Yesterday, I purchased a Ruger Blackhawk .45 with two cylinders. It was advertised as "as new" in the box. It certainly looks new. A serial number check indicates it was made in 1986. From the exterior view, I can not find any differences in the cylinders. They appear identical. What would...
When I started shooting in the mid-1950's, a box of .22 shorts was 49 cents, a box of longs was 59 cents, and a box of long rifles was 69 cents. That was for Peters brand which was the cheapest the drug store sold. I always bought two boxes of shorts and had 2 cents left over. There was no...
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I've reloaded off and on for many years. The only non-jacketed lead bullets that I've loaded have been low velocity .38 special and .45 ACP. Due to the current bullet shortage, I bought 500 "hard cast lead bullets" from Space Coast bullets in .44 caliber. I want to load them for a .44...
I live about 25 miles from Bloomington Indiana. I did a lot of informal shooting with friends in the 1970's and 1980's. Back then we shot mostly centerfire revolvers and .22 automatics. I wish I had kept all the S&W revolvers I went though. Shooting tapered off the past twenty years as other...