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Does any one have any experience with S&W new 986 pro model revolver. It,s a 2 1/2 inch barreled snubby 7 shot that weighs around 29 oz. The original 986 has a 5" barrel. Thoughts??
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Man I hate those titanium cylinders.
Why?
If I have a revolver, I'm not focused on a reload. Ever.
If I'm carrying a revolver, I'm a lot more focused on reloads than with a semi-auto. Reloading a revolver quickly is a lot harder than reloading a semi-auto. So if I decided to carry my K-frames again, I'd be spending a lot of time practicing reloads with dummy rounds.
I never understood why someone would buy a revolver in a pistol caliber although in posting this I'm sure I'll find out....
It is fun in an IDPA match when you are shooting a revolver, reloading with speedloaders, and you still beat a bunch of guys shooting Glocks, even though they have 10 rounds in their magazines and you only have six in your cylinder.
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Ahhh. I never though of that.It is fun in an IDPA match when you are shooting a revolver, reloading with speedloaders, and you still beat a bunch of guys shooting Glocks, even though they have 10 rounds in their magazines and you only have six in your cylinder.
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This^
At our clubs center fire plate shoots I've seen a 70 year old man running an old s and w model 15 smoke the shit out of the young guys with $3000 worth of Go faster gear! The last match we had.....dude shows up with an sti steel master 9mm with optic, racemaster magnetic holster (we start low ready not holstered), go pro on head linked to his iphone that he set on the table in front of him to make sure the video was lined up (guess he needed to be sure and capture all his "action"), and 8 mag holders (only shooting 3 sets per relay).....his run times were in the 50 - 55 range out of 87 runs averaging 12 seconds to hit 6 plates and still leaving some standing! Mr old timer with the model 15 ends up running 5.5 second averages with a totally clean run in 20th place out of 87!
THAT is what revolvers are all about!!!!!!!!!
When it comes to pin and plate shooting, a lot of folks haven't figured out that you can't miss fast enough to make up for not hitting. The old fart who goes 6 for 6 at a steady pace will just decimate the guy shooting 17 rounds out of his Glock as fast as he can while not looking at the sites.
Slow is smooth and smooth is fast.
Don't get me wrong.....We also have guys show up with STI platforms that run sub 3.5 second averages for a rack of 6 plates and take the top scores consistently. I just giggle inside when guys show up with all that top shelf equipment and absolutely suck. They are trying to buy a better game and it doesn't work. You still have to actually know how to shoot.
Slow is slow. Sub one second reloads look smooth because they are fast and practiced not because they're practiced slowly and smoothly.