also, when this horseshit ends and components become more readily available, you need to get a Blackhawk in .30 carbine. Or, if you can find .32-20 brass and bullets, get one now. I bet you'd like that round in a revolver.
Interesting. Do you own one?
I actually never owned or even fired a single action. My Ruger 357 mag (GP-100, 6" stainless) is DA. I guess technically it is considered SA/DA, but really if you can pull the trigger without cocking back the hammer and rotate the cylinder to fire then its DA in my book.
I read the SA guns are intended to fire with one hand (like a cowboy on a horse) so the grip is quite a bit different on the SA guns.
I just started shooting my 357 again recently and I used to fire it with 2 hands, but the grip feels so awkward now because I've been shooting autos for the last 15 years. I need to relearn it anyway, so I guess I'd have to do the same with a new SA. Now that I've discovered the 38 special, shooting one handed is pretty easy. Owned the magnum for 30+ years and never fired a 38 special through until this year - and then only because I found a downright bargain on some PRIMED 38 brass. I bought 1000 rounds of PRIMED 38 Speer Brass for $182. That's $.18/round for Primed Brass. I can't even by the brass for that IF I could find it. (Hell primers are selling for that now- crazy)
I went to the Ruger website and also saw they sell a "convertible" Blackhawk Model. Comes with two cylinders that swap out without tools so you can fire 9mm or .357 from the same gun - or 45 Colt and 45 Auto.
That's kind of cool in a day an age when ammo is scarce. If I didn't already own a 357, I'd consider that just for fun.
A Blackhawk in any caliber (other than 357) would be a new round for me so I'd have to find the dies and such....and ammo parts...
But like you said, after this horseshit ends...
I'd like to try a blackhawk, but not sure I really want to shoot a 44 magnum one handed. My name's not Harry. The .30 carbine is interesting. Be interested to know what it's like to shoot it.
Maybe one day with I've got more time and money than I know what to do with
Damn but this is an expensive hobby. Should have collected butterflies or something instead.