Rocketmedic
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So I'm thinking of scratching an itch with a SA revolver. I am considering a Heritage Rough Rider for plinking or an NAA minimag as a carry piece if I feel frisky. What are your thoughts?
One's low end and one, while quality, is too tiny for my mits. I love a nice SA revolver, but the ones you listed are ones I'd personally pass on.So I'm thinking of scratching an itch with a SA revolver. I am considering a Heritage Rough Rider for plinking or an NAA minimag as a carry piece if I feel frisky. What are your thoughts?
This would be a plinker. 22 is cheap and fun, so it'll probably be a 22.
The .45colt is probably the easiest caliber to learn to reload. It is my favorite to reload for.This is why I shouldn't visit these boards
I had just talked myself out of a reasonably priced Uberti Cattleman at the local gun shop. Plain Jane, nothin' fancy, 4 7/8" .45 colt with a flat finish. A working gun.
She sure seems eager to come home with me. Promising miles on my hip walking in the woods. I protest that I don't need to get into another caliber. I don't reload. However I just keep looking at those deep cavernous chambers and the big ol' brass casings hugging those old school fat lead boolits.
In a world of fast and loud and high capacity, there is something about the sensual lines of the 1873 that tosses softball 200+ grainers that appeals to me. This would be a "fun" gun, but .45 colt even at Cowboy Loads has turned many a head into a pumpkin canoe when the need arises.
Might need to go pick her up today.
Truth is, by a man that KNOWS HOW TO USE ONE, a good single gives absolutely nothing to any modern handgun.
That's obviously an absurd statement.
If someone thinks a old single action isn't useful for self defense, then they haven't been to a SASS or CAS match. Them pards can shoot there singles damn near fast as any average man with a Glock, and reload so fast you'd think they'd drawn another piece.
Truth is, by a man that KNOWS HOW TO USE ONE, a good single gives absolutely nothing to any modern handgun. They are an experts gun, a shootist's gun. Those that balk at them are simply incompetent in there use.
The fact that competitors can shoot a SA quickly is irrelevant. Give Joe Average a SA and a semi-auto, I think you'll find the results are not even remotely close. Most shooters are not competitors or experts with any gun. A DA revolver or pistol in their hands will always be a significantly better self defense choice.If someone thinks a old single action isn't useful for self defense, then they haven't been to a SASS or CAS match. Them pards can shoot there singles damn near fast as any average man with a Glock, and reload so fast you'd think they'd drawn another piece.
Truth is, by a man that KNOWS HOW TO USE ONE, a good single gives absolutely nothing to any modern handgun. They are an experts gun, a shootist's gun. Those that balk at them are simply incompetent in there use.
Many high profile members here, such as Bob Wright, carry singles. I dare any of you to question him. These folks know how to run a single. A more reliable or accurate pistol is hard to come by. They are stone age simple, and oft come chamber in such manstoppers as the .357 Smith's & Wesson's Magnum and Colt's 45 Long.