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Offline crash corrigan

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Re: first single action gun ???
« Reply #30 on: July 07, 2009, 12:09:40 PM »
I have a Ruger OMBH in 4 5/8 bbl in blue with a brass frame.   I got it offa auction arms for less than $300 including shipping. 

I did a cheapo trigger job {unhooked one of the springs} and it is a fine shooter. Packs well and can be loaded up or down with trailboss powder to suit me.

There is a NMBH with the small frame in .44 Special that one of the major gun dealers is selling. Ipseys?   That would be a fine addition to any collection of Rugers.  Lipsey's?
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Re: first single action gun ???
« Reply #31 on: July 24, 2009, 02:55:08 AM »
First off, you should ask your son just what he has in mind when he said he wanted a "Cowboy" gun.  To most people, that is simply a Single Action revolver.

When I think of a "Cowboy" gun, I see in my mind Roy and Hoppy, Mat Dillon and Doc Hollidy and the guns they carried.

Rugers are the workhorse of single action revolvers, built like a tank and will give years of service, but I never ever seen Doc cary a revolver with adjustable sights, or Gean or Roy, either.

When I think of a "Cowboy" gun, it's a Single Action revolver with fixed sights in 45 colt caliber. That's the picture I see in my mind and you should get it from your son just  exactly what he's thinking of before buying one.

The Ruger Blackhawk is a great cary and hunting gun, but it ain't no "Cowboy" gun with them big sights setting up there in the way and spoling the clean lines of a great SA. ;D ;D ;D


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Re: first single action gun ???
« Reply #32 on: July 24, 2009, 05:23:29 PM »
he dont notice the sights

but  you  are  right  about  a true ''cowboygun''

the  4.5  in  new in  box  got here yesterday

it   is  what  he  wanted

compareing it to  the 6 invh one

we have not shot it  yet

they had  2....should have got  both
the  other is  gone now
$505  after  taxes
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Re: first single action gun ???
« Reply #33 on: July 26, 2009, 04:07:40 AM »
I'd opted for a .45 Colt over the very loud .357 magnums any day. Plus the added benifit of a larger bullet diameter, to boot. Just something about the report of the .357s that hurt my ears, for a long time after shooting them.
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Re: first single action gun ???
« Reply #34 on: July 26, 2009, 01:39:42 PM »
357 
he  won't be  using  up  MY  lead  as  fast

i  bet  he shoots  38s  mostly
as that is what  his  carry gun  is
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Re: first single action gun ???
« Reply #35 on: July 27, 2009, 10:23:56 AM »
Quote from: S.B. on July 26, 2009, 04:07:40 AM
I'd opted for a .45 Colt over the very loud .357 magnums any day. Plus the added benifit of a larger bullet diameter, to boot. Just something about the report of the .357s that hurt my ears, for a long time after shooting them.
Steve

    The report of tiny bullets is always pretty sharp; .223's and .357 are about the worst, IMHO. (I left out the .30 carbine because there are so few around that they're irrelevant)
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Re: first single action gun ???
« Reply #36 on: July 27, 2009, 12:57:06 PM »
my two cents...the 45 LC NMBH with 4 5/8" barrel is the lightest of the Blackhawks due to the amount of steel removed from the cylinder and bore to make it a 45 Colt...makes for a good packin SA....mine has bisley grip frame, hammer,and trigger
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Re: first single action gun ???
« Reply #37 on: July 27, 2009, 01:10:42 PM »
....not to mention the aluminum gripframe and ejector rod housing.
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Re: first single action gun ???
« Reply #38 on: July 27, 2009, 04:44:04 PM »
Travis, good point. I never did like aluminum in handguns.
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Re: first single action gun ???
« Reply #39 on: July 28, 2009, 12:06:44 AM »
My Blackhawk has it, and it feels and looks trashy.
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Re: first single action gun ???
« Reply #40 on: July 28, 2009, 07:12:31 AM »
Quote from: Travis Morgan on July 28, 2009, 12:06:44 AM
My Blackhawk has it, and it feels and looks trashy.

While my super blackhawk has a steel grip frame it also has the cheapo ejector housing.
I heard that Ruger used the aluminum ejector housing to keep the recoil from stripping out the barrel stud screw with heavy recoiling guns and a heavier steel housing.
I don't really buy into that seeing as other companies use steel without any problems. ::)
More of a cost cutter for Ruger  IMO
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