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Originally Posted by tabs

Clink Clink Clunk...thats what ya get with a Ruger...

Before you decide ya better go work the actions...

Tabby, several different gunsmiths can make a Ruger action purr. It tunes up as well as anything out there.

Originally Posted by tabs

And exactly how many rounds do ya have to put through a Python before it works loose? And if ya Target Shoot the 38 spl works just fine without stressing the pistol...it all goes bang....

You can shoot a Colt Python loose in as few as 300 rounds of hot (but within SAAMI pressure) loads. It is a weak lock up from an engineering point of view.

Originally Posted by tabs

And if that is a concern...then there is the Mdl 27 Smith...that pistol is stout enough to handle just about anything 357...heavy enough to provide a steady platform for target shooting. venerable is the word for that revolver...The Smith Mdl 28 or Highway Patrolman is a poor mans Mdl 27..

The companion would be the Smith Mdl 29 44 Mag...in which you can s shoot 44 Spls or even god forbid downloaded 44 mags the same as Dirty Harry did...tame as a puddy cat or as wild as Tiger...same can be said of the 357 guns...38's or mild 357's...

Then there are the Smith Mdl 24's 44 spl's, Smith mdl 25-2 in 45 Acp or the Smith Mdl 25-5 which is in 45 LC. and the Smith Mdl 57 in 41 mag.


All the Colt and Smith wheel gun tech dates from the turn of the last century. same with the SAA tech...oh and the Colt 1911 is from what date again? Or the Browning HP, Walther P-38 and PP from the 1930's .

The Colt Python action is older that the S&W, and Colt had a reputation for weak double actions before that (remember the Lighting?). S&W mastered the double action revolver long before Colt. Ruger Single Actions are in an entirely different engineering universe from Colts. Ruger does not have 19th century engineering (check out their new .38 +P snubby).

And the 1911, Browning HP, P-38 and PP/PPK actions were all designed for semiauto use. So that is not really comparing apples to apples here, is it?

Originally Posted by tabs

So for practical purposes any of them will be fine for what our Nostatic wants it for...Now if ya were back packing up in Alaska I would probably take a Ruger, cause I wouldn't care one whit if I lost the gun or dropped it in the dirt or dragged it behind the car.