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I have an assortment of parts leftover from a SS Ruger Blackhawk 6 1/2 inch 357 custom project. All parts are factory original and in very good to excellent condition. Original wood grips - oil finished Hammer Cylinder pin Ejector rod and spring Cylinder bolt Transfer bar Trigger spring Front...

I have a cousin in Ft Wayne Indiana that has a 357 Maximum Blackhawk he wants to sell. It is in excellent condition with the exception of having 1 hole drilled and tapped in the top strap for a Beuhler scope mount. It has a 7 1/2 inch barrel, Pachmayr grips and no evidence of gas cutting on...

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This is a NECG Ruger ghost ring rear sight and a Blitzkrieg Chevron Tritium front sight that will fit the Ruger 77/357 or 77/44 rifles. The NECG rear sight will mount on the rearmost scope ring position and have clearance for the bolt handle to operate. The front is a Chevron tritium sight by...

I have owned both a PC9 and a PC4. While they were fun to shoot and fairly accurate, I found them to be way too heavy. It seems that I have always owned a pistol caliber carbine of some kind and the one that I currently have and like the best is a Ruger 77/357. It is lightweight, accurate, and...

I spent a lot of years in manufacturing, mostly aerospace and automotive tooling. Even though the customers demanded that our work be held to very precise dimensions, the end product could vary in quality depending on production standards. Most companies went to statistical analysis to determine...

I did some more testing w/158gr FP-XTP. Using 19gr Lil Gun powder w/ CCI small rifle primer, and a moderate crimp. It produced 1917 fps with an extreme spread of 52 fps. There were no signs of excessive pressure. This load was very accurate, producing groups at 100yds of less than 2 inches...

Gramps - I did cronograph load #1 at - 1972 fps avg with an extreme spread of 87 fps. I did a substantial amount of research on this before I started this project. The freebore in the chamber allows loading to an overall length that is longer than the 357 Maximum which in a T/C can be loaded...

Today I did some shooting with my 77/357 using Lil-Gun powder. The temperature is 90+ degrees with high humidity so high pressure loads are more likely to show indicators of excessive pressure. Load 1 - 158gr XTP, Sig brass, Win SPM primer, 20gr Lil-Gun, 1.650 COL - No Excess Pressure Signs...

You are right about addiction being a huge problem in America. And addiction comes in many forms. The obvious like drugs and alcohol and also money, power, control, sex, food, vanity, gambling, and others. I have seen many in positions above the hourly workers with problem addictions. I think...

I have been a toolmaker and gunsmith for over 47 years. In the 70s and most of the 80s, very few new guns had to go back to the factory. That includes Ruger, S&W, Colt, Browning, Sig and most other name brands. The problems seemed to start about the time that companies started to use "...

After reading many comments online about the 77/357, it seems that the general opinion is that they prefer heavier bullets. So I have not tried anything lighter than 158gr. I believe the 140gr flex-tip bullet was developed to improve ballistics in lever action rifles without causing problems...

The only loads I put through it prior to throating it were 158gr XTPs HP ahead of 18gr of Lil-Gun. They would group 1 1/2 to 2 inches @ 50yds using aperature sights with an average velocity of 1830 fps. The accuracy with the heavy 180gr loads is about the same after throating. I am going to try...

The throat in my 77/357 was very short. The 180gr XTP loaded to the second crimp groove, would not chamber. I used a Manson .358 rifle throating reamer that cuts a .358 dia. throat to lengthen it to .400 in front of the chamber. I have also loaded some Sierra 200gr Pro-Hunter bullets but, I...