Ruger or Smith and Wesson Revolver
Hey guys, which one would you prefer and why – Ruger or S/W Revolver?
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I love my S&W’s, but they’ll come out of time quick with a lot of DA shooting. The M29’s won’t handle stout loads like mentioned above. But a smith with a tight ball end on all chambers will flat shoot with anything. Still got my great grandpas M27 and M28. The only ones of mine I’ve kept are three M25’s in 45acp and one 45 long colt mountain gun.
My experience with ruger six guns has been short lived. Yeah they’ll hold up if you run over one with a D-11 cat but the throats are all over the place and won’t group well without a custom cylinder.
Best advice, if you got the cash find a Dan Wesson or a freedom arms. Both are accurate and strong.
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I have been shooting both for 20 some years the Smith 629 has a very sweet trigger and very accurate but I have to agree the Ruger is a lot stronger a will handle heavier reloads but it’s just as accurate 🙂
I am a gunsmith and agree with both gunnerJacky and Zonk. Both of them are Correct.
Ruger uses a coil mainspring and you just don’t get as nice of a trigger as the “V” spring from the S&W.
Depends what Calibre gun you want to buy and what’s the primary purpose of the gun.
I was a big Model 29 fan till I started loading some really heavy duty hunting loads. Then I bought a Ruger Redhawk and never looked back for another hunting handgun. I had a .22 J frame that was lots of fun. K frame in .32H&R magnum that was very accurate, Had a snubnose L-frame in .357 that was a nice carry gun.
I’ve been shooting S&W handguns for 44 years. Mods. 29 all barrel lengths 27s, 28s, 14, 17, 686 all barrel lengths and on and on. The older ones were easy to work on to do a tune, lighten the trigger etc. Great handgun back in the day. I don’t know about the newer generation though.
Most gun lovers say that S&W and Ruger are both good guns. But they prefer Ruger because modern S&W guns fail to impress. The whole things boil down to the facts that S&W revolvers are smoother than Ruger revolvers but are more fragile than Ruger revolvers.
I don’t have any experience with Ruger but I do own a S&W ( model 686 ) 4″ .357. I’ve had it for many many years. Basically, it’s just a “nightstand” gun for home protection. I like it!
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My Ruger SS Security Six just needed a little honing and polishing of the inside frame to give it a smooth trigger. Also the front sight blade was a little loose but when all was smooth and tight it became a good shooter. NO I won’t ever sell it.