First Single Action
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- Old Savage
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First Single Action
My son just bought his first single action.
Re: First Single Action
Nothing like starting near the top...
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Re: First Single Action
Nice one
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Sometimes I wonder if it is worthwhile gnawing through the leather straps to get up in the morning..................
Re: First Single Action
YES!!! Start with the best! As my friend John Taffin says, "CHEAP IS TOO EXPENSIVE!"
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- Old Savage
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Re: First Single Action
Yes, we were talking on the phone Cal to Tenn and I had told him about the 1873 Win at the shop. Then I decided it was too much of historical detail appreciators gun but told him this was there - described it as the finest single action ever made. He looked it up on the web site as we were talking and said go get it. So I went to take the pics and make the arrangements.
Streetstar - think you may have inadvertently described the best loads for it 454 CASUAL.
Streetstar - think you may have inadvertently described the best loads for it 454 CASUAL.
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Re: First Single Action
I believe Dick Casull told me his load is 31.5 grains of H110 with a Rem 7 1/2 primer over a 300 grain bullet. Is that casual enough for you?
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Re: First Single Action
Wow! I started with a Ruger Single Six in 1966. My how times have changed. Great SA!
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Re: First Single Action
I hope he got the original grips too. They are hand fitted to the grip frame from what I've read.
Why do people put those horrid rubber baby buggy bumpers on single actions? Uggly to max.
Nice revolver, actually an excellent revolver. Good choice.
Joe
Why do people put those horrid rubber baby buggy bumpers on single actions? Uggly to max.
Nice revolver, actually an excellent revolver. Good choice.
Joe
***Be sneaky, get closer, bust the cap on him when you can put the ball where it counts .***
Re: First Single Action
My first single action was a ruger super blackhawk with 7 1/2 inch barrel in .44, back in 79. your son has done well and that revolver will serve him a lifetime.
Mike Johnson,
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Re: First Single Action
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Re: First Single Action
Not only UGLY but uncomfortable, to boot. Like having a high-power dirt bike take off from the palm of your hand with every shot.J Miller wrote:I hope he got the original grips too. They are hand fitted to the grip frame from what I've read.
Why do people put those horrid rubber baby buggy bumpers on single actions? Uggly to max.
Joe
Regards
Buck
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Re: First Single Action
Well, one thing for sure........ After getting used to the ultra tight lockup and rifle shooting capabilities of his FA, he will look at SA Rugers, Colts and Smiths like they were junk. More for us ---------------------Sixgun
Re: First Single Action
Because that WAS the original set of grips. The field grade guns had Pachmayrs as standard for years. It was extra to order the wine colored Paccawood grips for the field grade, although they came standard on the Premier.J Miller wrote:I hope he got the original grips too. They are hand fitted to the grip frame from what I've read.
Why do people put those horrid rubber baby buggy bumpers on single actions? Uggly to max.
Joe
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Re: First Single Action
Yup.Kansas Ed wrote:Because that WAS the original set of grips. The field grade guns had Pachmayrs as standard for years. It was extra to order the wine colored Paccawood grips for the field grade, although they came standard on the Premier.J Miller wrote:I hope he got the original grips too. They are hand fitted to the grip frame from what I've read.
Why do people put those horrid rubber baby buggy bumpers on single actions? Uggly to max.
Joe
Ed
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Buck
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Re: First Single Action
Boom! Nice one no matter first, middle, or last!
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Re: First Single Action
Congrats to yer son... but I have to concur with Sixgun!
Sixgun wrote:Well, one thing for sure........ After getting used to the ultra tight lockup and rifle shooting capabilities of his FA, he will look at SA Rugers, Colts and Smiths like they were junk. More for us ---------------------Sixgun
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Re: First Single Action
WOW!!
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Re: First Single Action
WAY !!!
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Re: First Single Action
Excellent choice.
I love my FA.....and my Colts. Different animals from the same mother.
I love my FA.....and my Colts. Different animals from the same mother.
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Re: First Single Action
Exactly the gun I got as my first centerfire handgun, except it was the 1976-1776 "200th year" model - I promptly ruined it's "collector value" by getting a gold bead sweated on in place of the front sight, and put my own hand-filed rear notch in it. Still glad I did (I hate "Patridge" sights, and I don't have much use for 'safe Queen' guns anyway).rjohns94 wrote:My first single action was a ruger super blackhawk with 7 1/2 inch barrel in .44, back in 79. your son has done well and that revolver will serve him a lifetime.
I had just blistered my hands badly with concrete and had bandages on both hands, so I had to have a friend 'deflower' it by firing it for the first time for me.
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Re: First Single Action
Price and caliber! Geez-Louise, hopefully he's ready for the big stuff!Hobie wrote:Nothing like starting near the top...
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The factory put those horrid grips on that fine pistol?!?!?!?Kansas Ed wrote:Because that WAS the original set of grips. The field grade guns had Pachmayrs as standard for years. It was extra to order the wine colored Paccawood grips for the field grade, although they came standard on the Premier.J Miller wrote:I hope he got the original grips too. They are hand fitted to the grip frame from what I've read.
Why do people put those horrid rubber baby buggy bumpers on single actions? Uggly to max.
Joe
Ed
Go figure ...
Joe
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Re: First Single Action
It is a field grade and already in his hands. That ain't the way it would be in Calif. He likes it and likes the grips.
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Re: First Single Action
"The factory put those horrid grips on that fine pistol?!?!?!?
Go figure ...
Joe"
Yeah, they did... "Responding to customer requests," they said.
Dick Casull hated 'em, 'cause they don't allow the grip to roll in the hand like it should -- and after he had spent more than $30,000 perfecting the grip-frame profiles...
Go figure ...
Joe"
Yeah, they did... "Responding to customer requests," they said.
Dick Casull hated 'em, 'cause they don't allow the grip to roll in the hand like it should -- and after he had spent more than $30,000 perfecting the grip-frame profiles...
Regards
Buck
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Re: First Single Action
Well Bob called with his first shooting report on his 454 Casull - said it wasn't bad at all after the first round not knowing what to expect and hearing the stories. He is excited. But on a trip to Canada so won't get to shoot it for a week.