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My worst firearms mistake was selling my US Firearms Gunfighter. :(
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Quoted: I had a Colt SAA. 4-3/4" Bought it because I needed it. Shot it once, and sold it like 15 years later. Your experience may vary. View Quote Lol yeah, that was my experience as well. Just had to get one. Took it to the range once or twice but never really loved it enough to stick with it. Sold it a few years later. |
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Quoted: The .44 Special is the one I am looking at……. Same ammo as my S&W 24-5, so I don’t have multiple calibers. The gun store I have been dealing with found some Ruger flattop single action Bisleys in .44 special for a pretty good deal, and that’s kinda what I was leaning toward for the first one View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: 45 colt. Don't get anything else. 44-40 maybe cool but I have never seen any for sale in 6 months of looking. You can find 45...LONG...colt for under 1$/shot. Use ammoseek daily (hourly). Get the one you want the first time. You'll get more but don't cheap out on the first. Get one that catches your eye and you want. Uberti > Pietta (but Pietta sure isn't junk....heritage is though ). The .44 Special is the one I am looking at……. Same ammo as my S&W 24-5, so I don’t have multiple calibers. The gun store I have been dealing with found some Ruger flattop single action Bisleys in .44 special for a pretty good deal, and that’s kinda what I was leaning toward for the first one A box of 50 rounds of 44 SPC at my LGS is 65. 50 for 45 colt. Just sayin... |
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View Quote Tell me you've never sat at a campfire or gone handgun hunting without saying it. Attached File |
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I only have one. A .500 Linebaugh 5.5".
Much smash. Ludicrous power. Everything looks like a nail when you have a hammer like that. |
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Quoted: A box of 50 rounds of 44 SPC at my LGS is 65. 50 for 45 colt. Just sayin... View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: 45 colt. Don't get anything else. 44-40 maybe cool but I have never seen any for sale in 6 months of looking. You can find 45...LONG...colt for under 1$/shot. Use ammoseek daily (hourly). Get the one you want the first time. You'll get more but don't cheap out on the first. Get one that catches your eye and you want. Uberti > Pietta (but Pietta sure isn't junk....heritage is though ). The .44 Special is the one I am looking at……. Same ammo as my S&W 24-5, so I don’t have multiple calibers. The gun store I have been dealing with found some Ruger flattop single action Bisleys in .44 special for a pretty good deal, and that’s kinda what I was leaning toward for the first one A box of 50 rounds of 44 SPC at my LGS is 65. 50 for 45 colt. Just sayin... I am finding them around here at about equal pricing…….. and I already have a .44 so not adding a new caliber |
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My Magma Caster came with a .41 Cal. Mold.
I need to get a .41 Cal revolver. I also want a Magnum Research BFR in 45-70 |
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Just bought a Taylor's Smoke wagon in 44-40 2 weeks ago. 5 1/2 barrel. Shoots great right out of the box with my handloads.
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I currently have a Taylors in .45lc with a matching caliber Rossi. They scratch my large bore cowboy itch, and I have a .22 lever and revolver for cheap fun plinking.
I'm terrified to go to a cowboy action shooting event, because I KNOW my life will be incomplete without a brace of SAA's and a rifle in .38/.357 and a shotgun. However my restraint is beginning to wane. |
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Go play Red Dead Redemption 2 and you will have your answer. My wife stopped me from buying a horse, but I really wanted one after playing that game for a year.
