http://www.taloinc.com/ruger-firearm...leys-carryhawk
A new revolver from Ruger,looks neat.Release date is 10/20/19
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http://www.taloinc.com/ruger-firearm...leys-carryhawk
A new revolver from Ruger,looks neat.Release date is 10/20/19
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I'm not in the market for another gun, but that is pretty nifty.
Chris
Dammit. *Another* gun that will have to dissappear into WA state’s byzantine background check apparatus. I am so in on this.
An interesting combination of features. I would have preferred a Bisley hammer to the Super Blackhawk hammer but it is nice to have the lowered hammer spur. The birdshead grip looks cool but with heavy loads I suspect quite a few people will find the hammer spur biting their wrists. The birdshead is great for fast handling and concealment but I wouldn't want to fire anything heavier than a mid-range 45 Colt with it. Should be fine with standard 45 ACP.
If it is indeed used as a self defense tool, on purpose, a fairly light .45 Colt load should be an asskicker. I'm not sure I could talk myself into it, but hell, there are people running around out there with .380s.
Of course, I like the new Ruger but must point out that it is still a big heavy handgun. Why not a 3 inch barrel version with fixed sights. Why not a fluted cylinder to reduce weight and an aluminum grip frame to reduce it further?
Because, except for the aluminum grip frame (which has never been made in the birdshead configuration) Ruger already does make that gun, albeit with a 3.75" barrel:
https://www.ruger.com/products/vaque...eets/5154.html
I was checking in on a forum last night where they were declaring the 12-gauge shotgun totally surpassed and rendered useless by the carbine in all respects.
I come here and folks are excited about a single-action carry revolver.
:cool:
I did one similar, with an aluminum GF a few years back. Fun ACP launcher.
http://i.imgur.com/pZuixND.jpg
We have that thread, too.
We are your everything.
I'm glad you all are interested in it!Any suggestions on appropriate leather for it?
We do love our hokey religions and ancient weapons.
You might give Mernickle a call and narrow-down your wants/needs/requirements for a holster/holsters.
https://www.mernickleholsters.com/pr...rmance-series/
If they made this thing in a .44 Special I would be all over it, because then it would match my existing calibers.
Okay who am I kidding I’m all over it anyway.
L-2,thanks.I just thought of Simply Rugged Holsters.
I bet a 44 special version is in the works. Anything Ruger puts out in 44spec is an instant classic. Those SA guys are bonkers for 44. :)
I'd be ok with either caliber since I can load either (I don't currently have a 44special, but all I'd need are cases but I have bullets, powder, and primers suitable for it).
Chris
I guess I don't get the attraction to a hybrid of cowboy romanticism and modern carry revolver.
I’m kinda there with you. I mean, I get that the concept is cool and all, but who is really going to be carrying this when and where?
Full disclosure: I don’t currently own a SA wheelgun. But I do plan on getting one at some point down the road because: why the hell not?
Exactly, I have a Vaquero in stainless with a a 3 3/4”bbl, birdshead grip, in .45 acp. I have no illusions about carrying it, but it is a absolute blast to shoot, and considering the sights, it’s pretty dammed accurate. They’re great for taking a break from the tactical Timmy stuff, and just having some honest fun..everybody should have at least one.
In terms of carry, I think it's mostly used as a backcountry carry tool and not an urban carry tool, though I'm sure there are SA fans who do so "just because".
Chris
Yup. Guilty. I'm a nostalgic goofball with an uncontrollable lust for cowboy-ish guns, who knows better. I don't carry this Ruger Blackhawk New Model Flat Top 45 convertible very often. But every once in a very great while, I just gotta. And that new Blackhawk is like a freaking tractor beam straight to my wallet.
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We had an older officer qualify with a Ruger blackhawk with a birds head grip in 44 acp awhile back. He used to carry it to court. I wouldn’t do it every day but I can see carrying one now that I’m retired. I’m sure it’s speed is not that far off a double action revolver for first round hits. Of course it would take skill and practice. I wish they had done it on a regular flat top blackhawk and used a D&L rear sight. But that’s okay. I plan on doing just that soon. I remember getting a Thad Rybka catalog a long time ago and he had a 45 acp blackhawk pictured with a 1911 mag for a speed loader/ ammo holder
A Single-Action sixgun is the perfect accessory for the practice of shinrin-yoku. :D
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My understanding is that barefoot and timber rattlers aren't necessarily a good combination, but hey, what do I know??
Best, Jon
Some things under the harsh objective light of reality simply don't make a lot of sense. While I have, and tremendously enjoy my stainless Ruger Blackhawk with a 4.6" barrel and tuned action, while hunting this year, I carried either my Glock G21 or G22, with Underwood Lehigh ammunition. I had the Blackhawk (and carried it while doing some semi-rural hikes with my wife before the hunting weekend), objectively it was tough to select it over the Glocks for defensive back-up carry, given the convenience, weight, action simplicity, and weather imperviousness of the Glocks(my primary hunting implement this year were rifles).
But I still like and appreciate the Blackhawk. I don't feel under-armed with it in most scenarios where I'd carry it (wilderness hiking, hunting), but it probably makes more sense as a primary choice for handgun hunting (in my case, deer) than for defensive back-up (against black bear, mountain lion, feral dogs in my area). The last times I hunted with it, I also concurrently carried one of the Glocks in a tactical thigh holster as a defensive back-up.
Single-action revolvers for me are a compendium of nostalgia, challenge, appreciation of a well-executed gun, and just plain fun. Sometimes we're entitled to that...
Best, Jon
Western Diamondback, Water Moccasin, and Copperhead, here, plus ‘gators and snappin’ turtles. We kept some well-worn trails, and waded in the shallower sections of Slap-Out Gully; watch where ya step.
Just before I started sixth grade, I became sensitive to poison ivy, which ended the care-free days.