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Post by taffin on Jan 31, 2022 18:05:09 GMT -5
D-I-N-O-S-A-U-R and happy to be.
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Post by Encore64 on Jan 31, 2022 18:46:45 GMT -5
Even the Dinosaur Revolver Guys accuse me of being behind times.
Give me the Hyphenated Cartridges, 44 Special, 45 Schofield, etc any day of the week.
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Post by reflex264 on Jan 31, 2022 18:49:47 GMT -5
I really don’t think magazines have a ton to do with it. Maybe a little - and, yes, I find the coverage of Ar-15s and high-cap polymers to be overbearing and dull. That being said, I’ve got a lot of them in my safe. They ARE very effective at what they do, inexpensive (kinda), reliable, easy to maintain, and also a good entry-level into firearms. I think deriding those firearms is barking up the wrong tree. Deride the magazines all you want, I haven’t looked at one in a long while because they’re kinda junk. Revolvers are a niche interest. It’s as simple as that. It kinda has been that way for a quite a while now. That’s not a good thing or a bad thing - just a thing. I like revolvers. I like shooting em, working on them, and carrying them for sporting purposes. But if I had to recommend three guns for a first time or new shooter, I don’t think a single one would be a revolver. I do enjoy sharing my interest with other, but most - including seasoned shooters who are twice my age - just aren’t that interested. Just a niche interest and I’m perfectly fine with that. I may have over simplified my statement. Revolvers are a niche. Especially big bore hunting revolvers. I am not blaming magazines for the lack of interest in wheelguns. It just seems like the whole enthusiast load is out of balance. I don't even know how many poly-autos I have right now. Apologies to Mr. Taffin but I even hunt with several of them. I can't help but feel like there are enough wheelgun enthusiasts to maintain some kind of inventory in gun stores. I watch gun broker fairly regularly and I can't help but notice how fast nice revolvers disappear once posted there. |
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Post by Encore64 on Jan 31, 2022 18:59:17 GMT -5
I stay in trouble, so one more time won't matter.
The gun media operates just like the mainstream media. They are paid to maintain a predetermined narrative.
The media has kept the COVID thing going with large amounts of drama.
The gun media will keep the momentum of defense gun buying going as long as possible.
I do believe the more legal gun owners we have the better. Right now they can build a train car full of plastic guns and sell them for every revolver.
Ruger #1s, 77s and other fine rifles are not able to be found. I do see racks of ARs. Something else that is hugely popular here are Self Defense Shotguns. Pumps and Autos alike.
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Post by reflex264 on Jan 31, 2022 19:03:18 GMT -5
I stay in trouble, so one more time won't matter. The gun media operates just like the mainstream media. They are paid to maintain a predetermined narrative. The media has kept the COVID thing going with large amounts of drama. The gun media will keep the momentum of defense gun buying going as long as possible. I do believe the more legal gun owners we have the better. Right now they can build a train car full of plastic guns and sell them for every revolver. Ruger #1s, 77s and other fine rifles are not able to be found. I do see racks of ARs. Something else that is hugely popular here are Self Defense Shotguns. Pumps and Autos alike. We all know it to be true. The gun market just fits the present narrative. |
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Post by Encore64 on Jan 31, 2022 19:04:36 GMT -5
Being honest isn't always popular...
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Post by bigbore5 on Jan 31, 2022 19:08:16 GMT -5
In contrast to Mr. Barton, my first recommendation to a new shooter is and always will be a good quality 38sp revolver. Both for ease of orientation and safety. Any decent 38 will shoot with a tuned plastic gun. My stock k38 will group just as tightly as my custom Nowlin and Nighthawk competition guns. Not as fast or fancy, but bullseye after bullseye. That's a revolver that can be found for about the same $ as the most popular plastics. Both the competition guns cost over $4000 each.
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Post by edk on Jan 31, 2022 19:29:58 GMT -5
Walking into the LGS it doesn't matter the age of the customers. The owner looks at me and loudly proclaims he doesn't have any new (to the store) "old man guns" for me to look at  |
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Post by tdbarton on Jan 31, 2022 19:35:11 GMT -5
In contrast to Mr. Barton, my first recommendation to a new shooter is and always will be a good quality 38sp revolver. Both for ease of orientation and safety. Any decent 38 will shoot with a tuned plastic gun. My stock k38 will group just as tightly as my custom Nowlin and Nighthawk competition guns. Not as fast or fancy, but bullseye after bullseye. That's a revolver that can be found for about the same $ as the most popular plastics. Both the competition guns cost over $4000 each. No argument from me at all. I wish I had as much success with shooters as you. That’s a great choice. I just have a hard time finding a Ruger or S&W (kinda looping back to the original post) for less money then, say, a Glock 19 (the Toyota Camry of handguns) that they seem to shoot better. The days of beater Model 10s is no more, unfortunately. Wanted a few myself. |
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Post by Encore64 on Jan 31, 2022 19:39:10 GMT -5
Just wonder how long it'll be before we see more Blackhawk Hunter Models, SRHs, etc?
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Post by StanleyWhite on Jan 31, 2022 19:56:29 GMT -5
As someone who has shot two gun matches with a single action and a lever gun and more recently a USPSA match with my Ruger Super Redhawk Alaskan in 454 (shooting 45 Colt) I always get weird looks from the plastic gun crowd…until they go forward to score my targets.  -Stan |
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Post by tdbarton on Jan 31, 2022 20:11:27 GMT -5
Funny... but all it takes is a really good western, or TV series, & it can really boost those single action sales... You’re not wrong. But this is 2022. The biggest boost to single action sales I’ve seen in my age demographic or younger was with the release of the video game ‘Red Dead Redemption’. While I don’t play video games, I supervised a lot of youngsters that do and I also monitor numerous social media platforms. The number of folks buying “red dead” guns, mostly Uberti clone guns, was pretty high for a while there. |
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Post by longoval on Jan 31, 2022 20:19:26 GMT -5
Deep questions like these may be answered by one of the greater philosophical minds of our time: Hank Williams Jr.
Hank Jr. just happens to be a single action Ruger collector so I think he is doubly qualified to answer. Let's see what he has to say:
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Post by bullseye on Jan 31, 2022 20:24:51 GMT -5
That`s why after many years subscription I dropped Guns/Ammo and Shooting Times and Handgun I done that a good 10 years ago, after 30 years of subscribing...They had totally lost my scope of interest! |
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Post by x101airborne on Jan 31, 2022 20:47:30 GMT -5
Maybe if we got Ruger or someone else to offer some new lines of single actions or double action revolvers they might make the gun rags. When the new Pythons came out, how many columns were written about them? Then they died off. Cant blame them. Nothing new has come out lately to entice the crowds; and you folks that have the secret squirrel lines to Buds or Lipseys on the latest variations offered by whatever maker aren't writing articles for gun rags. If they cant gain attention, they cant be publicly wanted and fevered over.
Just think back to yourself, what was the reaction here to the swing out cylinder 22lr revolver offered recently? How fast did that conversation fade?
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