fact their revolvers were first rate, and have a long and distinguished history with Spanish and a few other European police departments. FN sold a version of the Astra Police model as the Barracuda- the only revolver they have ever sold, which says something. In the eighties S&W wasn't playing nice with Jovino, so Jovino commissioned a snub-nosed .44 Magnum revolver from Astra with their specified features. I stumbled across one in the late eighties, and was deeply impressed with it's quality and how well it shot. They were not more successful for a variety of reasons, chief among them that demand for a snub-nosed .44 magnum was pretty small at the time.
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Post by msauter on Feb 17, 2020 6:07:18 GMT -5
I’m going to tease you with this ...
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Post by rjm52 on Feb 17, 2020 9:36:20 GMT -5
Your whole list is great...
...if you don't mind "slightly" used, check over on GunBroker for a SIG P210. There were four for sale yesterday and three sold for in the $900-950 area vs. $1200 for a new one. There is one more with a few days left on the auction. These were all the fixed sight model like posted by msauter...all were LNIB...
GB # 856827895
Bob
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Post by ezekiel38 on Feb 25, 2020 11:01:23 GMT -5
All your choices worthy of consideration but the new P210 Carry would be the ticket for me.
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Post by bradshaw on Feb 25, 2020 13:07:43 GMT -5
OK, I told the wife I'd make only one big handgun purchase in 2020. I'll have to save up. but the budget agreed on is $1200. I have several contenders for the role. Mauser Model 1910/14 in .25 ACP: I like these because they are quirky, neato, fun to shoot and I reload .25 ACP... and .25 auto PPKs are unobtainium. Astra Jovino Terminator .44 Magnum: I owned one by accident (long story) and it was awesome; accurate, fantastic DA trigger. Sold it when the 1st wife and I moved to NYC, and I've regretted it ever since. Sig P210 new production or P210 Carry: Fantastic gun, pleasure to shoot, originals FAR out of budget. For carry and competition. S&W .38 Terrier (I-frame): Sweet little guns. Discrete carry and shooting for pleasure. Colt Pocket Hammer .38 ACP: Because it's cool, where it all began, and I'll never find a 1905 in my price range. Thoughts? Something I should add to the list (within the price range?) ***** tinkerpiece.... to pull from your list, I’d lean toward a SIG P210 9mm Luger. A friend has one. And, yes, it makes a manufacturing statement. As for .25 ACP pocket pistols, if you make the trip to Springfield Armory Museum in Massachusetts, ask to see their collection of pocket pistols. Staggering, the number of designers and makers who got into that racket. John Moses Browning was fascinated by small automatics, probably spurred by their tremendous popularity. The .32 ACP received considerable attention from designers, also. While you’re at Springfield, ask to see Civil War small arms. There is long barrel a .58 rifle from the shoulder of a Union sentry on duty during a rainstorm. Lightning struck the bayonet, bending into a “U.” The lightning didn’t stop there. Bent the rifle barrel in a “S” curve----splintering the forend----without crimping the pipe. You could roll a marble down the barrel and bounce it off the breech plug. Nor did the mischief of electrons stop there.... “blew the soles off the soldier’s boots.” Caption accompanying exhibit provided the soldier’s name and said he “lived.” Wonder what “lived” means. David Bradshaw
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