I am a right handed, left eye dominant, shooter. Handguns I shoot on the right side, rifles and shotguns on the left. Last week I picked up my new PC Carbine and a new Glock 26 Gen 5 w/Ameriglo sights. I ordered a bunch of Glock magazines to go with ones I had leftover from a Gen 4 Glock I sold...
I use a Nikon VSD (Variable Size Dot) scope. It has 11 different brightness levels and multiple dot sizes, from 1 MOA on up. You can adjust it to work during the darkest night or brightest sunny day. It is bigger than something like a Bushnell TRS-25. But it rides atop my 22/45 Lite just fine.
Thanks Chet15,
I figured Ruger was building from left over parts. When the gun arrived I noticed the serial number prefix was different from the two previous Blackhawks I've owned. The SS 7.5" version was exactly the configuration I was looking for, the change up in serial numbering is just a...
Thanks! I made it to the indoor range in Boise yesterday. Shot five different factory loads. It was fun :) The windage was right on, vertical varied from 185g, hit 7" low, to 360 grain, which hit about 3" high. Time to learn how to reload. I think a 300-325 grain hardcast @1000-1100 fps will be...
The iphone 6+ has a number of camera programs, including a 240 frames per second Slo-Mo function. Here are five video clips plus some stills captured from the videos. The gun is my new SS .45 Colt Blackhawk w/7.5" barrel. The five types of factory ammo in order are:
Bitteroot Valley 250 grain...
My new Stainless Steel .45 Blackhawk arrived earlier this week. 2014 production with a .357 Blackhawk frame code 38-44xxx. A couple of pics :)
As shipped...
Replacement grips from Ruger, thinner at the bottom than the Rosewood grips.
Today I ordered a nib stainless steel Blackhawk 7.5" barrel, model #0460, from one of the big online shops. I can't find any info on the Ruger website for this revolver. Might this be a nos gun, and if so, any time frame info? Thank you.