9mm suggestions

Super Blackhawk wit a 7.5 bbl. Sounds like a blast!! (no pun intended...really)

good call!!

Let us know how it shoots. (and how far the flames come outta the muzzle) :D
 
Should be fun! Wear good hearing protection.

Paco Kelly had a good article or two about this piece, if you can find them.

John
 
cliff355 said:
It should be louder, but you never know - probably depends on the powder, etc. What draws me to this gun/round is the prospect of all that noise and muzzle blast without the usual palm-stinging retribution. Elmer Keith always said he wanted "results at both ends of the dam gun" but there are days when I would settle for results at only one end.
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My brother had a Blackhawk .357 and I found that with fairly hot ammo after 20 rounds or so I couldn't hit so well. I'd rather have something that is powerful enough to shoot distances with, but like you say not so punishing that you couldn't shoot a few hundred rounds in an afternoon and still hit moderately well.
 
Wesley Hoenshel said:
I received a beautiful Beretta 96 Centurion in 40S&W as a gift and love the gun but hate the caliber - I wonder if there is some way to convert a 96 into a 92? Good luck on your gun hunting!
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Yes you can convert. However, buying a new 92 barrel is almost the same price as buying a used gun. I've seen a few barrels at various auction sites

However, what's wrong with the .40 cal? Shoots flat, good power floor, and
is realatively inexpensive to buy/reload. I have a pair of 96s, one set up for right hand shooting and the other for left hand use. Lovely guns :cool:
 
Once, I was shooting at an indoor range where a guy was shooting a TC Contender (I think??) .30 Carbine. I left the range and waited outside in the gun shop 'till he was finished:=(( It was real LOUD!
Enjoy the new Ruger, HD. :=)) You'll be shooting outside, errr... how far away are your "next door neighbors?"
 
Bri in Chi said:
You'll be shooting outside, errr... how far away are your "next door neighbors?"
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BriChi,

Nearest neighbors are about a quarter mile up and a quarter mile down the road either way. There is one guy on down the hollow, and then several people at the very head of the hollow. Then on either sides of the hollow there is either hillside or a hollow leading up to a big ridge that runs paralell to my hollow. Then from that ridge more hollows run down the other side of it to a few houses, but that way the nearest houses are probably a mile from me, so no problem.

However my neighbor that cuts my hay sometimes who is nosy anyway came down the road one time and wanted to know what kind of a gun I had been shooting. He said he hadn't heard anything like it. I was shooting the CZ52. It's fairly loud. Much louder than my .45 or 9x18. He and his son and grandson are shooting all the time too, but mainly 22's.

I mowed me a nice little range about 25 yards from my house in my hayfield, with a 30' diagonal mowed place so I can find the CZ52 brass, it throws them to the next county. I got a 15 yard marker 20, and 25. 50 yards is standing in the road.
 
Bri in Chi said:
If I fart, my neighbors call 911. :mad: Not really, just joking... :D They call FEMA.
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Thanks DeathDancer for the info on the Beretta 96 to 92 conversion - I had a hunch it could be done but didn't know the particulars. This gun has enough sentimental value for me that the cost for the conversion wouldn't be that big of an issue, but you're probably right, I should just keep it a 96 and get used to shooting the caliber.
 
cliff355 said:
It is doubtful that either the guns or ammo were "service grade," and the Marines were keeping a lid on their secret at the time. On a 50-yard slow fire course, you have to have a 2" or better gun to be competitive - the x-ring is 2".

The .45 pistol is even worse, but smiths have had alot of "time in" on them and gotten them to work. It sounds like the Beretta is just about ironed out though.

That is, ironed out for the slow-fire course. Any gun good at that isn't good for much else. The slide on my .45 is so tight you have to PULL it off the frame, and after 100 rounds you either clean it or stop shooting.
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That would explain it. 2" at 50 yards speaks very highly of the pistol and ammunition. If this was done offhand, it speaks even more highly of the shooter.

I've known some competetive shooters that favor the .45 simply for the size of the bullet - their wadcutters make a larger hole than the 9mm shooters, period.

2" at 50 yards...I'm pleased when I'm hitting beer cans at 30 yards. :)
 
I'm dizzy. :confused:

Wow, so much to learn.

Stupid question here... why would a brand of gun affect it's accuracy? Cdn police use the Glock. RR can't hit the broad side of a barn with a Beretta. HK's are pretty? I'm guessing that each manufacturer has their own erognomic designs and this affects how people hold them?

Would an old fashion revolver be easier to shoot?

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Would an old fashion revolver be easier to shoot?
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'Pends on the person and handle-size. The Single-Action Army and descendants (single action revolvers- ie, must be cocked before every shot) have very ergonomic handles for single shots. Most folk tend to use double-action (long trigger pull will cock and fire each shot) revolvers or automatics faster for repeat shots than the single-action revolver.

Nothin' else feels quite like a good single-action revolver. If they were quicker to reload, I'd carry one for personal defense, convention be damned!

John
 
Wesley Hoenshel said:
Thanks DeathDancer for the info on the Beretta 96 to 92 conversion - I had a hunch it could be done but didn't know the particulars. This gun has enough sentimental value for me that the cost for the conversion wouldn't be that big of an issue, but you're probably right, I should just keep it a 96 and get used to shooting the caliber.
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I also like the 9mm (shooting it is sorta like eating peanuts....well, in a metaphysical way..). So I went and puchased a 92 Compact. I once had a shortend version of the 96, so I got to switch barrels, slides, and magazines around for a while.

Shooting the 40 can get to be fun...maybe not as satifying as the .45ACP or as cheap as the 9mm Luger/Parabellum, but all shooting is fun.... :cool:
 
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