Originally Posted by
koger
I believe this is about my first post here, in many years. I am first and formost a rifelman, be it a benchrest, hunting rifle, or traditonal lever action, or Ky muzzleloading rife. I have made a good living as a gunsmith for the better part of 38 years, most of my business has been accurizing bolt rifles, and building custom rifles, along with refinishing them in hot blue or military parkerizing. I have did a lot of pistol smithing over the years, and am known as a pretty good shot with a handgun. This was due to wearing out a couple of S&W model 66's, literally shooting the throat out of them while in my early 20's. I bought bullets by the thousand and powder by the #5 and #8 keg, primers by the thousand. I have shot either a hangun, or rifle, or both, for 5-6 days a week the last 40 years. Most of the handguns I have, is a single action Ruger, which fits my small hands well.
I traded for this wheelgun around the first of September, which coincides with our bow deer season opener. I shot it a little and put it up, too many irons in the fire. With 4 deer in the freezer, and the pressure off, I gave it some TLC a couple of weeks ago, took it all apart, deburred a couple of places and polish all the parts, and put a custom spring kit in it. What a difference, just a hint of takeup when the the trigger is pulled, and the trigger is about #2.5. The action is butter smooth, and after shooting around 100 rounds, it is dialed in. It has a 5.5 inch barrel, and the Bisley grip is fast growing on me. It is probably going to be my new truck/4 wheeler handgun. And I have to say, I was late to the game on the .44 special round. I remember all the glowing reports of .44 special accuracy by Skeeter Skelton and other pistoleros of yesteryear, and always thought if you have a magnum, .357 or .44, then you needed to shoot a magnum, hence why I never loved a .44 mag. It is mainly my fault, I have small hands, and to get a .44 mag to fit my hands, it usually had to have slimmed down grips, which don't lead to good gunhandling with a magnum round. After 35+years of handgunning, on a regular basis, a couple of my good buddies, are .44mag nuts, and shoot a load between .44 special, and full magnum loads. These are snappy loads, but not abusive, and the first ones I tried in the Bisley, well it liked them both. Old dogs can learn new tricks, it seems. It may never replace the .357 mag/.38 special as my favorite revolver load, but it is going to run it a very close 2nd.
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