Single action revolvers- Any fans?

[Rastoff]

I'm not a huge fan of single action revolvers. Still, they are guns so, I like them. As a fan of old westerns, they are of course, a childhood fantasy.

I bought a Ruger Blackhawk in .357Mag a few years ago from a guy who needed rent money. I haven't shot it much, but it is an easy shooter.

The other day I was in a gun store and saw an Uberti Birdshead 1873 just like this...

...so I bought it.

The trigger is amazingly crisp and creep free. It's not as good as my target revolver, but close. I was really surprised to find a trigger this nice in a gun this cheap.

Anyway, it's a little gun that I intend on having some fun with at the range.

Anyone else like these?

 

[forrestinmathews]

I'm a particular fan. They work well. They are easy to practice with. They don't reload so hot, but at self defense distance they are quite pointable. I prefer .45 LC and have a healthy stock to choose from this one is an Old Model Vaquero Sheriff's Model with a Long Hunter spring kit, a New Vaquero hammer and Hogue grip.

 

[Faulkner]

I'm fond of my single action revolver and lever gun combo of same caliber.

 

[Rpg]

My first handgun was a Ruger convertible, my second a Ruger Blackhawk.

By the end of the 1960’s I’d moved on and sold both for a Python.

Then I discovered Colt 1911’s: the only single action handguns that have interested me over the next 45+ years.

 

[Muley Gil]

My first center fire revolver was a Old Model Ruger Blackhawk in .45 Colt caliber. I've owned a number of single actions over the years. Currently, I've got about a half dozen in the safe.

 

[squidsix]

I love single actions. Half a dozen of them in the squid safe, lever guns in matching calibers too. My favorite is a Cimmarron open top in .38 special. That is the most cool gun in my collection, and cost only $450 new. Great shooter too considering the rear sight is part of the hammer.

 

[federali]

Down The Same Trail

As a youngster I was enamored with the single action. My formative years were the 50s and half the black-and-white TV shows of that era were westerns.

I too bought a single action Ruger in .357 with a 4 5/8" barrel. After a few years I tired of it and sold it off. I then inherited a Ruger stainless Single-Six in.22 RF and a Super Blackhawk in .44 Magnum. These came from two dear friends who passed four months apart. I use them from time to time but for the most part, they reside in the safe. I stoke the .44 Magnum with .44 Special equivalent handholds and I do enjoy shooting it. I think I'd enjoy these guns a lot more if I lived in an area where it was safe and legal to plink from the back door of my home.

 

[JH1951]

I seem to have your twin!
Lots of fun!

 

[arjay]

my first center fire was a super Blackhawk in 44 and I had a single six back then too.Both are long gone now,but I picked up a Colt SAA a few years ago.Beautiful gun,but my eyes and those sights are a poor match!

 

[loc n load]

I have owned Ruger SA’s since the 70’s, I shot a Ruger SBH 7.5” 44 mag in metallic sil. for twenty years......thousands of full throttle 44 mag rds. I also hunted with it and still do, it has put a lot of venison in the freezer, it accounted for the biggest buck I have ever shot with a handgun. . My “huntin & fishin” gun is my Ruger 45 LC 4 5/8” SA. It has been on my hip since the 70’s when I hit the woods or fish, loaded with a heavy SWC over a “Ruger only” charge of Unique it has handled everything I have asked of it. S&W DA’s and hi cap auto loaders have always been my duty and personal protection guns, but those SA’s have had a place in my world as well and will continue to.

 

[Kurusu]

Yep! I like'em.

 

[Targets Guy]

Love my Uberti.

 

[ParadiseRoad]

...I own 3 Rugers...two Super Blackhawks...and a Blackhawk in 45 Colt...

...last year I bought a Marlin 1894 lever action in 44 Magnum to go with the Super Blackhawks...

...I also have 3 replica cap and ball 44s...a Walker Colt...a second model Colt Dragoon...and a Colt 1860 Army...

...single actions are simple...and sometimes there is beauty in simplicity...

...and if you can shoot center...they will definitely take care of business...

 

[Sixgun100]

I am down to just one Single Action, but it’s a good looking one!
Ruger Vaquero Montado in .357 Magnum.

 

[Watchdog]

Single action revolvers- Any fans?

How could any serious revolver fancier not like the old single actions? They're the foundation revolver for every one that came after them.

Here's an old favorite, an Old Model Ruger Blackhawk in .45 Colt. Shown in one photo with its original grips, and in another photo with custom grips made from Oregon myrtle by Private's Grips of Wisconsin. One of my most pristine handguns.

This revolver is unconverted, of course.

 

[vonn]

Single actions are what got me started with handguns and I use one for hunting when I can. Even tend to shoot my Smiths single action a good part of the time! I wouldn’t feel under armed in most situations if that was all I had. Guess I still got a little kid playing cowboy left in me.

 

[Watchdog]

my first center fire was a super Blackhawk in 44 and I had a single six back then too.Both are long gone now,but I picked up a Colt SAA a few years ago.Beautiful gun,but my eyes and those sights are a poor match!

As you say, the Colt is a beautiful gun, and so traditional. I have never had a Colt SAA in my collection, but I still have time. I hope to remedy that situation sometime.

 

[LoboGunLeather]

Single action revolvers? I only have a few:

Colt 1849 Pocket Model .31 caliber, about 1855.
Colt Navy Model .36 caliber, London production about 1862.
Colt Army Model .44 caliber, also 1862.
Remington New Army.44 caliber, 1863.
Remington New Army .44 caliber, 1864.
Colt Single Action Army .45, 1882.
Colt Single Action Army .38-40, 1900.
Colt Single Action Army .32 WCF, Bisley Model, 1902.
Colt Single Action Army, Frontier Six Shooter .44-40, 1914.
Colt Single Action Army, Custom Shop .44 Special, 1979.

They are all shooters! Still doing what they were designed to do, and I enjoy them all.

 

[tops]

I really like to shoot single SA revolvers. I don't like to load and unload them. I see many people shooting with both hands on their pistol and by using 2 hands on a SA they can be shot 5 times real fast. I have 4 Rugers. A new .22 and two 3 screw .357s and one 3 screw .44M. I have never shot a bird heads grip but I fondled one and it felt really good. Larry

 

[TAROMAN]

Learned to shoot with a Colt Peacemaker .22 knockoff back in high school (the horror!).
Ages later, my club started a Good Bad and Ugly fun match.

Had to shoot Tuco's rope @ 50 yards.
So, I figured, why not?
Like the open top look, so went for a Uberti Richards Mason 44.
Once I figured out a load, it shot perfectly to the sights at 35 yards.

So, geared up to go and managed to win the match..

So, that's my single action story...