![]() The front sight itself is also set in a dovetail on the ramp base and enters from the front of the ramp. Both the ramp and the rear of the front sight are serrated to reduce glare. The rear sight is set in a flat-topped frame and the ramp front sight is set in a dovetail. This translates into it should only be carried with a hammer down on an empty chamber. 44 Magnum is a “3-Screw” pattern sixgun which means it is a traditionally styled single action and there is no transfer bar. 44 Magnum single-action sixgun I have ever experienced. If I had been given the chance to name it I would not have chosen Bad Boy but rather “Best Boy” as this is one of the finest examples of a. 44 Special I especially appreciate the longer grip frame allowing my little finger to ride on the grip instead of under it. Fit and finish are excellent, the bluing is deep and uniform, and the stocks are 1-piece walnut. It has been dubbed the “Bad Boy” and it is one exceptionally good-looking and handling. 44 Magnum single action with an 1860 grip frame made of steel, excellent adjustable sights, and the added bonus of more weight added with an 8-inch octagon barrel and unfluted cylinder. 44 Magnum single action with adjustable sights called the Buckhorn and this particular sixgun had a brass 1860 Army grip frame. Uberti still outfits their replica Colt Cartridge Conversions and 1871-72 Open Top sixguns with this grip frame. ![]() Several of my big-bore single actions have been equipped with 1860 Army grip frames and 1-piece stocks made by Uberti. ![]() I like the longer grip frame and the extra weight but it never worked for me as my knuckle always took a beating from the Dragoon-style trigger guard.įor me, a better solution is the original 1860 Army Colt grip frame. Instead of the Colt SAA-style grip frame made of an aluminum alloy, the Super Blackhawk has a longer grip frame made of heavier steel and a square-back triggerguard. What could be done to make it perfect (or should I say more perfect)? Ruger sought to do just this with the arrival of the Super Blackhawk in 1959. Back then, if I could only have one sixgun (certainly a minor tragedy), it would be the Ruger 7-1/2-inch. I have a long list of PPP’s each one closer to perfection than the last and I never intend to actually reach the final goal but simply have a lot of enjoyment working toward it.Ī few years ago, Roy Huntington (my editor at American Handgunner) really put the pressure on me to come up with not just a category but an actual favorite single-action sixgun. The joy of a PPP is not in the actual finding of such an elusive creature but in the constant search. Several decades ago I came up with the idea of a Perfect Packin’ Pistol.
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