Posted on 02/19/2019 4:34:07 AM PST by w1n1
Pure horsehockey.
I’ll be on the lookout for this one. I once owned a Taurus Raging Bull chambered in 45LC and sorely miss it. The cost of store bought cartridges was too much for me and decided to sell it. That was years before I started to reload what I shoot. Having said that and a fondness for Ruger wheel guns, I’d definitely give this one a thumbs up.
Rugers are the only revolvers besides Colt able to handle hot loads as per Bufallo Bore.
The Colts won't handle those hot .45 loads either. That's why BB marks them RUGER ONLY. (And only some Rugers at that...)
Also as already mentioned, the claptrap about people getting hurt by Smith cylinder latches, and screws backing out of Smith, Colt, and Ruger revolvers on a regular basis is pure unadulterated horsehsit.
No, your pistol was chambered for .45 Colt. The other designation to which you refer is a figment of imagination commonly used be under-educated wannabe gun nuts.
Proper and official cartridge designations can be found at saami.org.
I have a 1975 Colt Trooper MKIII, chambered in .357 Magnum, a 6” barrel, and all its screws and fittings are tight. Maybe the cheap import crap does that, but American-made iron doesn’t, as far as I know.
Okay... with adjustable sights I could understand fiddling with loads. On fixed ramps... the factory usually sets and tests with commonly available SAMMI ammo. So the easiest and most reliable strategy would be matching that testing ammo to cycle through an out-of-the-box purchase.
Man, you scared the hell out of a lot of gun owners with that "loose screw" thingy, and undoubtedly drove a lot of idiots with more money than sense to your stuff, huh?
Good on ya, bro, you not only knew how to make 'em, you knew how to sell 'em!
I have many revolvers...which are fired regularly...and I have never had one with screws that "backed" out. Period.
Now them damned 1911's...the pins won't stop rotating on them.
I have to turn them back the right way after every round.
My Redhawk is in .44 Magnum (thus my handle). Its got the long barrel. Its way too big for carry use, but it comes out when I want to feel like Dirty Harry at the range. :)
Jeez. Lighten up. This site is a joke.
Wrong. The SUPER Redhawk is chambered in .454 Casull (note correct spelling with two Ls). The standard Redhawk is chambered in .45 Colt, .44 Magnum, .41 Magnum and .357 Magnum, but not .454 Casull.
Be careful making absolute statements.
I have quite a few handguns but my favorites are the Blackhawk .45 Colt and the Smith Model 28.
And the Model 28 trigger tension screw has backed out twice.
Also the screw that holds the cylinder crane assembly in place has backed out.
A small amount of locktight cured both problems.
I do look at the slot in the screws regularly to note their position.
The Model 28 is my favorite carry gun. Single action, it has a trigger equal to a good target rifle.
I do have a couple of other Smiths I have not fired in years that never had the problem.
I also have a Redhawk .45 Colt. From the factory, a terrible trigger as are most Ruger revolvers, but a little tuneup and they are good.
The article is over the top, much misinformation but nevertheless it is possible for screws to back out. I like pins.
In other words, about average for 'Am Shooting Journal'.
In other words, about average for 'Am Shooting Journal'.
Perfect definition of 'Am Shooting Journal'.
Yes, of course it is possible for screws to back out of a "quality" brand revolver, which is why I qualified what would have otherwise been an absolute statement with the words "on a regular basis". The problem is that this article is so full of bad information that it should have been thrown back at somebody instead of posted on the internet.
Very much in character for "American Shooting Journal", frankly.
Then they also start making assertions about screws backing out like it happens all the time. It's not like the article was about Charter Pitbull revolvers, for example, which have a known tendency for screws backing out, in fact almost an expectation of it.
Not to throw shade on Charter revolvers, mind you; Charter owners expect this and deal with it by a couple of different methods.
Of course it is.
Yes, that is a rather redundant statement, isn’t it? :)
Gorgeous! Always loved the Colt Trooper - beautifully made, accurate, solid.
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