Dad pulled one on me, . . . Ruger Blackhawk [357mag].

I had an old 3 screw 357 once, thing was a tack driver.
Wish I still had it.

Index correctly? I've had a number of Blackhawks, no new models, but never had problems with them.

There is an aftermarket part available to change the old guns to the new style, but I forget what it is called.

I considered doing that modification myself, but then I got used to it the way it is and never bothered.

That kit for the Blackhawk was just to install the funky tumble bar safety or whatever they called it on the new model 2 screw frame.
At half cock for loading and unloading the cylinder lock is disengaged and you're rolling the cylinder.
I've been shooting SAAs since I was a kid in the 50s, guess I never paid any attention to where the cylinder might be after pulling the hammer back to half cock because I'm moving it anyway.

Great stunt my Dad did the same thing to me when I was 16. Super vels out of a 4 inch barrel are loud vs those 38 wad cutters.

Orion8472 said:

My dad picked up a Stainless Blackhawk.



We were to be shooting 38 Special out of it. My dad ran a cylinder through, then [while I was fiddlin' with one of my guns] loaded up a cylinder for me to try it out.

I fired about three out. Pulled the hammer back on the 4th, . . . a BIGGER boom, more recoil! He snuck a .357mag in on me. hehehehe It was a bit of a shock, but was pretty funny. Got me on that one.

Good revolver, BTW.

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My brother in law did the same thing to me once - trying to force the issue of not anticipating the shot…it worked.

I pulled the opposite (kind of) on my ex when we were together.
She had expressed an interest in learning to shoot. I picked up a Taurus 94 revolver to teach her with, and out to the scrubland we went. I told her that, since it was a new gun, I'd put the first nine rounds through it to check the sights, then turn it over to her. Using two-liter bottles as targets, I was able to hit them pretty much all of the time from about ten yards. I reloaded the gun for her, and she took over. Nothing. Nada. Couldn't even see bullets hitting anything, not even the ground. I reloaded again, took another turn myself, and did as I should have. More holes in the bottles. Reloaded for her, and again, those bottles were feeling pretty safe.

Just as she was pondering some dejection, I clued her in on that it was the first of April, and I was having a little fun with her. Each time I loaded the revolver for her, I was loading it with blanks! She was a good sport, and went on to have quite some fun with that gun, my 10/22, and live ammo..

Yeah, that's fun!

For some reason one day I noticed that factory ammo comes in neat little trays of 5x10. Seemed like a natural reason to make up a little game of "Revolver Roulette" to extend the rather pricey .357Mag (I hadn't got into reloading yet). I would load up 5 .38Spls and one .357, give the cylinder a little spin and then close the crane (S&W Model 19). The magnum round would certainly make you sit up and notice.

Odd thing, doing this is when I found that the Magnum round hit the target about 3 inches low at 15 yards. Talking to the local long time shooters they explained the whole bullet leaving during the recoil cycle and how this is perfectly normal. As a newbie it was an eye opener though.

I love that trick. Try the old "turkey load" in with the bird shot using a pistol grip only 12g sometime

It's all fun and games until someone drops a gun on the concrete....

Don't know your Dad, but gotta say, I like him.

I used to teach basic handgun to soccer moms. That's the way I always did it for .357. Eliminates anticipation and changes the "unknown" at least marginally to the "known".

At our family cookout a shoot session broke out. We shot pistols for a while then got out the clay targets and shotguns. My son,eleven yrs old at the time, was ready for his turn. My cousin loaded his gun and the trapper let one fly. then #2. When the third went we all took notice. My cousin had put a heavy load 00 buck for that last shot. My son just soaked it up and told cuz to load it up like that again!

He is still like that. Recoil just doesn't seem to bother him.

Mark

Hardtarget said:

At our family cookout a shoot session broke out. We shot pistols for a while then got out the clay targets and shotguns. My son,eleven yrs old at the time, was ready for his turn. My cousin loaded his gun and the trapper let one fly. then #2. When the third went we all took notice. My cousin had put a heavy load 00 buck for that last shot. My son just soaked it up and told cuz to load it up like that again!

He is still like that. Recoil just doesn't seem to bother him.

Mark

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So he fired that double-aught load up in the air at a clay?? Hope there was plenty of open room downrange cause those pellets went a long way!