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Post by Ronv69 on Aug 5, 2019 23:40:15 GMT -5
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Post by Ronv69 on Aug 5, 2019 23:42:39 GMT -5
Going to pick up a Ruger Wrangler tomorrow. Single action in .22. They are getting good reviews. If I didn't already have the Heritage with both cylinders I would probably be looking too. It was $169 and I have already gotten my money's worth out of it. |
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Post by trailboss on Aug 6, 2019 0:28:46 GMT -5
I posted a response before I read where the thread went. If you read the papers of the founding fathers, you can understand why in that period of history, they were content with the citizenry having firearms equal to the government...they had been there, done that, and had the shirts to prove it. If I was relegated to carrying a flintlock in 2008, my head would have been squashed like a grape, after the first shot I got off. |
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Post by Legend Lover on Aug 6, 2019 3:01:54 GMT -5
From an official stance, I would like to thank you all for self-moderating during the night while I sleep.
No doubt this thread topic, coupled with recent events has the potential to veer towards the line, but you all showed restraint and respect for the forum rules and steered the thread back on course.
Thank you.
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Post by instymp on Aug 6, 2019 16:54:51 GMT -5
Going to pick up a Ruger Wrangler tomorrow. Single action in .22. If I had a place close by to shoot or still hunted, I would too. Lotsa fun at a great price. Had a ruger 22 SA many many moons ago & loved it. |
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Post by simnettpratt on Aug 6, 2019 17:26:09 GMT -5
Here's one I've always had the hots for: a 4" fixed sight blued Model 57 in .41 Magnum. Mmmm. That's what a revolver looks like. Now I've never shot anything hotter than a 158gr .357, so I might change my mind after a range visit, but it's a heart love, not a logical love. I could actually use it though, as my backup if my bro and I ever go hunt Texas piggies. $28 bucks for 50 rounds of Remington HTP 210gr SP, but I could live with that.  PS If you don't know of the site already, check out ammoseek.com You can search for any pistol, rifle, shotgun or rimfire round and they will find dozens of online sellers listed by price per round. You're out of .400 Pondoro or need a box of 5.75mm Velo Dog? Go to ammoseek.com, and they'll hook you up. |
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Post by instymp on Aug 6, 2019 18:17:12 GMT -5
I din't think the 41 felt recoil was too much different than my M&P 19 357.
Definitely softer than 44 mag.
BTW.. that is beautiful.
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Post by pepesdad1 on Aug 6, 2019 18:29:56 GMT -5
I din't think the 41 felt recoil was too much different than my M&P 19 357. Definitely softer than 44 mag. BTW.. that is beautiful. Yes, it is!!! |
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Post by simnettpratt on Aug 6, 2019 19:18:33 GMT -5
If you guys think that is beautiful, we're probably related somewhere back some. It's perfect. Big ol' N frame, but skinny in the right places. Yum. PS I've shot a 19, but with range bought reloads, and it was really soft - I imagine they were light loads. Nice to hear a .41 is comparable  Doesn't help me not want a 57 |
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Post by toshtego on Aug 6, 2019 21:04:27 GMT -5
Here's one I've always had the hots for: a 4" fixed sight blued Model 57 in .41 Magnum. Mmmm. That's what a revolver looks like. Now I've never shot anything hotter than a 158gr .357, so I might change my mind after a range visit, but it's a heart love, not a logical love. I could actually use it though, as my backup if my bro and I ever go hunt Texas piggies. $28 bucks for 50 rounds of Remington HTP 210gr SP, but I could live with that. PS If you don't know of the site already, check out ammoseek.com You can search for any pistol, rifle, shotgun or rimfire round and they will find dozens of online sellers listed by price per round. You're out of .400 Pondoro or need a box of 5.75mm Velo Dog? Go to ammoseek.com, and they'll hook you up. I have long admired the Model 57 ever since the SFPD adopted it around 1970 for the Patrol Bureau. The reasons for that were never really clear except someone thought the patrolmen needed something bigger and badder. Most everyone I knew complained about it as too heavy to carry as a duty piece and way too much overkill. One motor officer I ended up working for ignored the order and continued with his 6 inch Python. Anyway it is an under appreciated cartridge for anyone not carrying it eight or more hours each day. |
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Post by Ronv69 on Aug 6, 2019 21:12:04 GMT -5
