How often do your gun tastes change?

[Axxe55]

That would be the one. Mechanically, it's a very interesting gun. It's also fun to play around with. It was not a very good military sidearm in my opinion though. The TT-33 was a vast improvement over it, and the S&W Model 3 that preceded it was a higher quality, more useful gun due to it's faster speed in reloading, and it's more potent clambering of the 44 Russian. I believe those were in use until the 20s.

The main issues with them is that they are kind of finicky, they are not as reliable as you'd expect a revolver to be (mine has jammed on me multiple times), they are slow to reload due to loading not unlike a Colt SAA, and the double action trigger pull is so atrociously heavy due to it's need to operate the gas sealing function of the cylinder, that you are going to have a very hard time hitting anything beyond very close ranges with it. The single action trigger is much better, but still not great. I believe that these were mostly issued to officers, so these short comings were not that big of a deal. Though if I was a Russian soldier during WWII and I was issued one of these, I'd pick up the first German pistol I found.

This is why I like C&R guns. They give you a glimpse into things that history books cannot adequately show you. They give you perspective on what it was actually like to use one of these old guns.

I totally agree. Shooting and handling old guns, shows where the technology was, and where it has taken us.

 

[toddnjoyce]

Never licked a gun, so couldn’t tell you.

 

[candcallen]

Never licked a gun, so couldn’t tell you.

Did you ever lick your hand after you left part of it on a hot barrel?

 

[gdr_11]

Age 18-30 it was all S&W magnum revolvers and big bore rifles

Age 30-60 it was all 1911s, lots of them

Age 60 to present I am now old school with single action western revolvers with the exception of my compact carry 9mm.

 

[toddnjoyce]

Did you ever lick your hand after you left part of it on a hot barrel?

Nope. Never done that either.

 

[satx78247]

My tastes flip flop at random. One month I might be into C&Rs and the next I'm into more modern stuff. For the last 7-8 months I have been really into ARs and modern handguns. Then one day for no reason at all, I start looking at antique rifles and end up buying a Springfield Trapdoor. Just like that, my tastes flip flopped and now I am apparently into cartridge firing guns from the Civil War to WWI. I blame the ADHD.

How about you guys? How often do your tastes change?

Maverick44,

Dince I was 21YO & first stationed in BRD, I discovered CAPE GUNS & DRILLINGS.
(In NETX in those days , FEW people had ever even seen one, with the exception of a relative few WWI & WWII veterans.)

More than 50 years later, I have a really hard time not pulling out my checkbook or credit cards, if I see a nice "combination gun" for sale at a reasonable price.
(Right now, I'm lusting after a HEAVILY engraved "probably pre-1900" Cape Gun in 16 gauge by an about 11mm straight-case rifle, in what appears to be the original leather-covered "luggage" case. = As of now, I have NO idea who made the Cape Gun an/or what cartridge that the rifle barrel is. - The PO's grandson believes that it was his GF's WWI "bring-back"/war souvenir.)

So, I would guess that my "main firearms addiction" remains the same.

yours, satx

 

[Moonpie]

Sure.
When first getting into guns it was all about hunting rifles and shotguns.
After a while those became boring so moved more into handguns.
Always had an interest in Old West frontier era and Turn-of-the-Century military rifles&pistols so went that way for a while. Enfields, Lebel, Krags, Mausers, Springfields, Martini-Henry, etc.
Then I drifted back to some specialized rifles like the Savage 99. Did those for a while.
All along I've owned and used blackpowder firearms.
Since I don't really hunt deer anymore I don't even own a "deer rifle".
Then for a while I was into pistol/rifle common caliber pairings. Still sort into that.
Nosebleeds and detached retinas from recoil aren't much fun anymore so I've moved to lighter chamberings.
Still keep a couple of plain old hunting shotguns as I do get to go dove hunting now and then.