The Shooters Journey: Discovering The Fascinating World of The Gun Enthusiast

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  • Опубликовано: 5 дек 2023
  • All firearms hobbyists are on a journey of discovery. From BB guns to high powered rifles, hunting, competition and collecting. This is where my shooter's journey has taken me. Where will your shooter's journey take you?
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  • @HughJ.C.
    @HughJ.C. 7 месяцев назад +14

    I grew up on westerns, love your content, you're truly inspiring! Keep it up man‼️💯 🦅

    • @TUCOtheratt
      @TUCOtheratt  7 месяцев назад

      Thanks for that nice comment!

  • @anangryranger
    @anangryranger 7 месяцев назад +6

    Great presentation!👍
    At 73, I'm sorta old and set in my ways. I have no use for a plastic whiz-bang 9mm. I've got 1911A1's in 45 Auto for that. And a decent amount of single actions and double action revolvers I use. Leverguns, side by side shotguns...
    As to loading my own ammo? Yup, I haven't bought a factory round in decades. Been building my own since a boy in the late 50's. I TRUST my own rounds explicitly.
    A couple years ago, my nephew bought a 100 round pack of 130gr FMJ Armscor 38Spl. He had lots of misfires. And they patterned worse that 00 buck at 30ft. I've taught him how to load ammunition, and last weekend we built him a great reloading bench. He learned his lesson with cheap factory stuff.😉
    Thanks for letting an old man ramble. You're a genuine asset to us all. Stay healthy and enjoy yourself. We only get one shot at life so we'd better make the most of it.👍

    • @TUCOtheratt
      @TUCOtheratt  7 месяцев назад +1

      It's interesting how wisdom comes with age and experience. Some of the new plastic guns are reliable and accurate but lack the charm of the classics like you mentioned. For the first few years of reloading I was a bit worried about finding a squib in my own reloads but after many years and lots of rounds and good habit building while reloading I trust my own just like you. Thanks for the nice comments.

  • @edjones2110
    @edjones2110 7 месяцев назад +7

    And then , there's LITTLE BUDDY ! Tuco , there are shooters and educators , dude , you are both . Good content as always . 👍

    • @TUCOtheratt
      @TUCOtheratt  7 месяцев назад +1

      Thank ya kindly pardner!

  • @savagelee6973
    @savagelee6973 7 месяцев назад +3

    I've been on my shooters journey since childhood,really. .22lr at 6yrs.old, lots of different paths,I'm in my collector phase,loving my 1911. Been though Glocks,revolvers,EDC's and some collectibles,C&B gun, rifles,AR-15's,hunting phase, 1000yrd. shot phase. I could go on and on, I love the show, thank you!!!

  • @Taspens
    @Taspens 7 месяцев назад +7

    You are one of the main reasons I officially began my single action journey. Appreciate all these videos!

  • @wrbruce6100
    @wrbruce6100 7 месяцев назад +3

    My friend, you are one hundred percent right about the trail a person travels. I was raised in the sixties and seventies. I know what the real America was like. Most kids will never know the thrill of getting their first BB gun. Now days it’s iPhones and iPads. A person never realizes what they had till it is gone. You stay the course, your a special kind of person. Really like your videos.

  • @FloridaBoyBushcraftSurvival
    @FloridaBoyBushcraftSurvival 5 месяцев назад +1

    Good one. I am 60 and grew up in a hunting family so I have been exposed to firearms for virtually my entire life so I understand everything that you are saying. Keep up the good work brother...

    • @TUCOtheratt
      @TUCOtheratt  5 месяцев назад +2

      Thanks for watching! You were the guys I was talking to. :)

  • @LeviPerry
    @LeviPerry 7 месяцев назад +16

    Luckily my mom allowed toy guns, but sticks, nerf, paint ball and bb/pellet guns were a decent part of my childhood. Great video man

    • @danielrichards4927
      @danielrichards4927 7 месяцев назад +2

      Man I feel like you just summed up my entire childhood as well lol

  • @dflies102
    @dflies102 7 месяцев назад +4

    Always hit the nail on the head. Ive been just about all those journeys as well. Thanks as always.

    • @TUCOtheratt
      @TUCOtheratt  7 месяцев назад +2

      Glad you enjoyed it.

  • @donphilp7511
    @donphilp7511 7 месяцев назад +4

    One of the best explanations about turns in light that I have ever heard. As I may have said in one or two of your other presentations. If you were back in the 1950s.
    Me and the rest of the guys would have stopped at your host to see if you were coming up to play so you could jump through. The hedge rose into the farmer's fields and get shot up in the neighborhood. We're on a neighbor's backyard. Please keep at your honest approach to things.

