My 38 match guns

tx gun runner

There P 'jr' are 38 spec made on 22 frame or 7/8 size Colt frame like the Ruger Single -Six



Add a short stroke 73 in 38 spec and go do the Cowboy Action shooting



You will need a 12 ga Shotgun too .



My health has keep me from shooting them in matches . Maybe this yr I can get back to SASS shooting again . Sold all my other SASS guns .

Hopalong

All very beautiful, thanks so much for sharing.

north country gal

TGR, I think I can safely speak for everyone, here, when I say we would love to see you get back to some CASS shooting. Go for it.

RetiredSeabee

You're making my trigger finger itch.
I love shooting my little Uberti and Henry. One day I will get them both a couple of big brothers in 38. And I love the look of the coach gun. I have considered picking up a shotgun for home defense but the pump actions just don't appeal to me like the Coach does.

RidgeRunner

Great eye candy.

tx gun runner

If you get a side by side and are going to keep it ammo loaded in chamber get one with hammers . The hammers are the only safety like a SA revolver and are safe to do it that way . The hammerless and pump shotguns you should not leave ammo in it chamber and rely on the safety . Most hammer gun shooter can cock both hammer at the same time and are just as fast as the hammerless or pump gun shooter . There is video's on how to load and shoot hammer guns . Cut shells work great for home defense and you can do it to any shotgun shell . .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3M46XVfVOU

RetiredSeabee

Thanks For the tips TGR. I do like the idea of having more rounds available with a pump. But with a handgun as backup I think would work. And of course practice on reloads would be necessary.
I've seen the cut shell video before it is cool.
I feel myself drawn to the cowboy style guns more every time I see one.

north country gal

Careful, Seabee. In the case of SA revolvers, I can tell you they are very addictive. Although our DA revolvers are more practical in many ways, I find that I can actually shoot our SA revolvers a bit better. Why, I'm not sure, but one thing that is for sure is that shooting SA revolvers is also one heck of a lot of fun.

Our Ruger 357 Flat Top convertible will outshoot most of our S&W 357s.

tx gun runner

I don't own a handgun that will out shoot my 44-40 Vaquero . This was a test fire target after I cut the barrel to 3 1/2" and the forcing cone to 11 degrees and the last time I shot it on paper .

RetiredSeabee

Of the Ruger SA guns the Vaquero line appeals to me most. Not that I would refuse to accept a gift of a Single Six, Seven, Etc. Nor would I turn up my nose on a Blackhawk or even a Bearcat.
But the Vaquero just looks and feels right. And I love the birds head models.

tx gun runner

I had a few birdshead that are not in picture and there all history now in the thinning of my herd . None of the birdshead in pic was never offered from Ruger in 32-20 or 44-40 . I made them all from donor guns

gunjunkie

Those Sheriff models always remind me of Sheriff Roy Coffee.

RidgeRunner

I'm in awe. It must have been hard to sell them.

tx gun runner

I shot my 44-40 for 16 yrs 2X a month in SASS/CAS match . This is the rifle I built to shoot with my Vaquero's in matches . I was super hard to sell it too . The three 44-40 pistols and Rifle when to a cop in Austin Tx .
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