Did a little plinkin today

Joe S.

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Took out my two new to me "beater" Blackhawks today and tried them out. Also had my SP101 with me. Just got it beadblasted so i had to put it thru it's paces to make sure it still worked. :)

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The SP101

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10.5" Super Blackhawk in 44 mag. Paid $270 OTD for it. Needed rear sight and base pin so my buddy TEK4260 hooked me up with spares he had on hand.

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The 4 5/8" model came from a guy in AZ. He had bought it as a gunsmithing school project and when he was done with it decided to move it on. $220 shipping and transfer included and it needed a set of grips, which i had on hand. Has had action job, chambers reamed to (i think) 0.4525 and an almost too tall front sight installed.

After some tinkering i got them both sighted in at 25 then moved back to 50 yards. The Super is very promising. I gotta work with the 45 and get to where i can shoot it ok. I am sure it is all me.

Loads i shot in my 44 are 10 gr of Unique and a 240 gr LSWC. It shot really good at 25 and 50 and i could ring my big ol steel plate at 100 9 out of 10 times...

Both are 5 shot groups.
This was 25 yards...
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And 50...
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I had a few loads for the 45 i wanted to try.
8.0 gr of 231 with a 200 gr JHP that i couldnt make shoot.
10 gr of HS-6 with 255 LSWC that may do ok but i only had enough powder to load 6 rounds...
9.0 gr of Unique w/ 255 LSWC
and
6.0 gr of Titegroup with a 250 LRNFP
All shot pretty good at 25 but i need work at 50+. :)

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This was at 25 yards with 9 gr Unique load.

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And 50 with HS-6 load. Best i could get at 50...
 
Yeah I like the finish on the SP101 also. Can we see another picture of it, in different light or closer? It almost looks like that "target grey" finish on the Super Redhawks.
 
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