The Bull
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It has become a almost regular, and very pleasant, surprise to find others that are packing single action revolvers for their CCW weapon. I had come to think of myself as kind of alone in my choice of firearm.
In the last six months I have run across 4 other SA carrying folks here in the Gulf Coast area - 2 in Mississippi, and one each from Alabama & Florida. Of those though, only one other than myself was carrying a .45 Colt. Two were .357 Mags and one was a .44 Mag loaded with .44 Specials for street carry. All were Rugers except for the .45 which was a Colt.
My personal carry load is a 250 grain Speer Gold Dot over 8 grains of Unique. All loaded into Starline nickle-plated brass and lit with a CCI large pistol primer. My firearm is a Ruger New Vaquero with a 4 5/8" barrel. I carry it in a pancake style bit of leather made by Simply Rugged.
Why carry a single action? The answer is really simple: I grew up shooting the things and I'm exceedingly comfortable with the firearm and a pretty fair shot with one as well. I tried DA revolvers but when stressed I found myself thumbing the hammer back out of habit! Yeah, reloading a SA is slow compared to DA wheel guns and semi-autos. I also readily conceed that my six rounds (five in that guys Colt) may not be as impressive as the dozen plus in the mags of the automatics. However, when it comes to putting lead accurately on target at ranges from 10 feet to 200 meters I'll still reach for the single actions. I suppose everyone has their own take on the defensive gun game but when I look at theresults of gunfights it seems to me that it is the bullets that hit their targets that were the only ones that counted.
So, is there anyone else on here that will own up to totin' old school iron?
It has become a almost regular, and very pleasant, surprise to find others that are packing single action revolvers for their CCW weapon. I had come to think of myself as kind of alone in my choice of firearm.
In the last six months I have run across 4 other SA carrying folks here in the Gulf Coast area - 2 in Mississippi, and one each from Alabama & Florida. Of those though, only one other than myself was carrying a .45 Colt. Two were .357 Mags and one was a .44 Mag loaded with .44 Specials for street carry. All were Rugers except for the .45 which was a Colt.
My personal carry load is a 250 grain Speer Gold Dot over 8 grains of Unique. All loaded into Starline nickle-plated brass and lit with a CCI large pistol primer. My firearm is a Ruger New Vaquero with a 4 5/8" barrel. I carry it in a pancake style bit of leather made by Simply Rugged.
Why carry a single action? The answer is really simple: I grew up shooting the things and I'm exceedingly comfortable with the firearm and a pretty fair shot with one as well. I tried DA revolvers but when stressed I found myself thumbing the hammer back out of habit! Yeah, reloading a SA is slow compared to DA wheel guns and semi-autos. I also readily conceed that my six rounds (five in that guys Colt) may not be as impressive as the dozen plus in the mags of the automatics. However, when it comes to putting lead accurately on target at ranges from 10 feet to 200 meters I'll still reach for the single actions. I suppose everyone has their own take on the defensive gun game but when I look at theresults of gunfights it seems to me that it is the bullets that hit their targets that were the only ones that counted.
So, is there anyone else on here that will own up to totin' old school iron?
