Recent content by High Desert Hunter

I wouldn't hesitate to use my 300 Win Mag on anything North America has to offer, I have a nice grizzly bear rug courtesy of my 300. My buddy shot a bear on the same hunt with his 338 and 250gr bullets, didn't kill his slightly smaller bear any quicker than the one I shot with 200gr bullet...

I can shoot circle around my DA revolvers with my SA revolvers, I have a 5 1/2" Ruger Bisley Blackhawk in 45 Colt that will shoot 6 shots into one ragged hole at 25 yards, and have rung the steel target at 245 yards at my local range with 3 out of 5 shots. I will not argue that for SD or CCW a...

Here in New Mexico, where open carry is still legal, I have a tendency to carry a single action Ruger, either a 357 Flattop, or a Nm Blackhawk in 45 Colt. For CCW I carry a 1911, simply because it conceals better in the IWB holster, and next to my fat body it is more comfortable. I do feel (and...

Taller front sight, will bring the point of impact up.

I seriously doubt that there is anything in North America that wouldn't fall to a well placed 285gr cast bullet at 900-1100fps from my M25-13, at 1000fps that bullet will penetrate 24" of wet news print. I don't load mine to anymore than a 45 ACP+P, and I am sure it will stand up to them for a...

Well I must say that in over 5000 rounds of 45 Colt in DA revolvers, many loaded to 454 levels (in my Ruger 454), I have never had the extractor slip over the rim. Most of my 45 Colt loads are assembled in Starline brass, but I do have some mixed brass as well. Of course I have never had a...

I love the 44 Magnum, only caliber I like better is the 45 Colt, next would be a 45 ACP, and 357 Magnum, then comes the .32H&R and 32-20.

My Model 25-13 is one of 2 carry pieces, and anymore it gets the bulk of the duty. The Mtn Gun is lighter than my 5 1/2" Bisley Blackhawk by a good bit, and the 285gr RCBS 270-SAA bullets at 8-900 fps will ruin the day of most any creature I am liable to run into in New Mexico, be it two legged...

I have 3 45 Colts, they are a great defensive round, and have proven to be an excellent hunting round as well, I carried mine everywhere when I lived in Alaska.

The only S&W I own, a M25-13, has the lock, but I won't be looking to get rid of it, it is scary accurate, and carries like a dream, in a high ride pancake. Do I like the lock? NO, but since it has it, I guess I am stuck with it, and unless they eliminate lawsuits, I don't see them going...

I am not sure that there is an after market bisley gripframe for the New Vaquero.

I like the idea of a Walker Colt Commemorative, he was a great President to serve under, as were Reagan and Bush Sr. I would like to see the Presidential Seal on one side, and the U.S. Seal on the other, signature on the backstrap ala the RR commemorative from USFA, and 43 President of the...

You might also try putting your pinky finger under the bottom of the grip, unless you are shooting from a bench, that could be painful.

While I know it wouldn't be my choice to kill anything much larger than an antelope, I did watch my Grandad kill a raghorn bull elk with an old model Blackhawk and a 158gr JSP on the last day of elk season coming home from town. One shot maybe 40 yards, bull was down in about another 40 and...

USAF Feb 1986 to Dec 2006, flightline avionics F-4, F-16, and F-117 aircraft, from the Middle East to the Arctic.