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So daughter asks for help picking SIL a gift and we head back to BPS AGAIN today. And while we’re shopping for him, BAM, another find!

Now her and I are doing paperwork side by side. Her hubby will be really happy!!! And so am I

Interestingly enough I find myself more and more into old guns (and old designs) and the newer and black stuff in my collection is getting less and less interesting and very little attention. Hummmm…

Anyway, here she is. Original Vaquero Stainless 5.5” barrel in .44 mag.

Well, I had nothing to do with that one that one is all you!
Well done hermano

Nice! my dad had 2 of those that are proudly owned by my daughters now.

Last one? Yea surrrrrre it is
But a nice find indeed

I class your "Ok, last one I promise…" in the same category as your "I am thinning the herd"...........

( Maybe you should go into politics)

Yea, "Pardon me?" Hunter Biden.

It's worth remembering that we're getting to a point where there is less time between the development of the early centerfire guns (old stuff) and the AR-15 (new, black stuff) than there is between the development of the AR-15 and today.

The "new stuff" ain't so new.

Dang, you are on a roll.

I like the old Vaqueros. Interested to see how that one shoots

Elk Creek wrote: ↑Thu Dec 19, 2024 5:18 am Well, I had nothing to do with that one that one is all you!
Well done hermano

I tell my wife they are ALL your fault!

sakodude wrote: ↑Thu Dec 19, 2024 5:21 am Nice! my dad had 2 of those that are proudly owned by my daughters now.

That’s awesome! I love passing down guns to the next generations.

Diver43 wrote: ↑Thu Dec 19, 2024 6:20 am Last one? Yea surrrrrre it is
But a nice find indeed

Last one before Christmas?

Orchidman wrote: ↑Thu Dec 19, 2024 9:44 am I class your "Ok, last one I promise…" in the same category as your "I am thinning the herd"...........

( Maybe you should go into politics)

They won’t have me…

Freezer wrote: ↑Thu Dec 19, 2024 12:16 pm Yea, "Pardon me?" Hunter Biden.

HEY!!! Stop that or I’ll post gun pics nekkid…

Bigslug wrote: ↑Thu Dec 19, 2024 1:01 pm It's worth remembering that we're getting to a point where there is less time between the development of the early centerfire guns (old stuff) and the AR-15 (new, black stuff) than there is between the development of the AR-15 and today.

The "new stuff" ain't so new.

True…. Let’s say I’m losing interest in anything post 1960, with a growing love affair with pre 1900 designs.

Admin wrote: ↑Thu Dec 19, 2024 3:24 pm Dang, you are on a roll.

I like the old Vaqueros. Interested to see how that one shoots

It’s been a good week

I hope Christmas does not get in the way of shooting these. Definitely first wee in January set apart for SERIOUS range time.

Good to see you downsizing again

Wambli Ska wrote: ↑Thu Dec 19, 2024 5:19 pm

Bigslug wrote: ↑Thu Dec 19, 2024 1:01 pm It's worth remembering that we're getting to a point where there is less time between the development of the early centerfire guns (old stuff) and the AR-15 (new, black stuff) than there is between the development of the AR-15 and today.

The "new stuff" ain't so new.

True…. Let’s say I’m losing interest in anything post 1960, with a growing love affair with pre 1900 designs.

If I had to pick one era of firearm design it would be 1860-1930 ish

Bigslug wrote: ↑Thu Dec 19, 2024 1:01 pm It's worth remembering that we're getting to a point where there is less time between the development of the early centerfire guns (old stuff) and the AR-15 (new, black stuff) than there is between the development of the AR-15 and today.

The "new stuff" ain't so new.

AR15 is now 65 years old.
It should now be considered an antique collectable

JunkCollector wrote: ↑Fri Dec 20, 2024 12:17 am Good to see you downsizing again

Oh you hush…

Elk Creek wrote: ↑Fri Dec 20, 2024 1:39 am

Wambli Ska wrote: ↑Thu Dec 19, 2024 5:19 pm

Bigslug wrote: ↑Thu Dec 19, 2024 1:01 pm It's worth remembering that we're getting to a point where there is less time between the development of the early centerfire guns (old stuff) and the AR-15 (new, black stuff) than there is between the development of the AR-15 and today.

The "new stuff" ain't so new.

True…. Let’s say I’m losing interest in anything post 1960, with a growing love affair with pre 1900 designs.

If I had to pick one era of firearm design it would be 1860-1930 ish

That’s about right…

Nice grab!...I had one of those for a couple of weeks...I found the recoil with full house loads not to be just disagreeable but downright painful...the difference with .44 Specials was day and night...Ran into a guy who fell in love with it and offered me a bit more than I paid for it...and that covered the cost of a 7.5" Vaquero in .45 Colt...

Jayhawker wrote: ↑Fri Dec 20, 2024 11:20 pm Nice grab!...I had one of those for a couple of weeks...I found the recoil with full house loads not to be just disagreeable but downright painful...the difference with .44 Specials was day and night...Ran into a guy who fell in love with it and offered me a bit more than I paid for it...and that covered the cost of a 7.5" Vaquero in .45 Colt...

Good swap in your part! This one won’t see many full power loads outside of some range testing initially, I had one of these in 7.5 originally, but sold it for an upgrade at some time past because I really wanted a 5.5 gun in that configuration and here she is.

I have buckets of reduced SWC loads in .44 mag cases and about an extra 1,000 coated bullets and cases for that load. This is a bad weather dirt clod buster or SASS gun with the idea that I can load her with 180gr JSP commercial ammo if I feel that I might need a little more horse power out in the field and those are full power loads but easy on the hand. I shoot them out of my Mountain Gun and they are much more pleasant that 240s so I already have a bunch of that on a shelf.

Elk Creek wrote: ↑Fri Dec 20, 2024 1:39 am If I had to pick one era of firearm design it would be 1860-1930 ish

Pretty much. WWII was when almost everybody took the ramp from Rural Route Make-It-Better onto the Make-It-Cheaper Expressway.

A couple years back, one of my officers brought me his Great Grandad's revolver to inspect - a S&W .38 Heavy Duty (N-Frame) in nearly perfect condition which was one of the last couple hundred to be produced before the big WWII shutdown/restructuring. The internals. Yowza! I took it apart. . . and I wept.

My Dad came up with an 1863 Sharps carbine (paper cartridge) that I helped tear down and clean up. Under the pressure of the national calamity of the Civil War, this was the kind of work being done:
And the kids call me a Fudd when I don't agree with them about how great the new stuff is...

Oh there is some new stuff that’s pretty darn nice. Some of it rivals the old masters, but will cost you.

I do prefer older guns, they just look and feel like what I grew up with. “Cowboy” guns in particular have my heart. I just love everything about them and from an aesthetic perspective they are beautiful, to me.

My EDC might be a Glock 48, but at this time in my life I have zero desire or need for multiples of that gun or type of gun. Same for ARs. A few is more than enough. Now Single Actions and lever actions? I want them all, same for pre-safety nonsense double actions revolvers.