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Quoted: I have been wanting an Uberti or Cimarron in .357/.38 for a long time, but it seems there is always something a little higher priority, so I still haven't pulled the trigger. View Quote Attached File Attached File ETA: Most of the Cimarrons are Ubertis. Cimarron and Taylors are importers; Uberti and Pietta are Italian manufacturers. |
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Quoted: I don’t have one, but after seeing all the pics of the ones owned by members here, I have the urge to get a Ruger .44 Special Bisley…… namely one of those Lipsey specials What say ye? Blow the money on one? Double action instead? I’m torn between the .44 and the .45 Colt, mainly because I have a Smith in .44 Special View Quote If you have the money for a range toy, go for it. There's no reason to NOT own one, anyway. |
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Quoted: The .44 Special is the one I am looking at……. Same ammo as my S&W 24-5, so I don’t have multiple calibers. The gun store I have been dealing with found some Ruger flattop single action Bisleys in .44 special for a pretty good deal, and that’s kinda what I was leaning toward for the first one View Quote There's nothing wrong with a .44 Spc single action, but, a .44 Mag SA is still cross compatible ammo wise AND if you develop a need for more horsepower you're gun will do it. Of course .44 Spc in modern guns and modern brass can equal some .44 mag loads. But for me, I'd opt for a .44 mag revolver even if only shooting .44 Spc. because of the upper end power possibilities. Just a thought. Either will be nice. |
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Quoted: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/339936/F4464977-F08E-4798-BD17-7AECB4635863_jpe-2339170.JPG Super Blackhawk in 44 Mag. View Quote Love that photo. |
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Quoted: Ok…… 64,000 dollar question. Should I go blued or stainless? I found a local store that can get me the .44 special Bisley View Quote I always default to blue but I don't sail on saltwater. If the gun fairies magically replaced all my blue revolving pistols with SS models in the middle of the night I'd be irritated, but I'd soldier on happily. |
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Just saw this thread.
I have a Jones for one of the Bisley 44 specials in 5.5 inch also. I really want the same gun in a 44 magnum, but i can make the Special suit my purposes. |
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Quoted: I am finding them around here at about equal pricing…….. and I already have a .44 so not adding a new caliber View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: 45 colt. Don't get anything else. 44-40 maybe cool but I have never seen any for sale in 6 months of looking. You can find 45...LONG...colt for under 1$/shot. Use ammoseek daily (hourly). Get the one you want the first time. You'll get more but don't cheap out on the first. Get one that catches your eye and you want. Uberti > Pietta (but Pietta sure isn't junk....heritage is though ). The .44 Special is the one I am looking at……. Same ammo as my S&W 24-5, so I don’t have multiple calibers. The gun store I have been dealing with found some Ruger flattop single action Bisleys in .44 special for a pretty good deal, and that’s kinda what I was leaning toward for the first one A box of 50 rounds of 44 SPC at my LGS is 65. 50 for 45 colt. Just sayin... I am finding them around here at about equal pricing…….. and I already have a .44 so not adding a new caliber And when not if, you get ahold of a carbine in the same caliber (it's just common sense dude no way around that logic) the .44 Spc/Mag have a more substantial rim for the extractor to grab onto. That means nothing to 99.9% of end users but it matters to me , we all have our little hangups. |
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Quoted: Factory revolver ammo https://i.imgur.com/Halg0Tc.gif . . . . https://i.imgur.com/zuzwgAP.jpg https://i.imgur.com/RTAqSwd.jpg https://i.imgur.com/WX4wS3F.jpg https://i.imgur.com/EPydk5A.jpg View Quote This, several times over. My last range trip was an impromptu thing with about five friends. We all met out at one of their family’s farm to fly drones and decided to shoot a few rounds over the pond to close out the day. I brought the nickel j-frame I posted above, the Model 38 above, and a Marlin 1895SBL in .45-70. I also brought a 50-round box of .38 Spl, a 20-round box of .45-70, two Lee Loaders (.38 Spl, .45-70), a pound each of rifle and pistol powder, a box each of cast bullets, a box of large rifle primers, two boxes