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I think I still have the 1983 G&A with the article about the stainless BP guns and I once owned a stainless 1858 Remington repro, both items mentioned previously here. The Remington was not Uberti. I have an unfired early 80s 1860 Cimarron/Uberti that I got a few years ago NIB covered in hard...

Could it be a Lew Horton 24-3 barrel remarked to .44 Mag then the forcing cone shortened? Maybe someone already mentioned that.

This was a very popular local match in the mid 1980s that even allowed .30-30s to be used at first until they damaged the metal plates too much. Jacketed handgun loads were allowed as were old double actions. I shot an 1878 Colt DA .45 with BP loads but shot it SA. Not because DA wasn’t allowed...

Over 30 years ago at a cowboy shoot I got a jacketed .44 bullet stuck in the bore. my powder charge was 6.4 Unique. I assumed it was too weak a charge but maybe I forgot to put the powder in in that one round. When asking here about that I was told the powder charge is fine for jacketed bullets...

A year and a half ago I got a 7 1/2” 1979 .357 for $1500. It shot great but I wasn’t fond of the caliber and weight. Even though I have other .44 and .45 Colt SAAs I just traded straight across for this 1982 5 1/2” .44 Special. No box or papers. This one is here to stay. I added the elk grips...

In 1983 a good friend asked me to help him buy his first handgun. He chose a 4” 28-2 with the NYPD stamp sold by J&G in my Shotgun News. they must have had a ton of them since they were selling them a long time. They were $189 and it was like new. I was too busy buying my new 4” 24-3 that year...

I don’t know what’s going on there. Sometimes I see the pictures then next time they’re gone. And now the pictures are back! if someone locally had a 27-2 or older with an 8 3/8” barrel un nickel finish I would be very tempted to trade this 3 1/2 incher for it. But would probably not do it.

I got the impression he used it on the CA Reservation, but they specifically said he had it at San Carlos but it was not his primary service gun. I don’t know if that’s because he used something lighter to carry or if it’s action was out of whack like when I got it and the gun set aside.

They fit my average size hand perfectly coming right to the bottom of the grip frame. I found them and a bunch of other grips for $3 each at a gun shop. included was a set of Farrants, a John Hurst clipped K frame and many others.

I got this gun over 10 years ago for a great price because it binded up shooting DA. I had it fixed for $100, I think. The couple I bought it from said a relative carried it as an Indian Reservation LEO here in northern CA then again had it with him at the San Carlos Reservation in AZ where he...

Finally, one I can relate to being one of the 10% discriminated class of left handers. I found a pair of $3 Gun shop junk box John Hursts for a clipped K frame but gave them and a factory pair of K frame Diamond grips to have a set of shortened Coked reworked to perfection. The Hursts felt...

Great true story. When I was a kid I would ride my bike to the library and get “Sixguns By Keith”. Then I’d take it back on the last day and instantly check it out again. Later I got my own copy and later still I’d read it to my now 42 year old son at bed time when he was little. Except for ammo...

I think her best is her most mentioned movie, A Woman Under The Influence. Amazing performance in an OK movie, IMO. But she was perfect in Kirk Douglas’ best movie to me, Lonely Are The Brave.

I didn’t double check it now but I think she got six shots out of her five shooter but who cares. Cowboys do that all the time in movies and we let it slide. She’s so good in this she can shoot as many bullets as she wants. Here’s the scene where she acquires the Model 27. AND BELOW THAT THE...

This is a real good movie. Gena Rowlands in a film by her husband John Cassavetes. She has guts yet is terrified at the same time. Not super human like actors have to be today. Here she has her trusty Model 60 and of course a 3 1/2” Model 27. And a scene of her in action...

When I picked it up for the first time I thought it might be a little unwieldy with that long barrel but not so. The older I get the more I like, or my eyes like, the longer barrels. My 6 1/2” Model 24-3 .44 Special is very accurate but I struggle with my 4 incher. my 1962 18-2 I shot the other...

A couple years ago at a gun show one mile from my house I saw this 1973 14-3 .38 for $800. I got sidetracked then went back over and my friend already had the price down to $750 but bought a circa 1950 pre Model 10 instead. So I bought it. What a fun gun to leisurely shoot. i”m not a great shot...

Here’s a sheath I posted earlier here but this picture is from the owner and I didn’t know what his knife looked like until now. He said it was an early Western brand bowie which were very common in the 70s-80s. In “The Long Riders” both David Carradine and the guy he fought used them. I have...

That’s a fine. Load.My standard is 7.5 Unique. Years ago my 4’11” wife could shoot it fine but when she shot 8.5 it was too much. That was out of a Colt SAA, too.

There’s a box that looks like these on this page that specifies a target load… .38-44 antique ammo - Google Search