Get help. Password recovery. Gun Digest. This example is an Ultimate Python in stainless steel and has the best features found with any Python. Forty years ago, one handgun caliber dominated all others, regardless the intended application. Origins The. Target grids and bullseye sizes are in MOA. Ideal for long-range shooting! Get Free Targets.
Please enter your comment! Please enter your name here. You have entered an incorrect email address! Keith's early work in loading the. Since the frame, cylinder, and barrel were much stronger than the standard. The Keith bullet also employed a large, flat meplat , thus enabling rapid energy transfer for greater wounding properties. At the same time, this bullet design does not deform like a hollow point, and as a result achieves greater penetration. These characteristics of the Keith bullet make it very suitable for hunting applications as well as target shooting.
The case extension was more a matter of safety than of necessity. Because the. The choice of bullet for the. Winchester, however, upon experimenting further during the cartridge development, modified the Sharpe bullet shape slightly, while keeping the Sharpe contour of the bullet.
The final choice of bullet was hence based upon the earlier Keith and Sharpe bullets, while additionally having slight differences from both. This cartridge is regarded by many as an excellent self-defense round. The hollow point version enjoys a reputation of being the gold standard of stopping power among handgun cartridges and an "extremely reliable one shot stopper.
Still, it is a fine small and medium game round and will kill deer very reliably at reasonable ranges if the right loads grains 9. For further comparison, the. It is a very versatile cartridge, and can be used with success for self-defense, plinking, hunting, or target shooting. Revolvers in. This trait makes. MatchGrade Bedding Products. Video Learning. Military and Police Consulting. Consultation with Nathan Foster.
Help us with a donation. Shooting Tutorials. Film And Author Consulting. Book series reviews. YouTube Gallery. History Developed primarily as a law enforcement pistol cartridge, the. Prior to the release of the. A young Elmer Keith began to experiment with improving the performance of the. By using a strong framed pistol action, Keith was able to increase loads in the.
Since this time the. Outside of the U. S, hunters marvel at the little cartridges ability to produce excellent kills on light to mid-sized game as a rifle cartridge but in the U. S, this cartridge is often viewed as being under powered due to it being more commonly used in handguns. Factory loads for the.
More recent factory loads feature bullet weights of to grains at reduced velocities minimal recoil. These loads have for the most part replaced the heavy and hard hitting grain loadings of old.
Note that. The bullet diameter for both is. The popularity of the. Remington loads for the Maximum boasted impressive velocities of over fps with grain bullets and over fps with grain bullets. But after losing popularity due to gas cutting issues, this chambering was eventually dropped by all manufacturers.
The Colt. The 8 inch Python, equipped with Skeeter Skelton grips of Kingwood, weighs in at 52 ounces fully loaded with six grain rounds and is extremely pleasant to shoot and very accurate. Pythons that I have encountered over the years normally have very tight groove diameters that aid accuracy with both cast and jacketed bullets. Graduating from high school in , I purchased a Single-Six and soon thereafter a.
Ruger did what shooters had been urging Colt to do for years: modernize the Single Action. Bill Ruger has an uncanny knack of knowing what handgunners will like, and basically took the Colt Single Action, up-dated it with coil springs and adjustable sights, chambered it in Magnum calibers, and captured a significant portion of the American market in the process.
The latter is very rare and very valuable to collectors. IN , the Flat-top was replaced by the "Three-screw" Blackhawk. The grip frame was changed from Colt Single Action style to one that allowed more knuckle room. At the same time, the flat-top silhouette was lost as protective ribs were placed on both sides of the rear sight. The third generation. That is one reason so many sixgunners still cling to their Flat-tops. Ruger had a nearly complete lock on Single Actions into the '70's so it was surprising when they decided to capture a large part of the law enforcement market with the introduction of their Security Six line of double action revolvers.
After over a million of these. The GP is a thoroughly modern double action revolver of modular construction, offered in stainless and blue, with heavy underlug barrel only in the 4 inch model and both a heavy barrel and a standard barrel model available with the 6 inch length. Like Dan Wessons, Ruger GP's do not have a grip frame as such but a stud that accepts the grip, in this case a rubber grip with wooden panels.
And like the Dan Wesson, Ruger also offers one of the few factory double action grips that are comfortable to shoot. An added bonus is the fact that the Ruger grip stud readily accepts custom grips of various sizes and can easily be fitted with grips that will mate with small hands. The GP's have a reputation for exceptional accuracy. All GP- 's have the standard Ruger adjustable rear sight and come with black ramp front sights that can easily be replaced with Ruger front sights in red, white, blue, or yellow as the shooter desires.
To me, good sights and front sight interchangeability is a top selling point. Every GP I have handled has had an excellent double action and single action trigger and the design is such that good double action shooting can be done, especially with the heavy barrelled 4 inch model which is showing up in the holsters of many peace officers.
A third. Once again, Bill Ruger reached back into the past, took the grip frame, trigger, and hammer of the old Colt Bisley, modernized them and combined them with the Blackhawk frame and action and we have the. And for the first time, a Ruger single action.
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