Re: Fastest Gunman, period!
Yup, + 1 on the .45 wheel gun!! My personal all time favorite round. Loaded many thousands of rounds of .45 LC, a sadly overlooked caliber.
Also love my SKS, decent assault weapon and affordable.
The Ruger Vaquero .4LC short barrell with the birds head grip is just about the favorite gun in my whole collection, even tho most of the others are more expensive weapons.
It's just plain fun to shoot......
The only reason the .45LC is so overlooked, I think anyway, is that the factory loads have been "underloaded" for so many years to accomadate the older, weaker framed guns that were designed for it originally...
Other than that the .45LC is so close to a .44 mag in dimensions and capabilities it's hardly even noticebale........
I use a Dillon Square deal B press to load pistol ammo and have gone through a lot of it in the little Vaquero, the forcing cone is probably gone on the poor little thing by now, but it's just a fun plinker for me anyhow....
My other fav's are the 8" S&W 629 (Scoped) and then my Baby Eagle .40, followed by the Sig .45, and then a Colt Python, which is an old nickel plated model my dad gave me over 30 years ago....
Nothing I own beats the trigger quality on the 629, S&W knew what they were doing with their revolvers, that's for sure, the Rugers are like trying to break a #2 pencil in comparison when looking at trigger pull on unmodified guns.....
I've got an old three Screw Ruger Blackhawk .44 special thats' close tho', but it's had some trigger work, just like the Vaquero.....Ruger's is letting too many lawyers interfere with thier manufacturing process lately....I bought one of thier Stainless Mountian rifles, a 77 with the Synthetic skeloton stock, a few years back and the trigger pull was upwards of 6 lbs which is just plain 'effin ridiculous for what's supposed to be a hunting rifle......it was a great "work" gun tho''''couldn't fuck it up if you tried.....
Here's a pic from before Rita blew through when I was "documenting" , ones not in the pic were out in the truck in case we fled...
From left to right, long guns
Browning 1885 highwall in 7mmMag---it's my pride and joy
Semi-auto .22 plinker that I can't even remember who makes right now,
Browning .270 A-Bolt Medallion with the BOSS system and belongs to my wife, she's killed about a dozen whitetail with it.
Winchester Model 12, 12 guage pump, it dates from 1954 and was my fathers
Winchester Model 94 .30-.30 lever gun, it's a "Pre-64" make with the steel buttplate and was his "work" gun
Chipmunk .22 single shot, my daughters 6th birthday present, you have to see it to believe how small it is...
Winchester Model 42 .410 pump gun, it part of a pair with the Mdl 12 and bought at the same time as the Mdl 12 in "54
Revolvers
S&W .38 Spcl, military and Police model 10, it was his other "work" gun,
S&W 629 in 8", now has a scope, my wife gave it to me our first christmas together before we were even married.
Colt Python .357mag, nickel plated about 1974 vintage and also was my dads....