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Thread: 9mm revolver..... worth getting?
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May 20th, 2020, 04:00 PM #21Grand Member
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Re: 9mm revolver..... worth getting?
With the decline in use of 38, and dirt cheap 9mm everywhere I think they are a smart choice if looking for an alternative to 38.
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May 20th, 2020, 06:04 PM #22
Re: 9mm revolver..... worth getting?
Mine is a 5" bbl. S&W Model 986. 7 Shot moonclip fed. Titanium cylinder. I sent off to Mark Hartshorne for a trigger job. It's an L frame so not overhuge and with 124 gr. or 147 gr. ammo it packs a good wallop.
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Re: 9mm revolver..... worth getting?
Taurus = junk.
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May 20th, 2020, 08:44 PM #24
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May 20th, 2020, 08:45 PM #25
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so tonight i modified my sticky holster for the chiappa 200ds as discussed... i 'borrowed' a clip from my desantis holster that i dont use... very comfortable now AIWB
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May 20th, 2020, 08:58 PM #26
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May 21st, 2020, 09:47 AM #27Grand Member
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Re: 9mm revolver..... worth getting?
Nobody seems to be mentioning S&W's model 940. This is a 9 mm version of the Centennial line. Made from 1991 - 1998 with a 1 7/8 inch barrel and from 1991 -1992 with a 3 inch barrel. I have both. The 3" barrel is really not what one buys for deep concealed carry, but it does shoot like a dream. The shorter snubbies are certainly snappier but not horribly so. They shoot more comfortably than the LCR in 9mm (you may notice something of a pattern to some of the revolvers that I own or have owned). I admit to having a thing for revolvers with moon clips - easier by far to recharge a cylinder than with speed loaders. I have or had revolvers in .45 acp and .380 as well.
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May 21st, 2020, 01:48 PM #28
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May 22nd, 2020, 07:26 AM #29Grand Member
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May 22nd, 2020, 08:04 AM #30
Re: 9mm revolver..... worth getting?
Good point, the 940.
However, many early 940 revolvers had roughly machined chambers which manifested in poor, almost impossible extraction. 940s with -1 and later "dash numbers" (revisions) exhibited fewer problems with extraction. The two 940s I once owned I ended up honing the chambers to remedy the problem. I later sold them when I went with the Ruger SP101s because of personal experience with two J-frame Smith revolvers cracking the frames at the barrel boss, and generally getting out of S&Ws that weren't N frame stainless guns in 44 Special, 45 ACP, or 45 Colt.
Not denigrating the 940, just stating choice based on personal experience.
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