44 Special day

dan belisle

dan belisle

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44 Special day. Two S&W 624's, one 6.5 inch and one 3 inch. Two Colts, a 7.5 inch New Frontier and a SAA with stag grips. Last but not least is the belly gun wunderkid, the Charter Arms Bulldog. 100 rounds of 240 gr swc bullets over 7 gr of HS6. Works well in all of them, though it is a dirty powder. Still, a good day. - dan
 
Very nice.

Reminds me that my eldest son berated me for selling his favourite revolver, when he found out a decade or so afterwards.

Didn’t realize the place that Charter Arms Bulldog still held in his heart.

When he was nine, we appeared with some friends on the local TV news.

He had chosen to shoot the .44 Spl, while I and others shot .45 ACP, .38 Spl, 9mm, and 22LR.

My main memory of the event was the #### and abuse we received from members of the recreational firearms community.

They thought that the sight of a nine year old handling a .44 well was somehow detrimental to their image.

When I noted that, if they were so concerned about their image, perhaps they should have gotten off their asses and joined in, they sulked off into the corner.
 
Talk more about that awesome Colt New Army. I've never tried one but those old-style guns have more appeal the more I think about them LOL
 
Ok. Colt decided to come out with a target sight SAA after seeing the popularity of Rugers Blackhawk. Remember that Colt quit making single actions for a while during and after WW2. So they reintroduced their SAA, but wanted something to compete directly. So they designed a SAA with real target sights. All the first ones came out of the Colt custom shop I'm told. As the year it was introduced was 62 and Kennedy fever was hot, they stole a line from one of his speeches in homage, and named it the New Frontier. Originally only offered 7.5 inch barrels, they soon offered it in the 3 basic Colt single action lengths. Charged a fair premium over the SAA at first too. 45 Colt was the first offering, and 357 was the second most popular. As shown, they made them in 44 Special and 44-40 as well, though I've never seen the latter in person. They all originally came with the Colt Royal blue finish combined with the cch frame. Males for a good looking revolver, I think. - dan
 
polkey said:
Nice mix, wish I coulda grabbed a few more large bore Smith's before the freeze.
Only have the one .44 for now, a 1916 vintage New Century.
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That's a beauty. I have the same revolver but in 455. I have friend with a New Service Targetmaster in 44 Special I lust after. Something about these old wheel guns, they're just fascinating. - dan
 
I own a 44mag revolver and now a lever gun in 44. I have 100 pieces of new 44 special brass, but in the last 2 years of owning the revolver, never tried actually loading 44 special. I think this thread may be the inspiration I need to play a bit
 
DiMP said:
I own a 44mag revolver and now a lever gun in 44. I have 100 pieces of new 44 special brass, but in the last 2 years of owning the revolver, never tried actually loading 44 special. I think this thread may be the inspiration I need to play a bit
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Depending on your lever gun, you may have to play around with coal to get them to feed properly. They can also be sensitive to bullet shape. - dan
 
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