Here's one I've always had the hots for: a 4" fixed sight blued Model 57 in .41 Magnum. Mmmm. That's what a revolver looks like. Now I've never shot anything hotter than a 158gr .357, so I might change my mind after a range visit, but it's a heart love, not a logical love. I could actually use it though, as my backup if my bro and I ever go hunt Texas piggies. $28 bucks for 50 rounds of Remington HTP 210gr SP, but I could live with that. PS If you don't know of the site already, check out ammoseek.com You can search for any pistol, rifle, shotgun or rimfire round and they will find dozens of online sellers listed by price per round. You're out of .400 Pondoro or need a box of 5.75mm Velo Dog? Go to ammoseek.com, and they'll hook you up. As I mentioned before, I shot one of these in the late 60's when they only had the real hot ammo. I wouldn't shoot it again on a bet. My 44 Mag Taurus snubbie is easier on the hands and ears. |
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Post by Ronv69 on Aug 6, 2019 21:15:28 GMT -5
Ammoseek is where I found 200 rounds of Hornady 450 bushmaster 250 grain for 96¢ a round. Great site.
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Post by simnettpratt on Aug 7, 2019 3:38:51 GMT -5
See? This is what book learnin' gets me. I need to shoot one for myself. I like Rugers and all, but Ruger would never make a .41 with such a skinny topstrap, or an exposed ejector rod. Rugers make high quality revolvers, I don't doubt that, but none of them are as sexy as that old Smith & Wesson I posted in the pic. This is what Ruger would do in a 41:  Stout, I'm guessing easier on the hands than the Smith, red insert on the front sight, functional and high quality, but it loses all the elegance of the Smith 57. And that's how I would describe Rugers: functional and high quality, but inelegant. I would exempt their single actions - here's the Blackhawk Bisley in 41, and I find it gorgeous, but nowhere near as beautiful as the Smith  |
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Post by Ronv69 on Aug 7, 2019 9:00:23 GMT -5
Yes, I agree that the Smiths are pretty guns. I think that the current 41 ammo is loaded down from what I was shooting back then. The made a lead bullet load at 1000 fps that was supposed to be nice to shoot, but we never found any. It has always been hard to find 41 ammo, especially before the Internet.
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Post by simnettpratt on Aug 7, 2019 9:30:28 GMT -5
I wouldn't say it's hard at all with the interwebs, ammoseek returned 418 hits for 41, and the first page was all American ammo too: Remington, lots from Hornady, and some smaller manufacturers like HSM, Choice Ammunition and such.
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Post by Ronv69 on Aug 7, 2019 12:25:31 GMT -5
I wouldn't say it's hard at all with the interwebs, ammoseek returned 418 hits for 41, and the first page was all American ammo too: Remington, lots from Hornady, and some smaller manufacturers like HSM, Choice Ammunition and such. Yes, ammoseek is a product of the internet. I doubt that I could find more than a couple of boxes within 20 miles of me. I notice this because I am always looking for 44 Special and it's next to the space on the shelf where the 41 would be. I should be reloading before Thanksgiving and then I will stop looking. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 7, 2019 12:50:31 GMT -5
I always had a hard time finding 41 magnum locally, too. Online is fine, but I rarely order much ammo there.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 7, 2019 12:55:57 GMT -5
I miss this King Cobra. Bought it for $400. Sold it to a friend a few years later for $900. He sold it a few years after for $1200. Now they go for about $1500-1600 in my neck of the woods. It's one I wish I had back.  |
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Post by Ronv69 on Aug 7, 2019 13:56:51 GMT -5
I miss this King Cobra. Bought it for $400. Sold it to a friend a few years later for $900. He sold it a few years after for $1200. Now they go for about $1500-1600 in my neck of the woods. It's one I wish I had back. Sweet. Every time I see a Snake gun, I kick myself for not buying the sweetest little 38 Special Colt Diamondback for $349. |
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Post by pepesdad1 on Aug 7, 2019 15:12:09 GMT -5
I miss this King Cobra. Bought it for $400. Sold it to a friend a few years later for $900. He sold it a few years after for $1200. Now they go for about $1500-1600 in my neck of the woods. It's one I wish I had back. Sweet. Every time I see a Snake gun, I kick myself for not buying the sweetest little 38 Special Colt Diamondback for $349. That^^^is a beauty!!! |
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Post by toshtego on Aug 7, 2019 17:04:34 GMT -5
A friend who owned a gun store in Taos had one of those .44 mag Colt's. Beautiful gun. His wife and assistant at the shop carried a finely polished nickle plated 1911 in .38 Super. That really suited her. Ivory grips, of course.
