Are 44 Revolvers Dying?
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.44 special & .44 magnum are alive and well here.
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Just sanded some Hogue micarta to fit my old 3 screw. Still need cosmetic work on couple edges.
Extra material.is better than not enough!
Wider than factory grips, of which i am used to. Dunno if ill like that. Orig grips shrank bad. So got new Ruger black lam and fitted them. Contouring overall was horrible and i worked them to be tolerable in recoil ( radius was dang near non existent...sharp transitions chewed w 240grainers ). Still looked like crap, hence going to the Hogues.
Minor.600.grit on top.edges got em to fit. Unfortunately the factory grip screw wont work.
Its a 6-40 and it appears the Hogues may take a 5-40.
Of which I dont have. Figure out whats what and then.ordrr 2 screws ( in case I lose one later ).
The old gal may be sent to Bowen to chop down to 6". Didnt see a reblue code on his order form/ catalog. Will call.em.mid week.
Extra material.is better than not enough!
Wider than factory grips, of which i am used to. Dunno if ill like that. Orig grips shrank bad. So got new Ruger black lam and fitted them. Contouring overall was horrible and i worked them to be tolerable in recoil ( radius was dang near non existent...sharp transitions chewed w 240grainers ). Still looked like crap, hence going to the Hogues.
Minor.600.grit on top.edges got em to fit. Unfortunately the factory grip screw wont work.
Its a 6-40 and it appears the Hogues may take a 5-40.
Of which I dont have. Figure out whats what and then.ordrr 2 screws ( in case I lose one later ).
The old gal may be sent to Bowen to chop down to 6". Didnt see a reblue code on his order form/ catalog. Will call.em.mid week.
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Click bait article to sell adds. And you cant dig up enough bucks to get me to shoot a bear with a 5.57 or 9mm self loader.
Looks like a chop to 6" and a reblue is gonna cost about a K.
Inherited, had to replace a couple parts, so not much in it.
I could leave it as is, put orig type squished eagle grips on it and toss in the back safe.
Buy a new model and be money ahead LOL
Inherited, had to replace a couple parts, so not much in it.
I could leave it as is, put orig type squished eagle grips on it and toss in the back safe.
Buy a new model and be money ahead LOL
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Its barrel chop and reblue (the whole gun).
BTW, I tossed the black lam Ruger grips in the trash.
Got em on sale for 30 bucks, maker cleaned up around the grip screw too much so had a bit of a dip, to even that out would mean thinning whole grip.
Spent a little today and got em better but said to heck with it.
It now wears an old SR squished eagle walnut factory grip. used but way better than the originals that were beat up and shrunk a bunch.
So.............factory orig era walnuts, or the Hogue micarta. All she's gonna wear.
I just gotta clean up the points on the micarta to match the bottom of grip frame and get a screw and I'm done messing with it.
So with grips and parts (some ordered were not as advertised) I'm under $300 in restoring the beast.
Total reblue, shorten bbl...........maybe add another K.
Not unreasonable considering the junk thats coming out of Ruger nowadays.
May just grease her up as is and put in back of the safe.
Had a minty 3 screw SBH that was like black chrome in bluing. Gorgeous gun.
It shot like crap.
Away it went.
I know this beater shoots good.
BTW, I tossed the black lam Ruger grips in the trash.
Got em on sale for 30 bucks, maker cleaned up around the grip screw too much so had a bit of a dip, to even that out would mean thinning whole grip.
Spent a little today and got em better but said to heck with it.
It now wears an old SR squished eagle walnut factory grip. used but way better than the originals that were beat up and shrunk a bunch.
So.............factory orig era walnuts, or the Hogue micarta. All she's gonna wear.
I just gotta clean up the points on the micarta to match the bottom of grip frame and get a screw and I'm done messing with it.
So with grips and parts (some ordered were not as advertised) I'm under $300 in restoring the beast.
Total reblue, shorten bbl...........maybe add another K.
Not unreasonable considering the junk thats coming out of Ruger nowadays.
May just grease her up as is and put in back of the safe.
Had a minty 3 screw SBH that was like black chrome in bluing. Gorgeous gun.
It shot like crap.
Away it went.
I know this beater shoots good.
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That Rossi looks like very nicely finished revolver! What is overall quality, how well parts are manufactured and fitted?
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Thanks for your comments! I can find no faults with that Rossi. Seems to be well made, everything fits up and locks tight as it should. Trigger pull feels just like the S&W K & N frame revolvers I have. Much better trigger than a S&W J-frame.
Front sight blade is plastic. Original grips that came with these are rubber.
Front sight blade is plastic. Original grips that came with these are rubber.
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In a literary sense Mike is a washed up has been who unfortunately did not retire gracefully.
Look at his articles in different magazines in the last 20 years and tell me how many articles are re runs...... unoriginal (gasp)
He is barely hanging onto a reader base and unfortunately can't grasp that the majority of gun owners in the USA do not have interest in esoteric calibers such as he prefers.
To say any one particular cartridge is dying or already dead is a farce.
Look at his articles in different magazines in the last 20 years and tell me how many articles are re runs...... unoriginal (gasp)
He is barely hanging onto a reader base and unfortunately can't grasp that the majority of gun owners in the USA do not have interest in esoteric calibers such as he prefers.
To say any one particular cartridge is dying or already dead is a farce.
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