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These two TLA Improved #5 44 mags found their way to Oregon earlier this week. Left side loading gates, reverse rotation on the cylinders and unique base pin latches along with the #5 grip frame are features of these guns.
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Interesting that one of the TLA frames "plummed up" like some Rugers do! That and the stags make it a very interesting looking handgun. THANKS for posting these; don't get to see 'em very often.

Mike Armstrong
 
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Several of my TLA guns have either plum main frames, plum grip frames or like the stag gun, both. I recently read an article that said Bill Grover hired Ruger to cast his main frames and grip frames so the plum issue makes sense if this is true.
 

contender

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Dern you Robb,, I saw those pics & TRIED to not say anything. But now they are here,, and I can't help myself.
You are retired.
You need to save your money.
Raising orphans is expensive.
You need to let others adopt such creatures & suffer a bit!

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tom black

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Robb those are truly some beautiful sixguns. I've never seen a TLA gun but would like too. I am right handed an I think it would be difficult for me to hold the gun in my right hand and reload with the left. Or am I thinking backwards? Thanks for the awesome pictures.
Tom Black
 

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Never having loaded one, it seems to me keeping the gun in my shooting hand and performing all reloading with my offhand could be a little quicker to get back in action. Probably whatever you get used to. Not as fast as a DA revolver and a speed loader though. Only so fast you can go with a SA.
 

caryc

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coach said:
Never having loaded one, it seems to me keeping the gun in my shooting hand and performing all reloading with my offhand could be a little quicker to get back in action. Probably whatever you get used to. Not as fast as a DA revolver and a speed loader though. Only so fast you can go with a SA.

That works for me on all my Rugers. I'm left handed. I thought they made them all for left handers. :mrgreen:
 
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