of small pistol primers, a short length of 2x4, and a wooden mallet. We shot all of the prepared ammo and I sat in a folding chair and reloaded on the front bumper of my Jeep while some of us were bullshitting and the rest were shooting. By the time we left we’d shot probably 80 rounds of .45-70 and 150 rounds of .38 Spl - and all my guns and boxes were still full. If you’re not a reloaded, here’s some unsolicited advice: either go big, or stay very small. Don’t try to make a “bench top” affair out of it. You either need to buy a really efficient progressive press setup and tune your loading process until you can churn out hundreds and hundreds of rounds in very little time… or stay small and cheap enough that you can throw it all in a toolbox and take it to the range/line with you. The Lee Loader is the absolute simplest way to get into it. It’s $40 and includes everything you need to reload except a wooden mallet, something to sit it on when you’re smacking at it, and consumables. It’s so dead simple you’ll quickly learn what you’re actually doing when you use those big fancy turret presses with all the bells and whistles. A variant of this would be the Lee Hand Press. I’ve not used one but I plan to pick one up when I end up with a set of hard-to-find or custom dies for my turret presses that I want to be able to take with me to develop a load at the range. The Lee Loader doesn’t use separate dies, so you have to get a “whole setup” (all $40 of it) for each caliber. If you’re to the point that you’re working up loads for accuracy for a benchrest rifle or something, you’re going to want to use the exact same dies to work up the load that you use for producing the whole batch, to eliminate as many variables as possible. The Hand Press will let you do that, and let you load in the field for calibers that you can’t get (or find) Lee Loaders for. I had a Lee “Classic” kit. It’s sufficient, and has everything you need to reload from the bench… I just found that all of the tooling that came with it was only “adequate”, and realized that I was going to end up upgrading one piece of it at a time until I was left with nothing from the original kit. I gave it all to my dad, bought some Lee Loaders for the calibers I shoot less often, and put together a progressive setup for .223/.300/.45/9mm - basically anything I shoot in quantity in a semi-auto. |
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Quoted: For any serious use (aside from hunting and that’s debatable) SAO revolvers were long surpassed in utility and usability on multiple fronts. In terms of just fun range toys though, and especially as project guns to customize and tinker with, they’re excellent. https://content.invisioncic.com/r270761/monthly_2022_01/6DE3A8D7-9590-4963-BF7D-104554C4A6CF.jpeg.d6e340fabf6e4a5236420cde923b592c.jpeg https://content.invisioncic.com/r270761/monthly_2021_01/A765EF59-5953-415B-9377-2ACC73CC55C2.jpeg.11db6376eb91a4f31f829e1b96121cf5.jpeg View Quote I’ve yet to find “practicality” to be a requirement for owning, using, or enjoying firearms. |
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Quoted: I’ve yet to find “practicality” to be a requirement for owning, using, or enjoying firearms. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: For any serious use (aside from hunting and that’s debatable) SAO revolvers were long surpassed in utility and usability on multiple fronts. In terms of just fun range toys though, and especially as project guns to customize and tinker with, they’re excellent. https://content.invisioncic.com/r270761/monthly_2022_01/6DE3A8D7-9590-4963-BF7D-104554C4A6CF.jpeg.d6e340fabf6e4a5236420cde923b592c.jpeg https://content.invisioncic.com/r270761/monthly_2021_01/A765EF59-5953-415B-9377-2ACC73CC55C2.jpeg.11db6376eb91a4f31f829e1b96121cf5.jpeg I’ve yet to find “practicality” to be a requirement for owning, using, or enjoying firearms. That’s exactly my point. I have some guns that are more for practical defensive purposes. My NAA and Schofield are fun impractical side projects |
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Quoted: Tell me you've never sat at a campfire or gone handgun hunting without saying it. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/433221/20210106_095050_jpg-2339036.JPG View Quote My son in law has killed more deer off of our property with his .44 magnum SuperBlackhawk than he has with all his rifles combined. OP definitely needs one or three SAs. |
