Got a wild hair to add to my gun collection. Always had a love for the Ruger Blackhawk short barrel revolvers. Makes me think of a verse from Marty Robbin's 'Mister Shorty'.
(From a previous verse:
"I hadn't noticed but there on his hip
Was a short-barreled Bass Forty-Four"
But the little man's hands was like lightning
The Bass Forty-Four was the same
The Forty-Four spoke and it sent lead and smoke
And seventeen inches of flame
If I do get one I will have to get a video of firing it at night.....
I was looking at .41 Magnum, no real reason for that caliber other than I wanted one. Stopped by Cabela's on the way home from Austin Tuesday to check out magazines for my 1911 and was pricing ammo. Since .41 mag is not a common/popular caliber I knew it would cost more but I wasn't expecting almost 2x the price of .45 ammo. Made me look again at options. Ruger chambers the same gun in a .45 and puts out a convertible model that comes with an extra cylinder that fires .45 ACP (Auto) ammo in addition to the .45 Long Colt rounds. Going that route would let me use the same ammo in it and my 1911.
(From a previous verse:
"I hadn't noticed but there on his hip
Was a short-barreled Bass Forty-Four"
But the little man's hands was like lightning
The Bass Forty-Four was the same
The Forty-Four spoke and it sent lead and smoke
And seventeen inches of flame
If I do get one I will have to get a video of firing it at night.....
I was looking at .41 Magnum, no real reason for that caliber other than I wanted one. Stopped by Cabela's on the way home from Austin Tuesday to check out magazines for my 1911 and was pricing ammo. Since .41 mag is not a common/popular caliber I knew it would cost more but I wasn't expecting almost 2x the price of .45 ammo. Made me look again at options. Ruger chambers the same gun in a .45 and puts out a convertible model that comes with an extra cylinder that fires .45 ACP (Auto) ammo in addition to the .45 Long Colt rounds. Going that route would let me use the same ammo in it and my 1911.
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