I cheated on her...

[Barry the Bear]

That's right I have broken my vows towards the .44 magnum. My ruger redhawk,S.Blackhawk, and Smith 29 now have to deal with an intruder in their midst. I now am the proud owner of a .45 colt! Ruger Vaquero Special edition, the one with color hardening, also came with a .45 ACP cylinder, all for 429 plus tax. I dont know why it took me this long to own a .45 but here it is! (Excuse the crappy phone pics)

 

[Zaydok Allen]

Your .44's will forgive you. It's like bringing home a fat puppy. No one will get mad if it makes a mess of things for a little while, cuz a .45 Colt is just to darn lovable to hold a grudge against.

Congrats man. Nice blaster there.

 

[Barry the Bear]

Why thank you 460

 

[788Ham]

Congrats Bear, looks like you did good. I just dragged 2 old vintage Smiths' home over the weekend, an #14 and a #17, know that feeling well. Say, whats the butcher knife for, carving notches already? Enjoy, and like has been asked of me, range report needed.

 

[Barry the Bear]

Ham, I just added the knife in for flavor ,cant have the old west without a .45 colt and bowie knife! A range report is due soon Just need to buy some ammo. I have plenty for the ACP cylinder but I want to shoot the LC as well.

 

[788Ham]

Oh…. okay, just wondering.

 

[Barry the Bear]

Its a condor hudson bay knife, pretty decent knife

 

[bannockburn]

That's not cheating; more like a little added variety being the spice of life. Nice Vaquero, especially with the extra cylinder and at a great price. Enjoy.

 

[45 Dragoon]

HALL PASS !! !!!

Nice 45 Bear !!

 

[Barry the Bear]

Thanks guys seeing as how my vaquero was made in 2001 Ive been thinking about loading up some .45 ruger only loads.

 

[Arkansas Paul]

Thanks guys seeing as how my vaquero was made in 2001 Ive been thinking about loading up some .45 ruger only loads.

Oh yeah.
I've got a 7.5" Blackhawk. Most of the time I shoot standard pressure loads but every now and then I'll load up some wrist breakers just for fun.
One I've shot a lot of is 26 grains of H110 and a 250 grain XTP.
DISCLAIMER:
THE ABOVE LOAD IS WAY ABOVE SAMMI SPEC AND SHOULD NEVER BE USED IN ANY FIREARM OTHER THAN RUGER, FREEDOM ARMS OR T/C.
NEW MODEL VAQUEROS ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE RUGERS THAT CAN HANDLE THESE.
USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!!!

Okay, that's out of the way.
It's loads of fun. I had a set of rubber Pachmyer grips on mine and after one cylinder I was picking flakes of black rubber out of my palm.
It was accurate though. No clue as to velocity.

 

[Barry the Bear]

nnm

 

[harvester]

You did well, like the dual cylinder.

 

[Barry the Bear]

Thanks, I looking forward to taking her to the range if only I could get some time off work.

 

[tomrkba]

Shoot more and all will be well.

 

[MartinS]

Looks pretty good beside that bear gutter.

 

[MartinS]

Looks pretty good beside that bear gutter.

 

[Jaymo]

As long as the caliber starts with a 4, the .44s will forgive you.
I like the HBCK. Been thinking about getting one.
How do you like it?
Where'd you order it?

 

[heycods]

Gave up on 44s long time ago, straight 45 man now

 

[Barry the Bear]

As long as the caliber starts with a 4, the .44s will forgive you.
I like the HBCK. Been thinking about getting one.
How do you like it?
Where'd you order it?

found it at the bottom of a gun shelf after failing to find a new .44 magnum that i liked.

 

[Pentrite]

wow, thats nice. I have dies for 45 colt but no chamber to seat them in, yet...

 

[Barry the Bear]

wow, thats nice. I have dies for 45 colt but no chamber to seat them in, yet...

thanks .

 

[rclark]

Nice! Now your .44s have a big brother they can look up to . Let us know how it shoots!