  • @AKAKiddo
    @AKAKiddo 7 месяцев назад +7

    Love your videos. This was a great one that we can all connect with. This journey that you're on now, using RUclips, is allowing much more give back and encouragement to others. And it entails a multitude of cinematic and speaking skills. I really applaud your efforts and accomplishments.

    • @TUCOtheratt
      @TUCOtheratt  7 месяцев назад +3

      Thank you so much for that! I thought this subject would resonate with viewers. Yes, part of my journey now is having a way to finance my shooting hobby and I have finally found an audience that will listen to my opinions about guns and shooting.

  • @dougboal7620
    @dougboal7620 7 месяцев назад

    "They don't know, what they don't know." TUCO, one of the best lines i have ever heard. LOL. I couldn't have said it any better TUCO.

  • @randyhamann7865
    @randyhamann7865 3 месяца назад

    been plowing snow for 13 hrs and listening to you for 13 hrs made my day go by much faster then it normally would. you are very enjoyable to listen to thank you

  • @jesupcolt
    @jesupcolt 6 месяцев назад

    I've been through all these phases and am still in most to one degree or another. I've also carried a gun professionally my entire adult life. There's so much to enjoy, and so many paths you can go down.

  • @briantatro7493
    @briantatro7493 7 месяцев назад +1

    I’m not a six shooter guy but you
    Have made them very interesting to me my friend thank you

    • @TUCOtheratt
      @TUCOtheratt  7 месяцев назад

      Nice to hear that. Thank you!

  • @docsunderpaidgunsmith3378
    @docsunderpaidgunsmith3378 7 месяцев назад +1

    Great advice Tuco. I've conversed with you a couple of times on Gab a while back. My dad got me a Lee hand loader back when I was 16 years old. Loaded 8mm Mauser. Quickly moved to 9mm and 357 mag within a couple of months. Still load about 20 different cartridge varieties and over the long run has saved me lots of money. The brass I have saved weighs in the 100's of pounds. I think we're close to the same age so I remember the good and bad times. Glad to see your channel is so successful. Good stuff...

    • @TUCOtheratt
      @TUCOtheratt  7 месяцев назад +2

      Thanks for the nice comments 😃 and sharing your story. Reloading is very well worth it and enjoyable in its own right.

  • @jmount7661
    @jmount7661 3 месяца назад

    Very very well done. Started mostly in the military. Then getting into military rifle & pistol shooting and collecting. Made a side trip into car racing now back to collecting and cowboy shooting. Your wonderful explanation really made me think of my journey. Please keep up the terrific videos. Did not realize about the problem with factory ammo.

  • @danielrichards4927
    @danielrichards4927 7 месяцев назад

    Tuco brother, that is probably the best video to sum up everything I have gone through in my gun collecting, shooting, reloading and competition journey as well. Wonderful video man, as always fantastic video and you absolutely hit the nail on the head with this one.

    • @TUCOtheratt
      @TUCOtheratt  7 месяцев назад +1

      Thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed it!😃

    • @danielrichards4927
      @danielrichards4927 7 месяцев назад

      @@TUCOtheratt it’s just funny how my grandfather and uncle were big “gun guys” but my mother didn’t allow them in the house. And then I made stick guns etc myself to play with, went into the shooting phase myself, the hunting phase, the 1911 phase where I still live in conjunction with the cowboy historical phase and do that with the reloading phase to this day. I thought it absolutely could not be a more exact video of things.

  • @cecilboatwright3555
    @cecilboatwright3555 7 месяцев назад

    Thanks for this. I LOVE my SAAs and my Uberti 1866s. I also LOVE my 1851 and Walker replicas, along with my muzzle loading rifles. It's NICE to hear someone as accomplished as yourself say "It's okay." That it's okay to not have to try to be John Wick or Jason Bourne, or any of the other bad-ass 'technically correct' multiple-magazine-emptying shooters that we see in movies over and over and over and over (although I am SURE that semi-auto manufacturers, and optics manufacturers, and ammo manufacturers and gun shop owners LOVE that HUGE 'subculture' of "badass shooter-wannabe's"). And I KNOW that you are a VERY accomplished firearm operator ACROSS THE BOARD, but I LOVE watching you work your SAAs!!!! It is something to see!! Thanks again!

  • @robertflint4115
    @robertflint4115 7 месяцев назад +2

    For some unknown reason, Tuco's journey then lead him to "Goose Hunting". 🤣 Seriously, really enjoyed hearing about your background. You are 100% correct about all the different paths people can take while being "Firearm Enthusiast" (sorry, couldn't think of better description). Most important is that it is "Your Journey" enjoy it no matter what path you choose. Great video, Rock on 🤘🤠

    • @TUCOtheratt
      @TUCOtheratt  7 месяцев назад +1

      Ha Ha! It's tempting, there are so many here in the winter but I've heard they aren't too tasty.

