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Thank you sir.

Absolute easy no contest favorite is a Colt SAA 45 firing 260 gr cast lead bullets at 966 fps I cast and lubed with Sharpsguys homemade black powder lube over 40 grs FFFG Black powder, is it dirty? kinda, is it fun, accurate, shoots to the sights, doesn't lead the bore, and historically correct, hell yes times five!

Yeah, no kidding, that's a NICE bunch of revolvers.

SAA's for me.

Thanks guys. I tend to get carried away sometimes. I started out to just get the three standard magnums, 357, 41 and 44 and it somehow got out of hand. I did the same thing with Herters Powermags. I have always been interested in the 401 Powermag and a friend found one for me in his gun shop travels. A few days later a Powermag 44 showed up for a ridiculous low price. Couldn't pass it up. Then I had to have the 357 to round out the group. That one took a bit longer but I eventually found it. The Herters Powermags are very well made guns and strong, albeit a bit ungainly looking. The grip is a bit odd looking, kind of a plow handle on steroids. The Powermag grip frame handles heavy recoil as well as the Bisley, or at least it seems that way to me. When running the same loads side by side in Bisleys and Powermags, I have a tough time distinguishing any noticeable difference in felt recoil.

When the weather is cool. I try to go to the shooting range at least once a week. I carry a selection of hand guns. But there is at least on S&W 66 with me. Hasbeen

Here's a pic of my revolvers. All Ruger.


L to R:

44 Mag
22 Convertible
44 Mag
45 Convertible
357 Mag

All good looking revolvers. I'm especially fond of the old Ruger DA 357's. I don't currently have one but used to carry a 2.5 inch Speed Six religiously. Wish I'd never traded it off. It accounted for a fair number of rattlers with CCI shot shells. I really like the grips on the 45.

The grips on the 45 are black micarta from Hogue. I ordered them at Midway. The grips on the 22 are Hogue white micarta.

This one has been with me awhile. As you can see, it gets shot a lot without too many cleanings.
Bob



My old off-duty/backup .38 from the '80's. Lots of adventures with this one. I still carry it occasionally.


Current retired carry. Got this one when I went to narcotics in the '90's. Bought a ton of rock cocaine with it in my back pocket. It bailed me out of more than one rip over the years.


1st handgun. Colt Official Police from 1937. Rebuilt with a new barrel and cylinder by the LAPD Armory, then refinished at the Colt factory, when they still did that stuff. Shoots wadcutter .38s (which I have a ton of) quite well.

I can't decide between the model 15 or 65 Smiths

I like Colts, here are two of my favorites.
SAA in 45 ACP and a Diamondback in 38 Special.
Great revolvers in calibers cheap and fun to shoot.

Love that Colt.

Bob, if I remember correctly, you had a 97 out here last time. And it was very nice.

But I was really impressed with the USFA. That revolver was like what I imagine a Rolex must be.

Surprisingly an impulse buy from a friend I ran into at a local gun show.
Dan Wesson 4" 715.
Now I want a 6" barrel and shroud for it, though it may not shoot any better with the longer barrel.

My favorite(s) might be (SS of course)

Bisley "Hunter" 44 Mag
AND/OR
Bisley 44 SPL
IF I could find one or both reasonably priced,
AND local where I could handle them first.

Nice iconic Colts!

Do you have a Colt 1911 for the Colt Trifecta?

This is definitely in my top five:

I know you love those Ruger 44 Specials.

But why that gun over the Smith 69?

The one you wind up dancing with the most?

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Montana Jarhead, yup, got one of them too.