I went to the Tanner Gun Show and picked up a VERY nice used, "Old West," holster for my Ruger .44 Super Blackhawk.
I'd like to know opinions about open carrying this cannon from you good folks.
What opinions are you looking for? Like does it look cool? Does it go bang? Is it Tacticool? Not real sure what you mean by opinions because the answers you get will be all over the ballpark.
But here's my thoughts.
For personal defense? It sucks. Sure it's a powerful round and will do a lot of damage, but it's single action only and takes 30 mins to reload. LOL. Kidding on that last one. Took a pistol training course where a guy brought a super black hawk. The thing sucked as a defensive firearm because he only had 6 rounds. course of fire was often 10-12 rounds. So he'd step up, take his 6 shots and then have to do that arduous empty and reload. That's a fine motor skill that turns into a hot mess under stress. During the timed runs, he usually dropped one or 2 rounds and had to pick them up. etc... With an ungodly amount of practice, you could get decently fast, but never as fast as a magazine reload or even a speed reloader. And that stress of the moment is a killer on fine motor skills.
From a BBQ gun style OC? Heck yeah! I mean, any OC firearm is cool and it's really fun to see all kinds of them out in public. If for no other reason that the just pure wow factor it's a cool idea and a lot of fun.
For a political statement? I guess, why not? You're going to have a lot more "splaining" to do at stores etc and people will probably be more likely to notice. I think a lot of people (even ones who notice) see the modern pistol and modern holster and immediately assume LEO and then don't think another thing. Something like that is OBVIOUSLY not LEO. So maybe more people would talk. Conversation starter kind of thing.
Just don't have any illusions that your carrying a wonderful personal defense tool when the crap hits the fan and you're struggling to reload that thing under stress. Just sayin.