Littlebluetruck
Bearcat
- Joined
- Mar 18, 2017
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Hello All,
I picked up one of the stainless steel Blackhawks from Mike in Arizona and wanted to run a few numbers by you. First, this is my first single action revolver, and I really like the feel of it. I have been shooting GP100's and a SRH for years, and this Blackhawk feels good in the hand.
The unfired trigger is pretty smooth and breaks at about 4lbs. Is this normal? It feels good to me and am just wondering if it is average.
The bore slugs in at 0.4495" to 0.450" as best as I can measure passing the slug all the way through. It did not loosen up on its way back to the frame, but did tighten up a bit at the threads. I was unable to pull it back out of the muzzle with my normal screw so I cannot quantify the thread constriction. The only cylinder hole I checked came in at 0.4515", which seems like a good place to be. Should I check the other five?
All this because I have not had time to shoot it, but that is next on the list. I have loaded up some 250gr Speer deep curls to try and picked up some Winchester 255gr factory rounds that look swaged.
I appreciate any feedback and will post after some rounds down range.
Thanks,
Rich in MD
I picked up one of the stainless steel Blackhawks from Mike in Arizona and wanted to run a few numbers by you. First, this is my first single action revolver, and I really like the feel of it. I have been shooting GP100's and a SRH for years, and this Blackhawk feels good in the hand.
The unfired trigger is pretty smooth and breaks at about 4lbs. Is this normal? It feels good to me and am just wondering if it is average.
The bore slugs in at 0.4495" to 0.450" as best as I can measure passing the slug all the way through. It did not loosen up on its way back to the frame, but did tighten up a bit at the threads. I was unable to pull it back out of the muzzle with my normal screw so I cannot quantify the thread constriction. The only cylinder hole I checked came in at 0.4515", which seems like a good place to be. Should I check the other five?
All this because I have not had time to shoot it, but that is next on the list. I have loaded up some 250gr Speer deep curls to try and picked up some Winchester 255gr factory rounds that look swaged.
I appreciate any feedback and will post after some rounds down range.
Thanks,
Rich in MD