Lawdawg45
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Just remember, looking purdy never won the fight!
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Blackhawk .357 - it ain't purdy, but it'll do
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tubeshooter
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I just picked up something like this recently. A NM Blackhawk in .357 with the short barrel, made in '73.
Mine has obviously seen use, but still seems very solid. Lots of character marks...
Congrats. I am pretty new to the whole single-action thing and I like mine very much!
Mine has obviously seen use, but still seems very solid. Lots of character marks...
Congrats. I am pretty new to the whole single-action thing and I like mine very much!
I wouldn't mind the finish as is, working guns are nice to have around. If I was to get it refinished, I'd probably send it to Turnbull for a nice charcoal blue and a color cased frame. but that's just me, I've been wanting a CCHed Blackhawk every since I seen Dave Clement's Jeff Quinn 44 Special
MCgunner
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Range report when available?
Nice. Mine's not rode as much. But, I use it for hunting, mostly, and range plinking. If you wanna hunt with it, in Texas, I think you'll find it'll kill anything a .41 will just as dead. Hogs? I've taken a few with the .357. I handload to about 760 ft lbs shooting a 165 cast SWC. I load a very accuraate 180 grain XTP to 1400 fps, about 785 ft lbs, but haven't killed anything with that one, yet. It's VERY accurate.
Nice. Mine's not rode as much.
But, I use it for hunting, mostly, and range plinking. If you wanna hunt with it, in Texas, I think you'll find it'll kill anything a .41 will just as dead. Hogs? I've taken a few with the .357. I handload to about 760 ft lbs shooting a 165 cast SWC. I load a very accuraate 180 grain XTP to 1400 fps, about 785 ft lbs, but haven't killed anything with that one, yet. It's VERY accurate.
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Quoheleth
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Over the weekend, I noticed my seller sent this gun via UPS *ground*. It's not illegal but it is against UPS policy. It should be here tomorrow. Talk about slow boat to China... While it was a lot cheaper than overnight ($15 vs ~$50), it apparently sat in the UPS of origin from Friday thru Monday - that's when I got the first tracking update info. Frustrating! So much for a range trip on my day off...
Hopefully it'll be here for the weekend. I've got a couple boxes of ammo rolled up for my GP100 - a nice stiff (but not obnoxious) 158gr SWC load, and a serious thumper with 180gr LRNFPs.
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Hopefully it'll be here for the weekend. I've got a couple boxes of ammo rolled up for my GP100 - a nice stiff (but not obnoxious) 158gr SWC load, and a serious thumper with 180gr LRNFPs.
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W.E.G.
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Did you REALLY think the seller was going to spend $65 to $100 to ship that pistol next day air?
example - chart to ship from east coast to Chicago
http://www.ups.com/content/us/en/resources/ship/packaging/guidelines/firearms.html
Seller WILL have to eat the loss if the package no-shows at destination, or is damaged in transit.
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example - chart to ship from east coast to Chicago
http://www.ups.com/content/us/en/resources/ship/packaging/guidelines/firearms.html
Seller WILL have to eat the loss if the package no-shows at destination, or is damaged in transit.
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Quoheleth
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Not really. He listed $25 as shipping price so I assumed it would be USPS' Priority Shipping. I have lost count of the number of guns my FFL has received that way, and I've gotten used to having the purchased gun in my mitts in 2-4 business days.
Oh, well.
Flip side of that coin, I bought a Colt DS earlier this year on GB. The "Buy it Now" deal included shipping. The high bid was $350; BIN was $375. Glad I did it that way, as she later emailed and said she had to cough up that $65 shipping. If I think of it that way, I got the Colt for $315!
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Oh, well.
Flip side of that coin, I bought a Colt DS earlier this year on GB. The "Buy it Now" deal included shipping. The high bid was $350; BIN was $375. Glad I did it that way, as she later emailed and said she had to cough up that $65 shipping. If I think of it that way, I got the Colt for $315!
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CraigC
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Uh, yeah! That or Priority Mail.
Seller doesn't 'have' to eat anything. He has your money and you have no pistol.
W.E.G.
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I see the seller claims to be an FFL-holder, so he could have made use of USPS for shipping a handgun.
I wonder whether the "overnight only" policy applies between UPS and FFL's.
I'm willing to bet that Walmart does not get their Mossberg 500's off an airplane, and I'm willing to bet that the shipments are properly declared at the time of pickup, and are properly insured. How that insurance is achieved for volume FFL shippers would be an interesting thing to know.
The last used pistol I bought off Gunbroker was shipped UPS ground from Kentucky to Virginia. Took about 3 weeks to reach my FFL guy, including an extended layover in New Jersey, just outside of NYC. I'll never understand that one.
CraigC
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Yep!
They don't. The overnight policy only applies to handguns.
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Nice buy on the 357 Blackhawk. It looks far better than I thought it would after reading the post.
I've owned a few of the 6 1/2" Blackhawk 357s and one 4 5/8" too. One thing they all had in common was excellent accuracy.
I now have a 1976 "Liberty" stainless Blackhawk , also in 357 and with the 6 1/2" barrel. That one has been fired just a few times so far.
I've owned a few of the 6 1/2" Blackhawk 357s and one 4 5/8" too. One thing they all had in common was excellent accuracy.
I now have a 1976 "Liberty" stainless Blackhawk , also in 357 and with the 6 1/2" barrel. That one has been fired just a few times so far.
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Quoheleth
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Quick overview of the gun after picking it up today:
The photos did not do it justice at all. The worst wear is at the muzzle and tip of the ejector rod housing, and the scuff on the trigger guard. There are some minor scuffs elsewhere; nothing serious. It appears that the gun was only factory-fired. Only one chamber on the cylinder has powder blast at its mouth. Cylinders are all clean of powder burns and the bore is clean and sharp - again, no residue. It could have been sonic cleaned but there is almost zero turn ring here, folks, so I have - mechanically speaking - what appears to be a brand new gun. This is all the more amazing because the SN is a high 33- range, making it a 1977 DOM. The grips are dirty, but a little Murphy oil soap or a wood cleaner will bring them right back to life.
The trigger pull is very heavy and the loading gate is very tight. . I wonder if it's old grease has "set up" a bit? Hope a little solvent and CLP slicks it up a bit.
I wish this gun could talk...I wonder where its been all its life?
The photos did not do it justice at all. The worst wear is at the muzzle and tip of the ejector rod housing, and the scuff on the trigger guard. There are some minor scuffs elsewhere; nothing serious. It appears that the gun was only factory-fired. Only one chamber on the cylinder has powder blast at its mouth. Cylinders are all clean of powder burns and the bore is clean and sharp - again, no residue. It could have been sonic cleaned but there is almost zero turn ring here, folks, so I have - mechanically speaking - what appears to be a brand new gun. This is all the more amazing because the SN is a high 33- range, making it a 1977 DOM. The grips are dirty, but a little Murphy oil soap or a wood cleaner will bring them right back to life.
The trigger pull is very heavy and the loading gate is very tight. . I wonder if it's old grease has "set up" a bit? Hope a little solvent and CLP slicks it up a bit.
I wish this gun could talk...I wonder where its been all its life?
ApacheCoTodd
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Looks about right to me... well, once those nasty grips are binned. I like the look of use in a gun.
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