That's some nice iron you guys have shown!
I've three of them now, and I'm sure everyone here has seen them already, but, you asked!
I don't have a lot of posed pictures of my .44's, but I usually snap a picture after shooting a nice group, so here ya go:
My new model Flat Top Blackhawk. I bought this for a do-it-all, utility type handgun but as we'll see later, it wasn't to be. Unfettered, unpolished, and as issued she's crazy accurate and I plan to keep her til death do we part. The next time I draw a NM bull elk tag, this will likely be my arm of choice:
The step-child, a black powder frame Uberti. She was the second .44 I bought to use for CAS. I polished the innards, lightened the hammer spring and had a machinist mill the rear sight groove out to 1/8". She too shoots very well, but I just don't have the soft spot for her that I do the others. All that said, she'll always be there for occassional CAS matches.
(Since this picture I've re-installed the original factory grips)
I love pretty guns, pretty cars, and pretty women, but I've always been a huge fan of what I refer to as "sleepers". That is something or someone whose abilities go WAY beyond what appears on the surface. Enter the .44 Special love of my life: a 4 3/4" Uberti made for Cabela's. I bought her as my first CAS gun because it was CHEAP. Originally she was a 44/40, and evidently had been shot LOTS. The insides were polished, the bolt had been modified and the first two notches of the hammer had been disabled. so I ordered a hammer and a .44 Special cylinder which I hand fitted.
Once up and running I had the rear sight groove opened to 1/8" and then regulated the sights for a 250 - 260 gr. SWC @ 950 to hit pretty much dead on @ 50 yds. It's been a love affair ever since. This little girl shoots all out of proportion to her looks. I swapped grips on her until last night when I finally came across a set of beefy, well used wood grips. If I'm outside on the place, this rig will be on my hip. Period. Enough talking. My do-it-all .44 Special:
Sunday evening I loaded 25 rounds and with this girl in hand, retired to the range back of the shop for a mental bowel movement. I don't normally shoot at 25 yds., and rarely shoot from the bench, but this was a new load and I wanted to run it over the chronograph and group it. 1.75". Again, she didn't let me down!
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