Like single actions better
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02/19/2014 12:12 AM
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Dave Tarbell
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I bought the S&W PC Stealth Hunter and have put about 100 rnds thru it.It shoots real well,very accurate but its on the classifieds .Just cant warm up to it much.
Dave Tarbell
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Re: Like single actions better
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02/19/2014 12:15 AM
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bobhanson1
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Did you list it on the Classifieds here as I don't see it?
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Re: Like single actions better
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02/19/2014 12:20 AM
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Dave Tarbell
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Re: Like single actions better
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02/19/2014 12:59 AM
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Dan B.
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Me too. I've fired several double action and just can't warm up to them. I like my single actions.
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Re: Like single actions better
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02/19/2014 1:04 AM
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Raptortrapper
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I'm right there with ya now. I've owned my last double action revolver.
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Re: Like single actions better
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02/19/2014 1:26 AM
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I too prefer single-actions to double-actions, and then I get my hands on an SRH like the one I just got from Ruger and it's just hard to find fault in it........it's so confusing.......
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Re: Like single actions better
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02/19/2014 2:22 AM
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I too prefer single-actions to double-actions, and then I get my hands on an SRH like the one I just got from Ruger and it's just hard to find fault in it........it's so confusing....... WHIT.... COME BACK!!! You're drifting over to the dark side!!!
A lot of people are like a slinky: Not much fun till you push them down the stairs!
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Re: Like single actions better
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02/19/2014 2:23 AM
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Chance Weldon
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What is it about single-actions that make y'all prefer them over double-actions? I've never shot a single-action, and my experience with handguns in general is somewhat limited.
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Re: Like single actions better
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02/19/2014 2:25 AM
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What is it about single-actions that make y'all prefer them over double-actions? I've never shot a single-action, and my experience with handguns in general is somewhat limited. Accuracy. Better trigger.
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A lot of people are like a slinky: Not much fun till you push them down the stairs!
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Re: Like single actions better
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02/19/2014 4:22 AM
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Vance in AK.
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I would like to try a BFR in 475, but for now I'm very content with my SRH 480.
That Stealth Hunter of yours is one fine looking, fine shooting handgun! It should sell quick. Wish I had the spare change for it!
Vance in AK.
Matthew 6:33 "But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you."
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Re: Like single actions better
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02/19/2014 5:27 AM
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Dave Tarbell
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Vance that 480 SRH will sure do all you need it to,I like the bfr as Ive had one 475L and 454 and was a fool to sell them,this Stealth has about as good a trigger as your gonna find.
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02/19/2014 12:14 PM
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After 54 years of accumulating both SA's and DA's ... I like 'em all!
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Re: Like single actions better
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02/19/2014 12:59 PM
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Whitworth
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What is it about single-actions that make y'all prefer them over double-actions? I've never shot a single-action, and my experience with handguns in general is somewhat limited. Accuracy. Better trigger. Not necessarily. I prefer the way in which a single-action delivers recoil better than a DA, and I think SAs are much more aesthetically pleasing than DAs. But, like Ken, I love 'em all.
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Re: Like single actions better
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02/19/2014 2:18 PM
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I have to admit, I haven't had a ton of either one. But the DA revolvers I did have were no where near as good as the SA triggers. Which, most likely, translated into the better accuracy for the SA.
The recoil thing.... I guess I never even considered that. I like the looks of both of them just fine, but for hunting, and when it just has to be dead nuts on, I'll take the SA every time now.
A lot of people are like a slinky: Not much fun till you push them down the stairs!
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Re: Like single actions better
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02/19/2014 3:56 PM
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I just started shooting a DA action again after a VERY long time. Even though a 45 Super out of an N frame Smith or 357's out of a snubby Colt are no where near the power level of the 44's and 454's and larger, I can definately appreciate the SA roll to take up the bite, now.
But boy howdy, I feel like a new shooter trying to learn this DA thing again. Very humbling, in a good way. And I think I will be able to "tolerate" having both styles around, now ;^)
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Re: Like single actions better
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02/20/2014 6:05 AM
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Gregg Richter
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Always been SA's for me; but I do own a DA or two, just "because."
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Re: Like single actions better
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02/20/2014 10:13 AM
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i was overexposed to Ross Seyfreid growing up. he said the 45 colt and a proper single action was the end all hunting handgun and i beleived him. that and the realization that a ruger blackhawk could take a regular diet of stuff that would send a smith back to the factory in short order. i have the token security six and model 28 but when i head to the woods, it is a 44 special om or 45 bisley that usually on my person.
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Re: Like single actions better
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02/20/2014 11:19 AM
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i was overexposed to Ross Seyfreid growing up. he said the 45 colt and a proper single action was the end all hunting handgun and i beleived him. that and the realization that a ruger blackhawk could take a regular diet of stuff that would send a smith back to the factory in short order. i have the token security six and model 28 but when i head to the woods, it is a 44 special om or 45 bisley that usually on my person. I agree completely with your assessment!
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Re: Like single actions better
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02/21/2014 1:33 PM
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I seem to always be on the opposite end of the spectrum. Although i've always been drawn to the looks and lines of the SAs. I prefer to shoot the DAs. The DAs just seem to recoil in a manner that i find more comfortable. I used to own a 44 SBH but after a motorcycle accident i could no longer handle the recoil. I hated to sell it off and as much as I'd love to have another i avoid picking one up. I think if i were to go down that road again it would be the a stainless steel Ruger Bisley in 45 LC
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Re: Like single actions better
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02/24/2014 12:59 PM
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swapped a 5.5 44 redhawk fro 5.5 sbh because i wanted the single action. both are nice guns but neather is a match to the dan wesson that i had.
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Re: Like single actions better
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02/24/2014 1:12 PM
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swapped a 5.5 44 redhawk fro 5.5 sbh because i wanted the single action. both are nice guns but neather is a match to the dan wesson that i had. Had??? What happened to it?
A lot of people are like a slinky: Not much fun till you push them down the stairs!
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Re: Like single actions better
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02/25/2014 1:13 PM
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hard times and kids going off to school. ----- happens, that was 20 years ago ya would think i would have done something else by now.
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Re: Like single actions better
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02/25/2014 3:34 PM
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Vance in AK.
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hard times and kids going off to school. ----- happens Amen!!! At least if our priorities are right (sounds like yours were) it happens...
Vance in AK.
Matthew 6:33 "But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you."
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Re: Like single actions better
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02/25/2014 3:44 PM
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hard times and kids going off to school. ----- happens, that was 20 years ago ya would think i would have done something else by now. Ah! I see. In a case like that, I would say there are no regrets! Like Vance said, shows that priorities are in place!
A lot of people are like a slinky: Not much fun till you push them down the stairs!
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