SOMD residents and guns

[Bruzilla]

The problem with Ruger revolvers is the frame. Ruger came out with the Service Six, and subsequent Security Six, to compete with the Colt Official Police and Police Positive and S&W Model 10 revolvers. It was designed around the .38 Special cartidge and adapted to also fire the .357 Magnum. The Redhawk, Super Redhawk, and the Blackhawk series revolvers utilize a frame that's reinforced at the cylinder and barrel, but the grip portion of the frame remained pretty much inchanged from the Security Six frame. That makes for too small a grip for the magnum cartridges, which makes it hard to be accurate and to get a good grab of the gun (especially if you have larger hands.) Compare the grip on a Redhawk to the grip on a S&W Model 29... big difference.

Any firearm that fires the .50 BMG round is going to kick like a mule regardless of what you do to it thanks to the mass of the bullet. But you know it's got to be a blast firing the thing anyway. The biggest drawback is the knowledge that each time you pull the trigger you're sending $2-$4 bucks down the range.

 

[T.Rally]

One aspect that hasn't been touched on yet is how good of an investment firearms can be. I have a Ballard Number 7 Long Range Rifle that was handed down through 5 generations in my family. The most recent appraisal was $6,500. Also have an Ithaca Flues Model 16 gauge and a A.H.Fox Sterlingworth 20 gauge. Both of these guns are fom the 1930s and appraised at over a $1000. Some of the others are from my grandfather and father. These may not be worth as much as the older ones but the sentimental value attached to them is priceless. Each generation continues to add to the collection. I've bought several for hunting, recreation, and just for the sheer pleasure to look at to give to my boys.

The true value comes from when a father gives his son his first shotgun and takes him out rabbit or bird hunting. God, I miss hunting small game.

If you buy a gun, its just like anything else "you get what you pay for."