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Quoted: I’ve yet to find “practicality” to be a requirement for owning, using, or enjoying firearms. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: For any serious use (aside from hunting and that’s debatable) SAO revolvers were long surpassed in utility and usability on multiple fronts. In terms of just fun range toys though, and especially as project guns to customize and tinker with, they’re excellent. https://content.invisioncic.com/r270761/monthly_2022_01/6DE3A8D7-9590-4963-BF7D-104554C4A6CF.jpeg.d6e340fabf6e4a5236420cde923b592c.jpeg https://content.invisioncic.com/r270761/monthly_2021_01/A765EF59-5953-415B-9377-2ACC73CC55C2.jpeg.11db6376eb91a4f31f829e1b96121cf5.jpeg I’ve yet to find “practicality” to be a requirement for owning, using, or enjoying firearms. This is a wise man. Very few of my guns would be considered practical. I bought them for various reasons, the most common reason was that as a history buff, I wanted to try it. Next most common reason is that it looked like fun. |
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Quoted: That Bisley is the exact one I am looking at, only in .44 Special……. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Heck yeah you do! Everyone should have at least one and preferably more than that. Here's my Blackhawk Bisley 5.5" 45 colt/ACP. Definitely one of the ones I'd never part with. The Bisley grip really helps with heavy recoiling loads. One day I'll get one in .44 mag. https://live.staticflickr.com/4326/35422323234_37b3b53d38_k.jpg Here's the New Vaquero Bisley's in .45 Colt. Fantastic guns, terrible picture. https://live.staticflickr.com/4300/35472506123_6c447d2384_z.jpg That Bisley is the exact one I am looking at, only in .44 Special……. I would recommend getting the .44 mag so that you can shoot either it or .44 special. It's a fantastic revolver. |
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Quoted: Since it is now "just" a pic thread: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/23042/Uberti_JPG-2340357.jpg I love smooth grips with the finish taken off but the grain fill left in. I really need a .44-40 or .45 Colt now. View Quote That, is a handsome gun. |
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I'm not gonna ridicule anybody's choices here, since I just spent my SBH money on a 1911 instead.
I'm a bad revolver guy |
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Quoted: If I was you I'd get (2) that covers (4) calibers.........9MM/357 & 45ACP/45LC https://i.imgur.com/zY7207x.jpg View Quote Those look awesome |
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Quoted: If I was you I'd get (2) that covers (4) calibers.........9MM/357 & 45ACP/45LC https://i.imgur.com/zY7207x.jpg View Quote Dude. You literally are trying to take money out of my wallet. I'd say stop, but I really want more... |
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View Quote I have this in 5.5 same non fluted. Shot a doe @ 86 yards one year with it open sights. Everyone needs a hand cannon or 4 |
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I just bought a Taylor's in 45 colt. It is fun to shoot and no regrets buying it.
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Quoted: I would recommend getting the .44 mag so that you can shoot either it or .44 special. It's a fantastic revolver. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Heck yeah you do! Everyone should have at least one and preferably more than that. Here's my Blackhawk Bisley 5.5" 45 colt/ACP. Definitely one of the ones I'd never part with. The Bisley grip really helps with heavy recoiling loads. One day I'll get one in .44 mag. https://live.staticflickr.com/4326/35422323234_37b3b53d38_k.jpg Here's the New Vaquero Bisley's in .45 Colt. Fantastic guns, terrible picture. https://live.staticflickr.com/4300/35472506123_6c447d2384_z.jpg That Bisley is the exact one I am looking at, only in .44 Special……. I would recommend getting the .44 mag so that you can shoot either it or .44 special. It's a fantastic revolver. I will more than likely go in that direction……… and the open top and conversions from Cimmarron and Uberti will probably be the 2nd one I get |
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I bought my old model Vaquero .44 mag a few months ago. Liked it so much that I bought another one just a month later.
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Quoted: Hrm.... not a fan of the Bisley style personally, if I were you I'd try to hold something in that design before ordering/buying... That said, yes, everyone needs at least 2 revolvers (SA or DA) - one 22lr and one in 357 or bigger I'm still pondering the 22, and my "357 or bigger" is black powder, but I'm considering a 45acp cylinder for it View Quote This. My single actions are 22s and man are they fun!! |
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