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Folks will lend you lots of guns and calibers to try out. Go get some time in at a couple of cowboy matches. Ultimately, you will have to be satisfied with you r choice, and there may be lots of variables you have not yet told us about, or even know about, which can affect your decision.
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38 special will reload for about 60-70% of the cost of the. Very worth looking into.Īny of these three cartridges shoot accurately enough for our game. 45 Colt), have fairly low recoil and a clean load. With a little work, you can get it running in your revolvers (chambered for. If you haven't learned about the Cowboy 45 special cartridge, and you really WANT to shoot. At 600 FPS, those slugs will still churn up more recoil. It will almost always have more recoil, as you can't find conventional bullets under about 160 grain weight, even if you reload. A 105 or 125 grain bullet at about 700 FPS and you have a load with minimal recoil and yet it still burns clean and shoots accurately. 38 spl is easier for almost everyone to master. Performance? I assume you are talking about which cartridge to choose if you wanted to be able to shoot as fast and accurately as you can? Some of the gunsmiths mentioned and one or two others can really do amazing things with them. Rugers are still more reliable but Colts, as well as Ubertis can be tuned up pretty well. Of course, if you can afford it, and want to be authentic, real Colts are the way to go. As was stated in the previous post, the New Vaqueros more closely resemble Colts. As far as authenticity, the Colt clones, including Ubertis, are almost exact copies of the original Colts,while the Rugers are more obviously not. Performance wise, at CAS distances, that is not really an issue. Easier to reload for, cheaper components and because of the difference in case sizes, easier to make make very light loads, if that is your preference. As far as caliber, anecdotal information suggests that more 38/357 firearms are used rather than 45s. The Uberti guns can surely be made to work quickly but for durability the Rugers are at the top of the heap. Look at the classified section and there are, often, many sets of Rugers for sale at good prices.
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Pictures would be great and also pictures of Cowboy leather if you have that.You can get some good Uberti handguns but, if you plan to compete for a long time and want handguns that will stand the test of time then Rugers are the way to go. I doubt I would ever get into Cowboy Action Shooting, but do they allow adjustable sights? Can you use a Blackhawk there? That’s an obvious advantage, but of course Cowboys didn’t have adjustable sights. Is it?īest I can tell is the Blackhawk has adjustable sights. I have never owned either, but I see a lot of Ruger owners claiming the Blackhawk is a sturdier gun than the Vaquero. It would be a range toy and I’m looking at used guns in the ~$500 range. I do not want to spend the money on a Colt. I’ve never been a fan of single action revolvers, but I don’t have a “Cowboy” gun and have been kicking around the idea. I was going to start another thread, but I'll just add to this. I’d like to hear your opinions on these, or maybe I should be looking at others? This will be a range toy it won’t be used for home defense or cowboy action shooting (right now). It appears Taylor and Cimarron are just importers for Uberti, is that correct? Other than being made here is a Vaquero worth $180 more?
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A comparable Uberti is $453.20 plus a transfer. Looks like a new Vaquero would be $633 plus a transfer. Besides the Colt, is the Ruger Vaquero the only American Made? At $1800 the Colt is out of the question. It might be time for me to give it a try. I’ve never been a fan of single action and never owned one. I have been kicking around the idea of a cowboy gun.