Sunday, November 4, 2007

My Favorite Pistols

This is my favorite, a Ruger Vaquero in .45 Colt. The sights are the traditional 19th Century thin-notch rear sight and post front sight. But what I can I say, I can usually hit where I'm aiming. Ruger Vaqueros are heavy and strong guns. I've not heard of one breaking in normal use. The new Vaquero is supposed to be a little bit smaller and lighter, but I've not handled one.


This is my Series-80 Colt, in .45 ACP:

The beavertail safety and the Commander-style hammer are after-market add-ons. The sights are Wilson Combat sights, which had too many sharp edges for my taste. I radiused the front of the front sight and the top outside corners of the rear sight to make the sights a little more user-friendly. I bought it used and the gun had Colt neoprene grips, which I switched for checkered wood ones.

I can shoot fairly well with this gun, too.
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5 comments:

  1. BadTux11/05/2007 3:34 AM

    What I like about the .45 ACP is that what you shoot darn well stays shot. Which is somewhat the point, I suspect. Generations of GI's wept when they replaced the ACP with that damned Eyetallian 9mm plinker gun...

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  2. BobG11/05/2007 3:38 PM

    I've liked the 1911 ever since I first shot it, 45 years ago. None of the other ones feel right to me these days.
    I have always liked the single actions; I have a 45 Blackhawk and a 44 mag SuperBlackhawk as a couple of members in my collection of revolvers. The grips are not standard, but that is because regular grips are too small for my palm, and I have to have something longer than is traditional.
    I also have an actual old Peacemaker in the bunch.

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  3. Comrade Misfit11/05/2007 5:10 PM

    BobG,

    Badtux is right.

    I have a .357/9mm convertible Blackhawk from 1976, when they roll-stamped the barrel "Made in the 200th Year of American Liberty." It is the first handgun I owned.

    I had a .45 Blackhawk, but I sold it, as it had a 7.5" barrel and I didn't care for the length. I like the cartridge, though, so when the Vaquero came out, I waited until the rush died down and I bought one about 8 years ago.

    Do you shoot the Peacemaker much? What's the barrel length on it? .45, .44, or something else?

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  4. BobG11/05/2007 7:43 PM

    The 45 is a 4 5/8" barrel, the 44 is a 7 1/2" barrel, and the Bisley is probably about 5 to 5 1/2". I like to take the Bisley out now and then. It is a bit odd to shoot because of the curve of the grip; why they thought that was better on a target pistol puzzles me.
    The SuperBlackhawk was my deer hunting gun for quite a while, especially in areas where a long gun was awkward such as in brush and thick trees.

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  5. Comrade Misfit11/05/2007 7:56 PM

    For the same reason, I used to go deer hunting with a 6" S&W Model 29. I never got much of a chance to shoot at a deer there (VT) and my feeling was since I wasn't going to shoot at anything, I might as well carry a handgun.

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