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[PJ Hardtack]

Looks like I've joined the ranks of the Rats ..... move over, Rats.

Got into the CAS game back when you only needed one gun. I bought a 5-1/2' SS .44 Mag Vaquero. It was quickly followed by another in blue. Had 'em both "Colt-ized" - beveled cylinders, recontoured hammers, Bulls-Eye ejector buttons and a steel ejector rod housing on the blued gun. Both still goin' strong .....
Always felt that it was a little much gun for the .44 Spl. level CAS rds and a little large for my small hands, but I adapted and overcame.
My wife just bought a brace of NM Blackhawks, 4-5/8" barrels in .44 SPL. - Wow! She won't let me touch 'em. So, I ordered one for myself with a 5-1/2" tube. This has got to be my ideal handgun for any purpose. I may well end up with a Bisley as well.
When she got her guns, our CAS pals were shocked and horrified - "That ain't Cowboy! No hammer mounted firing pin, no four clicks when ya' cock 'em, adjustable sights and that great honkin' front sight, etc." ......
Our answer was - "Yep, all true. But when your Colt clones are junk, these guns will still be spittin' lead." They forget that the Colt Flat Tops had a dovetailed rear sight and honkin' great blade front with a bead on it. The front of the frame looked a lot like what's on the Blackhawk.
I like my Colt-clone "Cowboy" guns, C&B as well as cartridge, but none of them is the gun like a Ruger. Most of my clones have been reworked, some more than once while the Rugers soldier on.

[yeti76620]

PJ Hardtack,

Better Include the "Wife" too into the group or no one will have to move over 'cause you might be on the floor with a fry-pan between ye ol' eyes!!!   

Yeti76620