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The future of Colt?

TurtleDude said:
that's good thinking. I taught my then 7 year old son, 12 years ago, to shoot with a little Walther 22 semi auto because it fit his small hands and the double action trigger on my 22 revolvers was heavy as was the weight of those K frames. But at age 11, when I took him to a top training facility to do Level 2-3 handgun (the basic and advanced self defense and tactical shooting courses) I got him a Model 10 38 which was loaded with mild target loads. Those courses require reloading while moving etc and I knew that its pretty much impossible to have an AD while reloading a revolver with a speed loader. When he was 12, he was shooting a Kimber 1911 in 9mm and his last few times there, it was a SW M&P but the revolver was the best choice as a rookie. The only problem is that some older women have a problem with the 12 pound trigger pull most DA revolvers require,
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I really want a Ruger LCRx in .22LR/3" barrel for training.
 
Rucker61 said:
I really want a Ruger LCRx in .22LR/3" barrel for training.
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good idea. I have a couple smith 617s in 4", one with the light cylinder and 6" heavy barrel and a Model 18 combat masterpiece as well (beautiful 6 shot 22), we use the 617s for steel (I had a 17 which I sold).

but those guns are all over 700 dollars and the LCRx is much more reasonable. I used to carry a Walther PP and I had a 22 version I'd practice with rather than shoot expensive 380s that the carry gun took
 
TurtleDude said:
good idea. I have a couple smith 617s in 4", one with the light cylinder and 6" heavy barrel and a Model 18 combat masterpiece as well (beautiful 6 shot 22), we use the 617s for steel (I had a 17 which I sold).

but those guns are all over 700 dollars and the LCRx is much more reasonable. I used to carry a Walther PP and I had a 22 version I'd practice with rather than shoot expensive 380s that the carry gun took
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Now I just have to convince Ruger to make one.
 
TurtleDude said:
That's interesting and yeah the Python was a "prestige" look at me gun but I grew up as a hard core competitive shooter and that is my background and I always saw the colt 1911 as the best made American centerfire Auto while I saw the Smiths as the revolvers you bought if you wanted to WIN. plus Smith was cutting edge when it came to hunting handguns since they were the ones that lead the way with the 44 mag. Rugers were seen as good buys for the money but most of the Rugers were a bit bulky for what you got -semi auto or revolver and that is due to the fact that cast frames were-at the time-slightly weaker than machined frames of the same size.

BTW the real hard core target revolver shooters had a crush on the DAN WESSON revolver for a few years because the barrel was better supported and the steel long distance IHMSA shooters were using them in the revolver class in 357 MAX for the 200 yard ram targets. The problem was, the timing on the DW revolvers was finicky and required lots of maintenance.

But I never saw the colt line of revolvers as being more "prestigious" than the Smiths and I was lucky-I always had the ability to buy the top of the line gear to compete with
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I think our individual perceptions are formed by our POVs.

You are coming out of competitive shooting, and I was speaking to general public perception as a hobbyist. Colt's general public image in terms of revolvers was that they were a bit more premium - they cost more, and we're nicer finished, and less common (than the ubiquitous S & Ws).

And yeah, I didn't include it in my post, but who wouldn't want a 6 or 8 inch Python in .357?

TurtleDude said:
that's good thinking. I taught my then 7 year old son, 12 years ago, to shoot with a little Walther 22 semi auto because it fit his small hands and the double action trigger on my 22 revolvers was heavy as was the weight of those K frames. But at age 11, when I took him to a top training facility to do Level 2-3 handgun (the basic and advanced self defense and tactical shooting courses) I got him a Model 10 38 which was loaded with mild target loads. Those courses require reloading while moving etc and I knew that its pretty much impossible to have an AD while reloading a revolver with a speed loader. When he was 12, he was shooting a Kimber 1911 in 9mm and his last few times there, it was a SW M&P but the revolver was the best choice as a rookie. The only problem is that some older women have a problem with the 12 pound trigger pull most DA revolvers require,
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That's because he shoulda' been first learning proper SA firing! :2razz:

And on a J frame. :mrgreen:
 
Chomsky said:
I think our individual perceptions are formed by our POVs.

You are coming out of competitive shooting, and I was speaking to general public perception as a hobbyist. Colt's general public image in terms of revolvers was that they were a bit more premium - they cost more, and we're nicer finished, and less common (than the ubiquitous S & Ws).

And yeah, I didn't include it in my post, but who wouldn't want a 6 or 8 inch Python in .357?

That's because he shoulda' been first learning proper SA firing! :2razz:

And on a J frame. :mrgreen:
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He's a GM level speed shooter now. on one course of fire using a 22 revolver he shot 6 plates reloaded and shot 6 more in four seconds flat
 
TurtleDude said:
He's a GM level speed shooter now. on one course of fire using a 22 revolver he shot 6 plates reloaded and shot 6 more in four seconds flat
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Not bad, considering his mentor! :2razz:
 
TurtleDude said:
Yeah that is what he keeps telling me :mrgreen:
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Sons!

I love my wife. I adore my daughter.

But there's just something amazingly special about a man's son.

A part of me is in him, and I can see it more the older he gets. While it's not immortality, it's somewhat empowering knowing that he'll carry a bit of me through several more generations after I'm not around. ;)

(as morbid as that sounds)
 
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