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    I'm not sure I could talk myself into it, but hell, there are people running around out there with .380s.
    Sig line material, sir.


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    I guess I don't get the attraction to a hybrid of cowboy romanticism and modern carry revolver.
    Right there with you on that. I'm all about 4" big-bore revolvers, but choosing SA over DA for carry seems like a giant step backwards.

    I predict that it will sell like hotcakes.


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    Quote Originally Posted by okie john View Post
    Right there with you on that. I'm all about 4" big-bore revolvers, but choosing SA over DA for carry seems like a giant step backwards.

    I predict that it will sell like hotcakes.


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    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?

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    Quote Originally Posted by spinmove_ View Post
    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.

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    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".

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    Quote Originally Posted by mtnbkr View Post
    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".

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    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
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    Quote Originally Posted by Poconnor View Post
    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
    See post 26: apparently, the good idea fairy thinks that “magazine as speed loader” idea needs to get around to as many people as are gonna even think about carrying a .45 ACP single action revolver.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mtnbkr View Post
    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
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    Quote Originally Posted by ralph View Post
    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.
    This. For sure, all of this.


    And, I have indeed "mexican" carried an SA blackhawk before... to the range (with some regularity), and to the campground bathroom (not as much as I’d like, sadly). OMMV.
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