    • @robertflint4115
      @robertflint4115 7 месяцев назад

      I've tried wild goose a few times. Like wild turkey, not that good. Maybe deep fried. 🤠@@TUCOtheratt

    • @biggusdickus5986
      @biggusdickus5986 7 месяцев назад

      ​@@robertflint4115marinade in red wine for 3 days refrigerated, tastes excellent.

  • @daveruble6455
    @daveruble6455 7 месяцев назад

    I have been on my Journey for over 60 years and I love it

  • @jamesshuler4703
    @jamesshuler4703 7 месяцев назад

    Been down the same road Tuco… keep up the good work and be safe and have a blessed day!!!

  • @ArizonaGhostriders
    @ArizonaGhostriders 7 месяцев назад

    Great background of ya. By the way...that is an awesome shirt.

  • @tonyzila5071
    @tonyzila5071 7 месяцев назад

    Very good presentation and explanation of the shooting journey. I have to say I have had a wonderful experience in all my life from 10 years old to 73 and I don’t feel it’s over yet. Be safe.

  • @cpnolto
    @cpnolto 7 месяцев назад

    Yup - been down most of those rabbit holes myself. My collecting phase is ongoing (from before I could drive to seventy something) I bought a snider Enfield at a flea market at age 14-16 or so ....and walked home carrying the thing .....OPENLY .......in CONNECTICUT of all places. Try that now and you'd be on the 6 O'clock news. Anyway, love the video - love the channel. Great content!

  • @Nick_B_Bad
    @Nick_B_Bad 7 месяцев назад

    Oh yea I love guns! My dad was a cop so we were taught safety and shooting when we were about 5. Got my first Red Ryder at 10 then later combined my love of WW2 into collecting the pistols and rifles used in the war.

  • @DLB1858
    @DLB1858 7 месяцев назад

    Another great video, my journey started late in life, it was a way to spend more time with my sons that were showing interest in shooting a variety of firearms. It’s been a lot of fun

    • @TUCOtheratt
      @TUCOtheratt  7 месяцев назад

      That really cool spending time with your sons. Better late than never.😃

  • @gunsnwater2668
    @gunsnwater2668 7 месяцев назад +1

    Always an interesting talk. Brought to mind some old memories. Thanks for that. Your range reminds me of a Pennsylvania tourist attraction from the 70s. Ghost Town in the Glenn. You could watch gun foghts in the street and experience old west bar. I was lucky to have a father and grandfather into guns and reloading, tools, motorcycles, cars and fixing things. Things you never sell, tools, books, maps, guns, motorcycles. 👍

    • @TUCOtheratt
      @TUCOtheratt  7 месяцев назад

      I was hoping for that effect. Thanks for watching and the nice comment!

  • @Jo_Wardy
    @Jo_Wardy 4 месяца назад

    I grew up on firearms In Queensland Australia so our laws are strict. My father owned range of bolt action rifles from 22 223 243 308 leaver action shot gun air pellet guns and double barrel shotgun.
    He passed away last year so we had to sell everything per law in my state as I didn’t have a license/permit 😢
    My Gun journey has brought me to westerns and Outback Guns.
    I love 19th century Westerns and Gunslingers. I’m not into 20th century firearms.
    In Australia any Gun pre 1901 that is antique and hard to get ammunition for or is specifically Cap and ball we can own without a license but we still have to register it with police.

  • @machinistmikethetinkerer4827
    @machinistmikethetinkerer4827 7 месяцев назад

    Great vid Tuco. Brings back some memories of being excited to attend Gun Safety classes, Daisy BB gun and my uncle giving me my first rifle: Browning lever action .22 .

    • @TUCOtheratt
      @TUCOtheratt  7 месяцев назад +1

      I was hoping for that effect. 😃

  • @greybeard277
    @greybeard277 7 месяцев назад

    Thanks for speaking about your journey, it is enjoyable to talk about our hobbies and passions. I went through the trying things out phase where you buy, sell and trade different guns in the search for what works for you. I have settled on my self defense tools and am now looking into long guns, revolvers and lever guns to find new items to enjoy.

    • @TUCOtheratt
      @TUCOtheratt  7 месяцев назад +1

      Awesome my friend! The guns and shooting hobby never gets old.

  • @mikemuhlbach2951
    @mikemuhlbach2951 7 месяцев назад

    I'm just starting the reloading process. That's why I'm always asking you questions. I truly respect your opinion. Once again great video. Thanks

  • @peterruiz6117
    @peterruiz6117 7 месяцев назад +1

    Great video that causes a guy to remember alot, from childhood, to my decision to go law enforcement....And evenmy older stagnatio....uh...Older age. Funny, rifles and shotguns asside, I have carried every major side arm brand and type, and recently bought a Smith & Wesson model 19, four inch....The first weapon I ever carried with a badge, as a "corperate cop". But this time, the recoil was not as fun as I remember, at 61 yrs old. So I put Hogue wood grips on it, and it now looks like a totally different animal. Love it. Hatd to leave my Sig Sauer 1911 in 45acp behind when I go out, but I never feel under gunned, as I was 'top gun' of my police acadamy with a model 586, in '89, in a class full of autos, and experienced shooters .

