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Not many got shot.
Have you ever fired a 44/45 cal handgun?
I owned a Ruger Blackhawk , a 44 magnum revolver , only ever used for yippee shooting because...
1. it was a heavy bastard of a thing to hold and sight..
2. because of 1 , it was not very accurate
3. the ammunition cost a fair bit
4. because of 3 , I would reload but the cases would only reload once before splitting.
5. after your first shot it took 30seconds to re establish yourself from the recoil so rapid fire was basically impossible
6. the handgrip was really too big for one handed firing which made 5 all the worse.
7. you could not "slap leather" , as the revolver would end up on the ground
8. the weight of the thing in its heavy leather holster threatened to drag your trousers down.
9. if you wanted to carry extra ammo , you needed a shoulder bag.
10. I bought it in association with a 44 carbine rifle which I shot buffalo with , which also wasn't much good over more than 150mtrs as the ballistics of the big fat slug wanted it very quickly to fall to ground. You could see the slug moving through the air. I hot loaded for the carbine to improve its ballistics hence the cases splitting , which also compounded the problems shooting the revolver.
I onsold both to a gullible cowboy in 1977 who assured me it was exactly what he'd been looking for.
Originally Posted by 350RRC
You reckon that is a song for kids? How come the line "Christopher Robin went down with Alice" crept in?
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