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    Quote Originally Posted by fatdog View Post
    One of my fantasy guns would be one like Heavy Duty's with and updated DA lockwork, a modernized Thunderer or 1878.
    Dude, if Ruger made an updated (reliable) “lightning” in .38spec, I’d grab one to get my inner John Wesley on so fast it would make the credit card swiper throw sparks.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Totem Polar View Post
    ...get my inner John Wesley on...
    Ignore Alien Orders

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    Quote Originally Posted by JAD View Post
    LOL!

    Well, the guy I was thinking of was the son of a Methodist preacher, so there is that.

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    Quote Originally Posted by fatdog View Post
    Those Ruger birds head versions with the shorter barrels were designed for the mounted CAS game. Most of the people shooting those things feed them a diet of sawdust blanks and bust balloons. They seem to be the rule more than the exception for female competitors for whatever reason.

    I had a pair of the .45LC versions a few years back and found them a tiny bit slower and harder to manage in recoil even with light loads. Not terrible, but in a game where speed is everything they were not working as well as full size grips. For me it was the same with the Ruger version of the Bisley grip guns, not as fast for me running it with respect to recoil management and shot to shot recovery.

    That said, they are beautiful guns and if somebody is not playing SASS (they are not legal for the NCOWS branch of CAS, another reason I sold mine) they are not bad guns, and are not unpleasant to shoot. I was tempted to keep one of mine in the collection as a fun gun, but the person I sold too really wanted the pair.
    Ruger grip frames peaked with the XR3.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jtcarm View Post
    Ruger grip frames peaked with the XR3.
    Spoken (typed) like an old SAA shooter. (smiley face goes here)

    Dave

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hambo View Post
    You guys kill me with these. Eventually I'll find a deal on one, and then you bastards better get Tony Mayer to make a holster so I can carry "Old Lucky" along with a 9mm.


    A bit of a drift here (my specialty): I just bought and finished reading the linked book. For anyone who's a fan of the Old West, Texas, and most importantly, Frank Hamer, this book is a must:

    https://www.amazon.com/Texas-Ranger-.../dp/125006998X




    A further drift is the last book I finished: "Whiskey Tango Foxtrot" by Lynne Black. A great, first person account, retold in the best page turning way. I could not put it down.

    https://www.amazon.com/Whisky-Tango-...s%2C184&sr=1-2
    "We are the domestic pets of a human zoo we call civilization."

    Laurence Gonzales - "Deep Survival."

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dave T View Post
    Spoken (typed) like an old SAA shooter. (smiley face goes here)

    Dave
    My handle on the Ruger forum is “ThreeScrew”.

    You may be familiar with the 3-4-5 method of making a square. It’s also how I select SA revolvers:
    3 screws in the frame.
    4 clicks of the hammer.
    5 beans in the wheel.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jtcarm View Post
    My handle on the Ruger forum is “ThreeScrew”.

    You may be familiar with the 3-4-5 method of making a square. It’s also how I select SA revolvers:
    3 screws in the frame.
    4 clicks of the hammer.
    5 beans in the wheel.
    I like that! Any chance I can borrow it?

    Dave

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