Recent content by wolfee

I assume the left handed option will spread to other variations. Isn't that logical? Wasn't the real impediment to making this rifle the left handed magazine, and all the confusion/liability issues it might cause?

Is this a true full double action pull for every shot? Partial precock? Full precock? Which one?

My Walmart in a northwest suburb of Denver has received regular shipments of 22lr, 22 mag and 17 mag the past few weeks. CCI and Winchester. Even more astonishing is no price gouging and the stuff lasts on the shelf for almost a week. They also received plenty of white box Winchester 308's...

I have a 4", full lug, blued, fixed sight model purchased new from Davidson's a few years ago. The experts here guess it was a police or military contract over run. Davidson's received them all in one batch of several hundred and ran them at a huge discount. After the gun, freight, background...

It isn't very complicated: SAAMI max psi for a special is 15, 500 SAAMI max psi for the magnum is 36,000* *This is abstracted from a print out by the Los Angeles Silhouette Club. I have seen others cite newer data at 40,000psi.

OK, thanks for the info.

Is it realistic to use this model left handed without any modification? https://www.amazon.com/Crimson-Trace-Lasergrip-Ruger-Redhawk/dp/B0010XDQDY If that won't work, any lefties recommend something?

Bought one in Feb 2012. Blued, full lug, fixed. Davidson's received a boatload of these and ran them at a very deep discount. I paid $386 out the door, including 8-1/2% sales tax. The more knowledgeable here among us surmised this was a police or military overrun offered to the trade as a...

Thanks. I suppose I could weigh an empty, fired case, then add 40 grains, then compare that to a loaded round to get the approximate charge weight.

Just curious. Anyone ever weigh the charge? Make a guess at what powder it is?

Bob, I shoulda added that some GP's are a little gunky inside and some come from the factory pretty clean. Anyway, you only need to do a by-the-book basic field strip to check it out and clean it up if needed. Your favorite solvent and lube are all you will need along with a toothbrush. The...

Nice. My GP is one of the few handguns I have had that I don't get bored with. It's my favorite range blaster and just gets smoother and smoother the more it gets used. Mines a 4" full lug as well, but blued and chambered 38 only.

Webley, I chronoed the Buffalo Bore 110gr TAX-XP loads at over 1400 fps from a 4" GP. This calculated to almost 500 foot pounds of energy--approaching 357 level. Their +p semi wad cutter's spec out just as hot, maybe even hotter. I have always been suspicious of whether or not BB is staying...

It seems to me that, yes, they are doing a better job with fit and finish. I got a 4" full lug, blued that always gets at least a brief workout when I go to the range. A little over a thousand rounds thru it and the trigger has become smooth enough that I wouldn't think about having it worked...

Nice. I live in a dry arid climate and corrosion is not a problem. Just an old, traditional guy that likes blue/carbon. But, will wait and see if they offer one chambered 38 only. I think this might be the first time I have seen the same guns blued and stainless with no price premium for the...