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Post by pepesdad1 on Aug 7, 2019 17:16:33 GMT -5
A friend who owned a gun store in Taos had one of those .44 mag Colt's. Beautiful gun. His wife and assistant at the shop carried a finely polished nickle plated 1911 in .38 Super. That really suited her. Ivory grips, of course.Yeah, when you own the shop...makes all nice things available. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 7, 2019 18:06:19 GMT -5
Anaconda was Colt's 44 magnum. Those have also become very expensive.
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Post by Ronv69 on Aug 7, 2019 19:28:59 GMT -5
A friend who owned a gun store in Taos had one of those .44 mag Colt's. Beautiful gun. His wife and assistant at the shop carried a finely polished nickle plated 1911 in .38 Super. That really suited her. Ivory grips, of course. My first wife had a nickel plated 1911 with pearl grips. She got very pissed when I sold it and told her that I was leaving. |
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Post by Ronv69 on Aug 7, 2019 19:30:22 GMT -5
Anaconda was Colt's 44 magnum. Those have also become very expensive. Right! Refresh me on what the King Cobra was? |
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Post by username on Aug 7, 2019 20:05:22 GMT -5
King cobra is .357 Magnum if I remember
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Post by pepesdad1 on Aug 7, 2019 20:23:04 GMT -5
A friend who owned a gun store in Taos had one of those .44 mag Colt's. Beautiful gun. His wife and assistant at the shop carried a finely polished nickle plated 1911 in .38 Super. That really suited her. Ivory grips, of course. My first wife had a nickel plated 1911 with pearl grips. She got very pissed when I sold it and told her that I was leaving. OOFFF...a twofer...bet she was HOT! |
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Post by Ronv69 on Aug 7, 2019 20:40:57 GMT -5
My first wife had a nickel plated 1911 with pearl grips. She got very pissed when I sold it and told her that I was leaving. OOFFF...a twofer...bet she was HOT! She was hot, if you thought Charlie's Angels were hot. And she could cook. But, she was secretive, moody, and generally nuts. She was very angry about me selling the pistol, but I had bought it and never said that it was her gun, technically. I got rid of all the guns 2 Gold Cup 1911s, 2 1970 government models, a 45/70 H&R, a H&R 22lr revolver and a couple of others I don't remember. Her anger and general insanity were the reason. |
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Post by toshtego on Aug 7, 2019 20:50:05 GMT -5
Anaconda was Colt's 44 magnum. Those have also become very expensive. Your are right. I was confused. |
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Post by toshtego on Aug 8, 2019 8:23:52 GMT -5
OOFFF...a twofer...bet she was HOT! She was hot, if you thought Charlie's Angels were hot. And she could cook. But, she was secretive, moody, and generally nuts. She was very angry about me selling the pistol, but I had bought it and never said that it was her gun, technically. I got rid of all the guns 2 Gold Cup 1911s, 2 1970 government models, a 45/70 H&R, a H&R 22lr revolver and a couple of others I don't remember. Her anger and general insanity were the reason. A serious GF or wife with mental illness issues does not go well with guns. You did the right things as hard as it was. |
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Doesn't help me not want a 57 
