Getting a Cowboy Handgun? I need the experts.

[wrhall]

I'm  far  from  being  an expert but IMO if  you  plan  on  being a TOP GUN stick with  the 38/357  platform b/c  of R&R (reloading cost & recoil).The  best  cheap route IMO  would be a pair of used Ruger Blackhawks then do or get  an action job.For  the rifle it doesn't get any  better  than an 1873 Short Rifle.If  you  just  want  to  play & don't care about  your finish pick whatever flavor  strikes your fancy b/c the  repro market  is HUUUGE!!

[Michael Bane]

My current cowboy battery includes:

2 Ruger 50th Anniversary Flat-Top .357s, tuned by Cylinder & Slide Shop  (I usually shoot Modern)

1 Navy Arms/Puma .357 1892 WInchester clone, tuned by Steve Young at Steve's Gunz

1 1897 Winchester clone from Coyote Cap Gunworks

Alternately, if I shoot Traditional, I use two Ruger Vaqueros in .44 Mag/.44 Special and an out-of-the-box Marlin .44 Magnum lever gun that's as creaky as an old Dodge truck. The Rugers are indeed tanks. Long Hunter turned up my Sweetie's .32 H&R Ruger Single Sixes, and he did a sweet, sweet job. Can't recommend him highly enough as a gun mechanic. I like the .357s because ammo is much cheaper and I usually have tons of it around. I like the .44 because I just like .44s...when I shoot 'em, I'm usually the only person at the match running .44 Specials....so there!

I'd take Marshal's advice, though...he's better than me...

Michael B