New from Phoenix

I have a few rough riders myself.

Coalcracker said:

Yes they shoot good with both 22lr and magnum. The 9 inch one took some break in before it picked up in accuracy. At 1st i had to use some kentucky windage. The long one was on out of the box windage wise. I had to bring the sight down for elevation. The fiber optics are really nice on it.

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Way back in the late 50s, I bought a 9" piece of crap .22 revolver. I come from a family with 8 kids and money was tight.

I was shooting it on a bridge on the bayou and my brother was standing to the right and he yelled, "What the Sam Hill???"

The cylinder did not interface tightly with the barrel and (we looked at it at night) the ejecta came out at the sides. :eek6:

Anyway, I got a holster for it and went rabbit hunting at night with it. Unlike today, there were a lot of areas off the road where I could hunt.

So, I had a head lamp powered by a 6 volt lantern battery (remember those?) and that 9" gun and I would get me a mess of rabbits, skin and clean them, roll 'em up in flour and it was laripin good.

People were amazed that I could rabbit hunt at night with a light and a handgun but that thing was more like a rifle.

Thanks for bringing that memory back.