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Overcast and cool day and just right for some plinking around the range and enjoying early Fall weather. I brought along the Ruger Blackhawk Bisley
.44 Special revolver and decided to try some point shooting from about 8 yds back. Then moved on to steel plinking as I moved around the target area.
Ammo today were my loads of the 240 gr. MB semi wadcutter bullet with either 5 gr. of Red Dot or 7 gr. Unique and both shot very well today.
https://youtu.be/4tl1WL-QmJI short video of point shooting target.

Then a walk down to the creek area to check things out.....sweep the leaves off the creek bridge and check the trail cameras. Was just nice to be out there today! When I checked out one of the camera chips I was delighted to find the fox and turkeys have returned to the creek area once again along with the couple of bucks that like to hang around!

That is one beautiful single action rig, forty, and you shoot that Ruger very well, indeed. Of all the various interpretations of the Bisley grips I've seen over the years, Ruger's is the best, in my opinion.

Slick looking Ruger forty. Shooting looks fine to me. Heading to the desert next Wed to empty some .45 Colt cases. And the 39A!
Creek is flowing, thats good for the critters.

North Country Gal wrote: ↑

Thu Oct 07, 2021 8:16 pm

That is one beautiful single action rig, forty, and you shoot that Ruger very well, indeed. Of all the various interpretations of the Bisley grips I've seen over the years, Ruger's is the best, in my opinion.

Thanks NCG! Had that holster rig for about 9 years or so and have two holsters for the belt...one for 5 1/2 and 7 1/2 inch revolvers.
It was great getting the Ruger 44 out again.

Rifletom wrote: ↑

Thu Oct 07, 2021 9:20 pm

Slick looking Ruger forty. Shooting looks fine to me. Heading to the desert next Wed to empty some .45 Colt cases. And the 39A!
Creek is flowing, thats good for the critters.

Thanks Rifletom! Enjoyed the afternoon with the ol' Ruger Flat Top 44! I should have called it by that name. Hope you enjoy some good shooting next week and I'm flat out of those .45 MB bullets but have an order coming soon.

Thanks for the video Forty. Always good to see the Forty shooting range. Nice shooting my Rugers have dust on them. Just haven’t had them out for a while.

very nice indeed .... I've been doing some point shooting with our Bond derringer using both the 357 & 44 barrels .... to put it mildly, its the hardest handgun I've ever tried to point shoot .... to put it bluntly, I'm terrible ..

JEBar wrote: ↑

Fri Oct 08, 2021 9:56 am

very nice indeed .... I've been doing some point shooting with our Bond derringer using both the 357 & 44 barrels .... to put it mildly, its the hardest handgun I've ever tried to point shoot .... to put it bluntly, I'm terrible ..

Maybe a combination of the way you have to pull the trigger downward and the grip?

I just noticed that character standing in the shadows on the porch in that 3rd picture and I left my gun hanging on the post !

If you look closely, you can see that MB bullet inflight a couple of feet in front of the shooter. The bullet makes a nice arc to the target. I like your rig. Nice grips on that Ruger. Original?

Muddy Waters 67