Post by tj3006 on Feb 9, 2024 21:36:55 GMT -5
I bought it dirt cheap a year or two back.
It is a NM Blackhawk 6.5-inch .357 mag. blue steel.
Has a Square guard SBH grip frame and SBH hammer. I plan on taking it out to the mountain this spring. It shoots really well. I put a Belt Mtn pin in it, replaced the rubber grips with a set of stock Ruger grips a wolf trigger return spring, Since I last shot it. And thinking I might get a steel ejector rod housing for it and call it good.
Looking at the Cylinder, and all that steel around the chambers, I think some pretty potent loads might find their way into them. I bought some 170 grain SWCs from Rim Rock. I bet you would need to use a pretty fast burning powder to bust that Cylinder.
I am thinking i will use .296 and maybe 2400.
I know it is not a freedom Arms and I won't try and make a 360 DW out of it. But It would be fun to hit 1300 with that 170 grain SWC. And from this heavy 6.5- inch revolver, easy to shoot too.
...tj
It is a NM Blackhawk 6.5-inch .357 mag. blue steel.
Has a Square guard SBH grip frame and SBH hammer. I plan on taking it out to the mountain this spring. It shoots really well. I put a Belt Mtn pin in it, replaced the rubber grips with a set of stock Ruger grips a wolf trigger return spring, Since I last shot it. And thinking I might get a steel ejector rod housing for it and call it good.
Looking at the Cylinder, and all that steel around the chambers, I think some pretty potent loads might find their way into them. I bought some 170 grain SWCs from Rim Rock. I bet you would need to use a pretty fast burning powder to bust that Cylinder.
I am thinking i will use .296 and maybe 2400.
I know it is not a freedom Arms and I won't try and make a 360 DW out of it. But It would be fun to hit 1300 with that 170 grain SWC. And from this heavy 6.5- inch revolver, easy to shoot too.
...tj
