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Offline Dusty Miller

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Get'n really familiar with my FA '83
« on: March 24, 2007, 05:30:45 PM »
Well my FA '83 45 Colt/454 Casull (fixed sights) with 6" barrel has been to the range with me about a half dozen times now and I'm really get'n comfortable with this gun.  I'm no hotshot pistolero by any stretch of the imagination but that gun belongs in my hand and soon I expect to settle down on a bullet/powder combination and stick with it.  There are about three or four in the running but I'm leaning towards the hotter loads.  The 250 gr. LSWC GC over 22 gr. of H110 is gonna be hard to beat. However, I'm partial to 300 gr. bullets and a custom LBT mold is a very real possibility.  Its really nice to see this unfolding for me, especially after I ponied up about $2300 for this item (no small purchase given my income).  In contrast my USFA 45 Colt and Ruger Vaguero are starting to look like traders with the possibility of acquiring yet another FA gun (that'd be my third).  Time will tell but the whole thing is really beginning to come together. 
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Re: Get'n really familiar with my FA '83
« Reply #1 on: March 25, 2007, 08:13:13 AM »
Nice.

I've been thinking of trading my '97 in for an '83. I really like the way they handle.

I shot a .454 last year and was very suprised at how tame it was. Recoil seemed to happen in two stages. First the gun came straight back, then it would rotate up. I watched another shooter and it was the same thing, back then up, almost in slow motion. No pain, no wrenched wrists, just hits on the target at 50 yards. A very impressive tool.

It is hard to shoot anything else after a F/A.

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