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Intresting, once you get some age
Saturday, January 04, 2020, 09:45

and have run the gauntlet of macho cartridges. things begin to change. Forced to be honest, the .475 LB is more versatile than any .50 or .51. Yet I covet my .510 GNR and no longer own a .475. As age becomes your close friend more practical size and more realistic goals start to win out more often. It becomes the old .44 vs. .45 argument. I never enter in to the fray, I just have both. The .45 is handy and useful in modern large frame revolvers that Keith never really had in his heyday. The large holes make it actually lighter than the .44. The variety of loads, powders, and bullets make it possible to do about anything. One can interject the .454 right here and have honest credibility. Who could argue? Somehow I never really bought onto the majestic .45 Colt bandwagon, not all in, zealous. I seem to personally go .44. My perspective now is to keep a medium frame but strong .44 that can manage full .44 Magnum level loads, yet shoot mostly not .44 Special. Hat tip to Mr. Keith. Along with that I also keep a larger chassis .45 Colt that can step it up. I jump to the end of the spectrum with the .510 GNR just because I can, and have the loading and casting skills to do what I desire. I depend on vendor only for bulk supply of powder, primers, and some type of brass I can use or convert.

The DA revolver is a fine tool but I see it in any form less robust, excluding the largest S&W, as more fragile than the working SA. The highest example is the N-frame S&W. If a man only bought his ammo and shot the N-frame he might indeed think it was the top kit, the pinnacle. The crisp trigger and short hammer fall of the DA may fool someone into thinking it has a leg up on the old SA. But they are just fooling themselves, possibly simply ignorant, from lack of experience. I own and enjoy them myself. Simple mechanics should easily illustrate that. I'll not rattle their fragile reality. If they are happy and blissful who am I to destroy their dreams? I see their point, but more clearly. Both have their place and can be tuned to perform.

My favorite is what I have in hand at the time. Anticipating the next outdoor experience we are to share.

Possibly, but I'm not committing totally 100%, my favorite revolver to actually carry and use.

The early days of the .429 GNR. It now has a .44 Mag. cylinder for top versatility in strange lands. I am always eyeing another cylinder assy. to add just for the possibilities of exotica.