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I put a silver 4x Leupold on my 8 3/8" X-frame, and had a spare 2x in the safe, so I thought, why not? :D
 
Now, can you tell us, is this a self-defense gun, a hunting gun, a target gun....................? WAIT! By jove I think I've got it, its a FUN GUN!!
 
Guess you wouldn't even need a lens in that tube. The bullet is the size of the field of view. Just point and ghost ring it. :p
 
Hi Scott! Ya, there was a bit of friction betwixt meself and Eric over there several months ago over the ex-wife and her brother. Oh well, doo-doo happens. :cool:
 
Jbar,

I like that crease in your hat. I have a similiar one, in black, for an 1800s outfit I wear to formal fun gatherings.

You might be glad to hear that your pic just doesn't quite look Homey authentic for some reason...... :rolleyes:
 
That's my CAS hat, $27 off ebay because of a tiny scar on top about a quarter inch long. Resistol, 5X beaver, Tom Mix style. Nice hat really, but for $27, I'm not worried about it flying off and rolling around in the dirt during a match. :) That's my 1880 "Tombstone Homey" look. :D
 
They're holding up well so far. I've put two or three hundred rounds through the four incher since I scoped it, mostly a handload consisting of 20.0 grains of HS-6, and a cast 450 grain WFN GC (NEI mould #500-380-GC), and CCI-350 primer. This load chronos just exactly 1100 fps, and consistently groups all five into about 1¾" center to center @ 50 yards. My 8⅜ incher doesn't like this load at all though. In it, I most often use 15.0 grains of Unique and a 350 grain WFN GC design cast from a Mountainmolds.com mould. This is a very light "plinking" load that still chronos around 1130 fps, and will put all five into 2½" or less @ 100 yards with the 4x Leupold. I'm still trying to find a heavier cast load that will do the same thing... say a 440 grainer @ 1500+ fps. My original intent with the 2x on the four incher was just for load development, then I was going to take it off and put the rear sight back on, but the look of it kind of grew on me. :D

When I first received the NEI mould, I called them and complained because it dropped out at about 435 grains, not the 380 that they claimed. :mad: They said, "Well it weighs 380 grains with our alloy". Their alloy must have a very high aluminum content. :rolleyes:
 
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TFL member Ranger Rick has developed a load using 25.0 grains of H-110 and a 700 grain cast bullet* that chronos 1100+ fps out of the longer barrel. This is a bullet weighing in at .50 BMG bullet weights at a velocity around 40-45% of the Big Fifty, but out of an 8 3/8" handgun barrel! :eek: John Ross's "Thunderbolt" consists of a 510 grain cast bullet @ 1700 fps. :eek: :eek: Even though a 350 grainer @ 1130 fps is really stretching what a .44 mag or heavy .45 Colt load is capable of with similar weight bullets, it's still definitely just a plinker in these monsters. It's a load you can shoot all day with no ill effects. :D A 275 grain Barnes can be pushed to around 2200 fps, and a 325 grain jacketed bullet can hit 2000+. These are absolutely phenomenal revolvers so far.

*This load has proven to be safe in Ranger Rick's revolver(s), it may not be in yours. Use common sense and safe reloading practices when working up any load.
 
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