11-05-2020, 07:21 AM | #16 |
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One of the things I really miss is the End of Trail SASS Cowboy Action championship that is held about 5 miles from my house, as the crow flies.
I don't compete. I just go to watch some of the shooting, but mainly to visit the factory showrooms set up by Colt, Uberti, Cimmaron, Ruger, etc.. You can handle and finger-bang all their product line in one place. Ruger even has their own little building set up there. Colt used to set up in a big tent, but they didn't show up last time I was there. Uberti and Cimmaron were right next to each other and there were some other custom makers like, Taylor's, showcasing their products that just made me drool uncontrollably. The hotties walking around in their corsets and bustles probably thought I was perving on them.
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11-05-2020, 09:41 AM | #17 |
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Oh heck, don't go cheap: http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8flAIYRdB8...Peacemaker.jpg
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11-05-2020, 11:03 AM | #18 |
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Pretty....fancy.....
But well out of my price range. THAT is not a shooter it is a safe queen. Not that I don't have some of those.... But damn. Too nice for a dickhead like me to have.
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11-05-2020, 11:20 AM | #19 |
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These are real high quality, tight tolerances and fit and finish
https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-jxzt...365508.jpg?c=2
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I am sniffing on an 1860 Army....open top in 38sp. From Cimarron. Good looking with the much larger grips..over an 1873 SAA.....and manufactured and proofed to use .38 S&W, or .38 special. Cheap to shoot. Easy to clean and the look of an all time favorite open top colt. My Winchester yellow boy is in .38 sp. So....
I had an 1860 Army years ago...Iiked the feel and the looks....but the loading and cleaning of that pistol caused me to sell it to one of the sargents in my platoon at Ft Carson. He had shot the smokewagon while we were on the pistol range....and was going to order one in...so he got mine. I did like the feel of that pistol and how it looked. I even had looked at some originals a gunshop down in the ville had for sale. I decided to buy a reproduction. $$$$$. |
12-13-2020, 09:29 AM | #22 |
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1860 conversion
https://www.cimarron-firearms.com/18...in-barrel.html 1872 opentop https://www.cimarron-firearms.com/op...-5-1-2-in.html Id get a .44 or .45.... lighter They make a 1873 with a 1860 grip also- Cimarron El Malo... Uberti and Taylor has one too |
12-13-2020, 03:44 PM | #23 |
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I will prob end up with an el malo and the 1872 open top. Its how I usually compromise. My will becomes somewhat...weakened....when I am looking at big boy toys. There is always room under a pillow for another broomstick. You guys know how it is.
I already have a number of revolvers and one rifle that will accept the .38 SP round. Adding another caliber while we are on the brink of civil war....and ammo is now like gold nuggets... well...I have lots of .38 Sp already...so...I am hesitant to add another caliber. |
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Damn, I need some .38 but I seldom play with them. I've even given two away (son, mother), still have two more. Older son has my 2" detective special with a pinned barrel in mint condition that I bought when everybody was still using .38's.
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12-13-2020, 05:41 PM | #25 |
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Single action revolvers are fun !
and Will kill commies even deader |
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For instance, for my Mom's snubby .357 Mag, I was able to load her up some 110 gr. XTP's to .38 Special +P levels. Not much recoil or muzzle flash on those for her, but not impotent rounds, either. |
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12-14-2020, 10:17 AM | #27 |
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My mother insists on keeping a piece handy, at her age and physical condition I don't think she has enough strength to even pull the trigger, but if it makes her feel good so be it.
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Try getting a female to take the time to learn a semi-auto pistol like the Beretta Bobcat with a tip up barrel. It is arthritis friendly, but it does require some practice to get used to sweeping the safety off. It is double action and can be carried cocked-and-locked, safety on or hammer down and safety off (but you run in to the heavier trigger pull). |
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12-14-2020, 04:17 PM | #29 |
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Shit !!!!
Even cowboy guns are sold out and back ordered. Fuck !! There goes my Christmas gift to myself. |
12-14-2020, 04:27 PM | #30 |
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