James
.30 Stingray
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Post by James on Nov 30, 2015 17:26:33 GMT -5
that was excellent.....
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Post by bradshaw on Dec 1, 2017 8:59:22 GMT -5
wildcatter.... photos #12 & 13 from top show a man in sitting position with Ruger New Model Blackhawk .45 Colt. Is this the model with which you shot steel? Can you tell me whether these revolvers were available in both 6-1/2 and 7-1/2-inch?
Do you recognize the mustached shooter, sitting with his Blackhawk .45 at the Otter Creek club in Vermont? Name? He’s a cast bullet silhouetter from Massachusetts. To be sure, a deliberate shooter. Vermont silhouetter Alan Nadeau ventured the .45 Colt shooter may be Phil Quaglino; I don’t think so.
Do you remember your cast .45 Colt load?
Thanks for the input and kind words,
David Bradshaw
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Post by bradshaw on Oct 21, 2019 20:50:07 GMT -5
KRal.... in answer to your “OM Super Blackhawk make over” in the Gallery section, and based upon your photos of a beautiful old brass grip frame revolver, I would keep as stock as mine shown in pix #8 & 9 of the present article. An old Ruger with plain walnut scales lacking the upper thickness of the handles you fashioned for yours. If the thing shoots like mine, which was capable of inch to 1.5-inch groups @ 50 meters with my ram load of Hornady 265 Flat Point over 23.2/H110, Winchester brass, CCI 350.
Nor would I attack the beautiful Ruger polish & blue. Remember, at the time Bill Ruger put his Super Blackhawk up against beautifully made S&W M-29’s. I certainly wouldn’t have the frame case hardened. Case hardening imparts great wear resistance to soft steel. Not sure what the process does to 4140; can’t imagine it makes a Ruger frame stronger.
David Bradshaw
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