Single action for self-defense

Hi Noz!

Thanks for the reply, Noz. I do hope the gamesters don't take over with their increasingly modified "stock" 1911's and their increasingly tricked out "authentic" leather. Don't let what happened to IPSC happen to Cowboy shooting! Think it can't happen? Watch out! It's happening right now.
 
Well, if you got the Doc Holliday Thunderer, you could be their huckleberry.

I'm a big admirer of Cimarron's Thunderers.

Powdermonkee, I don't know what to make of the "Wild Bunch" shooting discipline. I'm not a CAS/SASS shooter, but I sure have a feel for what a cowboy gun is. I empathize with Jacob McCandles.
 
Well I guess I'll post pics of my daily carry freakshow Ruger NewVaq357 again :).

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This is my sole centerfire gun, and my daily-carry-without-fail piece.

That's with a homebrew clone of the Goshen Enterprises Hexsite grafted on...what I call the "Goshdarn Hacksite". Funky lookin' or not, it's the best handgun sight I've ever used because you focus on the target instead of the front sight blade. More on this critter here:

http://thefiringline.com/forums/showthread.php?p=4405753

Other mods: shaved and round-bottomed grip panels, spring kit, SBH hammer I installed myself and some "psychological warfare" on the ejector rod end :eek:.

Once I went that bonkers in the sights department, custom leather was a must. I ended up inventing a leather setup that holds close to the body like a pancake but also unbuckles from the belt without taking the belt off...plus allows near-unlimited alteration of the ride height and tilt angle by making the belt connection system detachable and adjustable:

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It's set up now for a high-ride crossdraw, forward of the hip. kwhi43@kc.rr.com's rig is the highest setup conventional holster I've seen in some time but my rig is still higher.

I've had some practice with this piece - here's "my view" of the grip frame, with it in an older version of this holster:

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Since I'm in Tucson these days and the whole "heavily armed Christian Conservative" theme is seriously overused in AZ, I went and "bucked the trend" some. Watching lefties suffer a paradigm shift without a clutch on seeing it is worth it :D.

Carry load is DoubleTap Ammo's full-house 357 based on a 125gr Gold Dot slug loaded up past 1,600fps. Same round I once blew up a bowling ball with...I have no doubt it will do a serious hurt if placed right and this gun can do it.

This holster design is copyrighted by me under a Creative Commons "non-commercial attribution" license. In short, this means you can make your own for free; if you publish pics of what you've done refer back to my work as an inspiration and if you want to make them commercially, hit me up for modest licensing fees.
 
Hardcase said: "I'm a big admirer of Cimarron Thunderers."

As my daughter so succinctly put it, "Even a 13 y/o can hit targets with this." :)


...and she's doing so quite well. (Yeah, I'm a proud Daddy....):p
 
Many Thanks

I love the feedback generated by this thread! It's great to hear from free-thinking sorts as yourselves. I've heard the Cimarron Thunderers recommended. Without ready or reasonably-priced supplies of USFA product, I'm thinking Uberti is the way to go.
One question though, with these Italian imports do you use the factory springs or swap them out first thing? If I'm using a gun potentially "for keeps," then I want reliability without fail. Are any other modifications you all might recommend for self defense carry?
 
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