Check This Out......50 Caliber S&W

At over 5 pounds, this is a 2 hand, handgun for sure.

I like the 44 mag in a double action revolver. It is very accurate and about the limit for a comfortable to shoot handgun. For more power, I will go to a rifle.

JMO, YMMV

Jack
 
Hey Jack, mi amigo, compadre, something else in spanish, thanks for the 'welcome' in that other post. I appreciated it /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif How much do those Desert Eagle .44's weigh? I swear that thing is as heavy as my rifle. You have to admit, that's a pretty nice lookin .50 cal S&W came out with. A site more high tech looking than the Desert Eagle 50 I think. imo. _v101
 
Yup. Local TV news here in Las Vegas had a bit on it. Stated cost is about $1000. Kinda cheap actually for a S&W Performance Center pistol.

Glenn
 
Tackdriver
S&W is an entirely different company from the one that sold out. It is under completely different ownership and has pulled out of those agreements the old company made with the government. There was a big writeup in the American Rifleman about 6 months ago.

Jack
 
There was an article in the paper about this gun. The antigun freaks are against it because it is a new weapon thats "sure to cause problems for law enforcemnt officers". They also say that it will "crank up firepower on the streets". The guys that tested it said the recoil was "substantial" and also went on to say it was definetly not for plinking and not for beginners!
I too will never buy smith and wession, its still the same name even if it did sell out and I dont want to look at my weapon and see those traitors name on it.
 
Originally posted by Tackdriver:
[qb]Nah, not me.

Rather then buy a Smith and Wesson I would quit shooting first.

Traitors.[/qb]
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Originally posted by coyotebuster:
[qb]I too will never buy smith and wession, its still the same name even if it did sell out and I dont want to look at my weapon and see those traitors name on it.[/qb]
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Wouldn't the "traitors" be Tomkins?

Since it has come bact to American ownership and since they have asked for and were given relief from the agreements by the Bush Administration (this is a fact) why would you continue to avoid them. If you are a revolver shooter there is no finer revolver close to it's price range. Taurus doesn't come close in the long run.

How are we to put "sanctions" on a company that has made bad decisions and then, when they have corrected their mistakes, not relieve them from said sanctions? Companies will say, "What's the point? The consumers will never buy our products again. Why should we change anything."

The fact of the matter is that a British (read anti gun) company made a stupid decision with a company that it obviously did not care about. Then when it had been bled dry, sold it and expected it to go belly up. Now that the company has a new owner and the CEO is a well respected man in the industry I personally think they have come back to the light. It kind of reminds me of the prodigal son. When he came home did his father tell him to leave?

Just my opinion.

Rick
 
If you are a revolver shooter there is no finer revolver close to it's price range. Taurus doesn't come close in the long run.
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I have a ruger that does just fine and it is made by a company I can stand. I still refuse to by a s&wW and never will.
 
Originally posted by coyotebuster:
[qb]I have a ruger that does just fine and it is made by a company I can stand. I still refuse to by a s&wW and never will.[/qb]
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A foolish repetition is the hobgoblin of little minds.
 
cb, Bill Ruger did his best to sell us out, in a manner that ensured his products would not be effected to any large degree. If you bought that Ruger while he was still alive you bought a gun from a man who had stabbed you in the back.

Now, he's dead and gone and can do no more harm. His son is running the show now. Does he have the same attitude about it that his dad did? I don't know. Do we hold his dad's actions against him, even if he doesn't do the same thing? Doesn't seem reasonable to me.

That's the situation with S&W now. The man responsible for selling us out is gone. The holding company that owned them at the time lost their lunch on S&W, that deal killed sales. They sold the company at a huge loss to some guys in Arizona. Not one person running the company now had a single thing to do with that deal. Some of them were there, but they were told about the deal after the fact, when it was too late to do anything about it.

Do we hold these people responsible for the actions of those who committed the offense?
 
Just ask any motorcycle rider that worked for Bill Ruger what a nice guy he is? The AMA (American Motorcycle Association) asked it's members to boycott Ruger and Pine Tree Castings the same way shooters boycotted S&W. It seems that Bill was self insured and would not offer insurance coverage to anyone who was riding a motorcycle.

Now take into account that his guns are designed by his product liability lawyers and I really don't consider them in the same class with S&W or Taurus for that matter. My Model 19 Performance Center shoots like an extension of my hand. My Redhawk 41 mag feels a little clunky and heavy in comparrison. It's built like a tank, I'll give it that.

S&W is at least trying to bring innovative new ideas to the market. What has Ruger done? The 480 Ruger is a knock off of the 454 Casull. Everyone shotgun company has either offered or is offering a SXS shotgun. Most even offer it in small gauges. Now they offer an 18" barrel light rifle. That's probably the best thing they've come up with in the last 15 years. It I didn't have to do so much to make it shoot (the way i want it to) I'd probably buy one in 260 Rem.

Ask anyone (in the know) why Green Mountain is not allowed to market a 10/17 barrel? I've been told by some very good sources that Ruger threatened to sue them if they did. In the mean time Remington and Volquartsen have beat Ruger to the market with their own semi-automatic 17 HMRs.

I would never presume to tell you, or anyone else what to buy or not to buy. However I don't feel all warm and fuzzy about Ruger.

Just my opinion.

Rick
 


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