I been wanting one of these for quite a while. it's the old frame vaquero (blackhawk frame) in .45 long colt. this rig falls into the "plus pressure load safe" catagory that many reloading manuals refer to.
if I handload for it with modern powders I can get that big slug haulin along at a good clip.
Dave, any idea as to when Ruger switched over to the lighter frame for the vaquero?
griz, I think they changed in 04, i believe 03 was the last year of the "big frame"
the slimmed frame are easy to identify, instead of just saying "vaquero" on the left side of the frame below the cylinder it says "new vaquero"
