Have owned one since 72'. (Shhhh? Even carried it!)
My Son now has it as his slip into his pocket anytime gun. I flogged it mercilessly with handloads. Loosened up a couple of pins by doing so. Nothing that Loctite didn't cure. She shot to the sights as far as I could ever determine. When I would hold up my end @ 10 yards she'd hold 1 to 1 1/2" all day long. For the higher grunt handloads the Pachy Presentations were kinder than the open backed wood panels. She was a great little big bore. If one could duplicate the production quality of the period, while upgrading to stainless steel for material I'd buy another in a heart beat! The only fault I ever had was the bluing getting trashed due to next to body carry in summer time. But that's to be expected?
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