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I have an idea in my mind for a revolver that I can't buy. What I want is a Ruger Montado (3.75" bbl, plough handle grip, .45 Colt), but I don't want the polished stainless finish. So would it be better/faster/ cheaper/ smarter to buy a new vaquero in the satin stainless finish I do like and...

I am coming at this from perhaps an unusual direction. I live in Alaska. I intentionally switched to .45 Colt for everyday carry and outdoors sidearm about two years ago. After about a year EDC-ing my Redhawk I picked up a birdshead New Vaquero. Much lighter, plenty powerful for around town...

I don't think you can talk me out of buying one, but I do want to go in with both eyes open. My heart's desire is the model P1840, case/blue, .45 Colt, 4.75" barrel. MSRP is 1325, regularly available on auction sites around 1250-1275. On the minus side, this is a slightly scaled down Ruger...

Hey y'all. I have two revolvers now, a 4" redhawk in 45 Colt for field carry and a 3.75" birdshead New Vaquero in 45 Colt as my appendiceal carry CCW. I am thinking about a third gun, for open carry around town. I am a working man, so a full on 100% engraved coverage with grip panels from...

Say we have someone who likes to hunt, but on a limited budget. What four rifles would you pick to have a reasonable option for any game animal in North America? I am a bit biased towards the big animals since I live and hunt in Alaska, but mine is only one working combination. One of the...

Or cap and ball caliber? I have enough FFFg to think about buying a gun for it. My 45 Colts don't care for it, neither does my 45-70. How would .357 magnum do loaded with a snoot full of FFFg under a cast bullet around 158 grains? Maybe a 4" barrel?

I got bit by the black powder bug, pretty hard. I have been running black powder only in Redhawk for a few weeks now. The Redhawk has been apart a few times, getting a Q tip in between the transfer bar and the cylinder lock and so on is pretty easy. I have a New Vaquero I am thinking about...

I store my subs just like my smokeless powders, but getting ready to make the jump to Holy Black. I got the 2007 ATF orange book as a .pdf on my desktop and just looking for a reality check. As an unlicensed citizen I can make and use as a sporting propellant (but not sell) my own BP in...

Seached on "45 Colt Black" and checked all the threads back to March 2012. If this has been asked before it was more than a year ago. I have been reloading about 5 years, but pretty new to black and substitutes. 1. If I load BP under a 270SAA cast bullet with 0-10% compression. is my...

Long story shorter I got my first 45 Colt last year and started having second thoughts about the .38Spec +P FBI load for CCW about ten minutes into my first trip to the range. I looked at the Charter Arms Bulldog in .44Spec. I looked at a Ruger Super Redhawk Alaskan. I looked at a bunch of...

I just took possession of a NIB New Vaquero, blued steel in .45LC with the TALO birdshead grip and 3.75" barrel. Absolutely love it. The gun and I are just the right size to each other for appendiceal carry. Not suggesting people living south of me "need" .45Colt for CCW, I live in northern...

I am (in Alaska) running .338 Federal out of a DPMS AR-10 platform for moose in heavy underbrush/ grizzly bear country. If I can get this thing nailed down I am planning to add a lightweight bolt rifle like the Kimber for Mountain Sheep and maybe a big long pretty Sako for moose in wide open...