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Originally posted by colt_saa:
I am a Big 41 Magnum Enthusiast

Lets be honest, there are many group photos you could post that would make this statement true of various calibers

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Originally posted by OttoSig:

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Originally posted by colt_saa:
I am a Big 41 Magnum Enthusiast

Lets be honest, there are many group photos you could post that would make this statement true of various calibers

Off topic

Yes thee are perhaps 10 or 12 cartridges that I am very fond of. Most of them are in weird/unusual calibers. I have stopped doing group photos it is just too much work to get them all together. And some of the groups are getting large. 22LR, 357 Magnum, 41 Magnum and 45ACP being the biggest

Back on topic. . . . .
Getting into 41 Magnum was an accident. In 1980 a coworker came to me with a 6" nickel Model 57 he had purchased three weeks earlier. He asked if I would buy it from him for $250. His wife had served him divorce papers that morning and he needed the $250 for the Attorney's retainer.

I gave him the cash the next morning. My intention was just to resell the revolver. Back in that day I had never heard of the 41 Magnum and was not looking to add another cartridge to what I hand loaded for. Back then I shared a 4 room apartment and was going to college, there was not a large sum of cash in the sock drawer for a new caliber.

A few boxes of ammunition were included in what he gave me so I took it to the range the next time my Jeweler friend and I went shooting. I pushed the target back, cocked the hammer and pulled the trigger. The hole broke the X ring. I did the same thing a second time and this time neither of us could see the hole so we brought the target back in. Shot two went through the same hole only slightly offset. I was surprised. So back out it went, once the target settled down I repeated the previous steps and again neither of us saw the third hole. So we pulled the target back and sure enough the hole was a barely visible clover leaf. That is 3 Xs at 30 feet which was the length of the indoor range we were at. I fudged shot four because I was over contemplating what was happening. It was a good inch to the right and high. Shots five and six expanded the bulls eye clover leaf enough so it could be seen from the firing line.

With performance like that I was hooked. The revolver was not getting resold. I still own it 42 years later, in fact it is in the lower left corner of that group photo I posted above

I began learning about the cartridge as well as internal and external ballistics. That week in 1980 had a big impact on me.

The cartridge is powerful, has great ballistics and is accurate with most any cast bullet hand load.

What is not to love ?

I've owned .41's since the early 70's, still have all but one NM Ruger that my #2 son talked me out of...When Ruger announced a limited run of Flat Top BH's in .41, I was just about #1 in line. But my first revolver in that interesting caliber was a 6" bbl'd M-57, as sweet a heavy magnum as S&W ever made. I still own it and it still gets some range time.

Here are a cpl others of mine: the Ruger is a 3-screw built in '64 that I re-stocked with grips I made from spalted horse fencing. The Marlin is an 1894S in .41 Magnum...not many built and a heck of a deer rifle. The peep is a Williams Foolproof and I also replaced the 'safety' with the saddle-ring. Best Regards, Rod

There are some very nice firearms shown here. I could easily see myself with the two above this post, and one other interesting one that I have not seen before.

Colt_Saa: I have a question about your group photo. It looks like there is a long barreled Desert Eagle in it. Is that a factory barrel? If not, where did you find it?

Thanks

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Originally posted by 4.40s1nine:

Colt_Saa: I have a question about your group photo. It looks like there is a long barreled Desert Eagle in it. Is that a factory barrel? If not, where did you find it?

Thanks

That is the Factory 10" Barrel. The 6" barrel is pictured just above it

Back about 25 years ago one of the companies that does closeouts (we all get their E-mails) had the 41 Magnum Desert Eagles in a big Factory box that included the 10" barrel. You had your choice of the steel framed Desert Eagle or the alloy framed Desert Eagle in the kit.

Yes I said ALLOY FRAMED DESERT EAGLE

Either package was about $750, plus shipping of course

At that point in my life I did not have the cash flow to justify one of each so I chose the steel frame.

There are times that I regret not buying the alloy framed gun. I can not recall ever seeing one for sale since then

For the 41 Magnum, 10" was the only optional barrel produced. Some of the other calibers had barrels out to 14"

Thanks colt_saa for the follow up. That is some great information and I appreciate it. I am guessing that the recoil impulse with either barrel is not bad at all. Is that correct? I have shot one in .50 AE and the .44 mag conversion. I really enjoyed the 44, so I imagine that the .41 is just as nice if not better than the .44.

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Originally posted by Rodfac:

Rod, that's a really nice pair! You've got to love a three-screw blackhawk, and those grips are gorgeous! That carbine is awesome, too...I love an 1894. The last one I saw in .41 mag, though, the guy was asking north of $2k. Is that saddle ring from Beartooth Mercantile?

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Rod, that's a really nice pair! You've got to love a three-screw blackhawk, and those grips are gorgeous! That carbine is awesome, too...I love an 1894. The last one I saw in .41 mag, though, the guy was asking north of $2k. Is that saddle ring from Beartooth Mercantile?

92FS.....Yep, that 3-screw is much loved. It's a 4-digit one from 1966 with a really nice trigger. I made up the grips from some poplar horse fencing here on our farm...the dark streaks are 'spalting', a bacteria present as the wood begins to rot. I stopped that by bbq'ing for 20 minutes in my wife's oven at 200 degrees. Poplar can be found in a lot of different colorations, and I found this plank when replacing fencing.

As to the 1894S...they've gone right out of sight price wise...this one set me back a pretty penny, $1300, three years ago but was in as-new condition and I'm a sucker for most anything in .41 Magnum. The saddle ring's from Beartooth and replaces the safety...an easy 15 minute job. Thx for the compliment...& best regards, Rod