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Colt’s Python versus Ruger’s Blackhawk

The Colt Python versus the Ruger Blackhawk:  Apples and oranges?  Maybe, maybe not.  This blog compares the two .357 Magnum…

2 years ago

The New Model Blackhawk

I recently bid in a Rock Island auction for an Old Model Blackhawk once owned by Hank Williams, Jr.  I…

2 years ago

Lee .357 Magnum Dies, Cast vs Jacketed Bullets, and Crimping

This blog is longer than I intended it to be.  I thought I would just do a quick bit about…

2 years ago

Catching Up

Here's a quick update on things we've posted about recently. Someone else won the auction for Hank Williams .357 Ruger…

2 years ago

A 110-grain Python Load

I've owned three Colt Pythons.  Back in the ‘70s I had a blue 6-inch Colt Python and another 6-inch nickel-plated…

2 years ago

Rifle Primers in Revolver Ammo

With reloading components still hard to find, the question emerges:  Can you use rifle primers in handgun cartridges?   If you're…

2 years ago

A TJ Trigger for My New Python

As I mentioned in a recent blog, good buddy TJ (of TJ's Custom Gunworks) reworked the trigger on my Colt…

3 years ago

Ruger’s Custom Shop Super GP100

Colt has a custom shop, Remington has a custom shop, Winchester had a custom shop, Savage has a custom shop,…

3 years ago

A Bullseye Birdseye Blackhawk

By Joe Berk Good buddy Greg and I (along with about a gazillion other people) are  long term Ruger Blackhawk…

4 years ago

.357 Ruger Blackhawk Accuracy Loads

The .357 Ruger Blackhawk Ruger's Blackhawk is an iconic firearm, one that's been in production since the 1950s in one…

4 years ago