Range day…

Well, maybe a range morning…I didn’t spend the entire day at the range.   I took my old Ruger Blackhawk out.  It’s a .357 Magnum and it’s a honey….

That particular revolver was manufactured in 1976 (the 200th year of American Liberty) and every gun Ruger manufactured that year carries that stamp.  It’s a classy piece.  Stainless steel works well, and Ruger was the first gun manufacturer to use stainless on a large scale.   I like blued steel, too, but I’m clearly in the minority on that one.  These days when I go to the range, I’m usually the only one shooting something other than a black plastic gun.   Different strokes for different folks, I guess.   You couldn’t give me a Glock or an AR unless I had someone waiting to buy it.

I enjoy shooting the Ruger single-action sixguns.  Maybe it’s because I grew up on a steady diet of western movies and TV shows, or maybe it’s because these guns are just so phenomenally accurate.  Those targets you see above were punched at 25 yards, and the load is a classic one:  7.0 grains of Unique behind a 158 grain Keith cast bullet.  That target on the left was a warmup; the one on the right was after the gun and I had settled in.  Like I said, these puppies are accurate.

Okay, enough off-topic stuff for now.   The next blog will be on motorcycle stuff, I promise.  And that’s going to be easy to do.  We’ve got lots of good stuff coming up.  We’ll be out on the TT250s this weekend, and I’ll be in the plant tomorrow for our Dual Sports and Donuts Saturday.   And we’re going to start publicizing the RC3 in a major way in the very near future.   That, my friends, is another cool CSC motorcycle coming your way…

That’s it for now…stay tuned!