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:)I bought a three screw Ruger Super Blackhawk in '72, then a few years later my step-Granfather gave me his four screw S&W Model 29 buily in '59 as a birthday present. He had never fired anything but full house factory ammunition, and could not control the psitol, and was undone by the muzzle...

This three screw ivory stocked .357 Blackhawk convertible that I bought in '73, shown with a Bowie and patch knife by the late great Roger Faust, has seen 20 to 25K of all manner of loads and is as tight and accurate as the day I bought it. The 9mm cylinder is also accurate, and loves Winchester...

I have quite a few pistols in various calibers, but the .44 Magnum is my all around handgun. I handload extensively, and can tailor my loads to whatever I want to do. The contender in the ring is the .45 Colt in Ruger revolvers. I hardly shoot my .357 Magnums any more. If I want .454 Casull...

I have seen very few Ruger single actions that have been sent in for warranty repairs that were not returned as basically new guns. I had one Super Blackhawk that I sent in that I had basically shot the forcing cone out of with a great number of high pressure loads. The pistol came back with a...

Since I shoot CAS, so I think of pistols as pairs. Shooting two different pistols, especially in different calibers and barrel length, is very hard to do. I found this out about this when I started shooting CAS in '94 with a 7 1/2" bbl Ruger Super Blackhawk in .44 Magnum and a 4 5/8" Blackhawk...

temmi wrote: I'm the OP, and temmi is on the same path I am going down. I'm weighing all my bullets and tossing any that are more than +/- 2 grains off nominal. The ones that are culled go to my lead pots for casting. I am also weighing the cartridge cases and cull any that are also more...

A fact that should be recognized is that smokeless powder loads routinely have an air space, and function properly. I don't accept that what happened with my pistol was a detonation of smokeless powder. Yes, there was a small powder charge in a large case, but I have fired thousands of similar...

This is what I wrote after a little contemplation and study... I've been loading and reloading since I was 16, and at age 59, I have a bit of experience under my belt, along with a degree in engineering. With that in mind, I've been thinking and talking to others about this, and there are...

Here's my original post after my .44 caliber '58 Remington blew up. Please pay attention to the loading data I used, and that I was loading the minimum charge recommended in three loading manuals. **************************** I had a disaster last night. I wanted to go out and fire one...

I seriously considered buying one of the Lipsey's NM Flat-tops in .44 Special, but when it comes down to it, I have Ruger revolvers that will do anything it could accomplish. Down the center: pair of 7 1/2" Blue/Color Case Vaqueros in .44 Magnum with stag grips, pair of 5 1/2" SS Bisley...

Well, the $179.99 sale on the Pietta Model 1858 New Army .44 Caliber Revolvers at Cabela's is over. Both the 5 1/2" and 8" versions have been repriced to a new sale price of $229.99. I have one on backorder to replace the '58 that blew up on me on New Year's Eve. The guns that were ordered, and...

I've been loading and reloading since I was 16, and at age 59, I have a bit of experience under my belt, along with a degree in engineering. With that in mind, I've been thinking and talking to others about this, and there are veral possible causes. The first possible cause is an accidental over...

I had a disaster last night. I wanted to go out and fire one round into my big cottonwood tree to celebrate the New Year. I inserted five rounds into my Taylor's conversion cylinder. left the dog in the house, as she is spooked easily, and aimed at my four foot wide tree. When the pistol went...

I forgot my brace of '51 Colts. I do prefer the Remington '58s to the Colt's, and currently have 5 of them with a 6th on the way.:) Please keep this discussion civil. Otherwise, we might as well be wrestling on the gravel of a elementary school play ground.:banghead: That's not why I came...

Other than exchanging presents with my Mom, the only person I do so with is my next door neighbor Cipriano. He has always driven Japanese cars, and his tools are all metric. Recently he bought a used Chevy Impala for his son and needs US inch tools. I bought him what he needs most, a set of...