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    That sure is pretty. For what it's worth, I once had a pair of Vaqueros with this type of Ruger case coloring. After a while and a fair number of draws from leather holsters, the case coloring started to wear off a little bit, like Ruger's normal bluing.
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    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.

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    I’ll just leave my non-CAS .45 ACP woods carry gun here...

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    Quote Originally Posted by HeavyDuty View Post
    I’ll just leave my non-CAS .45 ACP woods carry gun here...

    That is beautiful. Are those fixed sights close to point of impact with 45 acp?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tennessee Jed View Post
    That is beautiful. Are those fixed sights close to point of impact with 45 acp?
    Yep! I lucked out, they are well regulated for me using both 230g ball and Gold Dots.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tennessee Jed View Post
    That sure is pretty. For what it's worth, I once had a pair of Vaqueros with this type of Ruger case coloring. After a while and a fair number of draws from leather holsters, the case coloring started to wear off a little bit, like Ruger's normal bluing.
    IIRC, that’s an applied finish, not true case coloring. Not that case coloring won’t wear, but it should be a different kind of wear than an applied finish wearing off.

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    I'm under the impression that the bird's head is for stealth. Cutting away the bottom rear of the plowshare makes for a smoother drape of the covering garment.


    Quote Originally Posted by JonInWA View Post
    Other than the admittedly attractive aesthetics the birdshead grip possesses, are there any real, quantifiable advantages for it versus the traditional plowhandle grip configuration? Are such advantages (if any) caliber dependant (or caliber sensitive)? Genuinely curious. My initial thoughts is that the birdshead configuration would be most applicable to lighter-recoiling cartridges/caliber, but what do the more knowledgeable and experienced say?

    Best, Jon

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    Quote Originally Posted by HeavyDuty View Post
    I’ll just leave my non-CAS .45 ACP woods carry gun here...

    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.
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    One of my fantasy guns would be one like Heavy Duty's with and updated DA lockwork, a modernized Thunderer or 1878.

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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.
    fatdog,

    That would be KOOL! I'd probably have to buy one of those as it would solve my problem with NM Rugers. (smiley face goes here)

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