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Just picked up this old 1978 SBH. It's got a mint bore but a few decades of Alaska trail holster wear. I'm looking for inspiration from other SBH's out there.
I love Ruger single actions. I don't own a SBH, but it's the .44 I would own for serious outdoor stuff, sorta what the previous owner seems to have had in mind for that one. Rode hard and put up wet, but you cannot kill a Ruger thumb buster!
This is cruel & unusual. I have a brand new SBH, stainless 7.5 inch sitting on layway on the back shelf at a gun shop just up the road from my house. All it's waiting for is my upcoming bonus check....
I like this one, practical carry gun afield. Nice to look at, too! I got a 4 5/8" .45 because I wanted something practical I could carry hiking afield. It's still a little heavy, but it's not bulky like the long barreled stuff.
I also like the round trigger guard. I've never been fond of that old square trigger guard. The ones I've fired made my third finger a little sore. That Bisley grip might help with that, also.
BTW, I think you might have gotten doggy doo on your big toe.
I don't have any pics on this computer, but I have had several 7.5" SBH. These are the easiest guns I know of to make grips for, if you are interested in doing some yourself. I have done two sets, one oak, and one hickory. The only critical points on the grips are the right angle on top and the locating roll pin on the bottom. I used a jigsaw and a dremel. The first ones took me about 5 hrs including the finish work, although a day and a half with all the drying time. You can buy materials easily by buying hardwood baseboard by the foot at the local lumberyard, or hardwood backsplash by the foot at the same place. 3-4 dollars for the material. Buy an axle nut at a hardware store for the through bolt. Finish of choice. Cut out the rough shape with a jigsaw, then use a dremel to take away what doesn't belong. Have fun. And very much enjoyed the pics.
I really like the mild buck and rolling recoil of the long barreled SBH's. They are by far the least painful big bore revolvers to shoot with magnum loads. I can fire mine in bullseye stance with the most potent .44's and not have to worry about breaking my wrist. The 7 1/2 barrel is IMHO the ideal length for hot .44 Mag loads.
With double action big bores like the Super Redhawk, I usually enjoy shooting downloaded magnums or standard loads more than the big boomers. .44 Specials or .45 Colts will feel much better and offer more control than maxed out magnums in either the Redhawk or SRH revolvers. But I'm finding with the SBH it really prefers the big boomers. Accuracy is far better with .44 Mag than with specials, which tend to hit high and scatter. Plus, they don't recoil enough to make the revolver roll back all the way to the thumb for cocking. The redhawk *can* fire maxed out .44 mags, but the heavy, long barreled SBH with its classic grips was *DESIGNED* to work with them.
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