  • @danielsmith4090
    @danielsmith4090 7 месяцев назад

    Thanks for your story TUCO. As a guy in my 20s I always enjoy listening to the guys farther down the road. Info is entertaining. Probably the coolest thing I did as a teenager was run my brothers Daisy BB gun like Jerry Miculek.👍

  • @davidcollins3097
    @davidcollins3097 7 месяцев назад

    Another awesome video brother!!

  • @williambonk380
    @williambonk380 6 месяцев назад

    Very well said everyone has there own journey. I’m going to build my own race single action army pistol for two reasons one I love working on making high performance guns and two it’s so rewarding to me shooting single action thanks for all you do in sharing your journey.

    • @TUCOtheratt
      @TUCOtheratt  6 месяцев назад

      That's awesome! Let me know how it turns out!😃

  • @davidmacnab5213
    @davidmacnab5213 Месяц назад

    Very articulate. Very inspirational. Thank you. Also love the sound of those geese! One thing I'd like to add is my unexpected discovery of Olympic-style air pistol shooting. I mainly shoot IPSC, but I go back to that air pistol every time I think I'm pulling or flinching. It really helps focus on trigger control and brutally exposes poor technique.

  • @MT_320
    @MT_320 7 месяцев назад

    Great video, words I can relate to back to my childhood

  • @bboyd2034
    @bboyd2034 7 месяцев назад

    Another very enjoyable video!!

  • @Saintlawrence100
    @Saintlawrence100 7 месяцев назад

    Enjoyed this video from start to finish…at 71 years old I am very familiar with the journey…5 stars, T man…thanks for sharing your experiences with us.

  • @earlearl8850
    @earlearl8850 6 месяцев назад

    Great show!

  • @BecomingDangerous0
    @BecomingDangerous0 7 месяцев назад

    Good video, I have been shooting my whole life. Started with .22 bolt actions and pre 64 winchesters when I was 8 years old. Did the hunting thing, did the military and I still train for defense fairly often. One thing that you mentioned is that you don't know what you don't know. I learned how much I didn't know when I started selling and repairing guns in a local shop. You will never know everything, but having a good working general knowledge and specializing in a couple of areas will take you much farther than trying to know everything.

  • @JaredDeinlein
    @JaredDeinlein 7 месяцев назад

    Just discovered you, wow these videos are fascinating

  • @gaetanodicarlo
    @gaetanodicarlo 7 месяцев назад

    Thanks so much!!!

  • @kokomon5
    @kokomon5 Месяц назад

    Very wise talk on the path of being into guns, every 20s aged man should have to hear, on the other hand most 20s something, dont take advise very well, afterall they are 10 feet tall, bulletproof, and know it all anyway, your advise is true, reliable, but the ones who appreciate it the most, are the ones who have all ready been down the road, hence all the replys from the older guys, keep it up

  • @davidme9698
    @davidme9698 7 месяцев назад +1

    Great video! I’ve went through many of those scenarios. From shooting to building guns then moving to something else only to find those changes can be expensive and the wife doesn’t always feel the tickle I do. But like all good women they get over it. Funny though lately I’ve been really impressed with that A10 Worthog!!

  • @GaryCrocker-pg2mx
    @GaryCrocker-pg2mx 3 месяца назад

    Great video with lots to consider. Thanks,

  • @arongitis
    @arongitis 6 месяцев назад

    you are the best ! thank you for sharing! gun people/ my family !

  • @banditone00
    @banditone00 7 месяцев назад

    Great informative video! I started with the interest in westerns as well. My father and I both bought all we thought we would need to shoot SASS in about 1995. I ran a sandblasting cabinet all summer to save up, go to town, and buy a vaquero in 45 Colt, an Akers tie down rig, and two boxes of lead round nose ammo. Things happened, dad started a business, remarried, and we never went to a single sass match.
    After high school, there had just been a huge string of ww2 movies, and celebrating 50yrs since v-day. I got into 1911s. Then I got into more modern military stuff, and after 9/11 enlisted. Then, if it wasn’t a tricked out 5.56 carbine with light, optic, the newest rail, etc, I wasn’t interested. I got into hk/sig pistols.
    Then, I started hanging with some guys that were retired border patrol/cops/infantry who worked in a gun shop. They all went to several gunsite classes, Louis Awerbuck classes, and that era of gun fighters. I went back to 1911, but now all custom series 70 colts. I traded all my kraut space magic guns off.
    I ETSed, went to school, and became a cop. Then, it all became “cutting edge” fighting pistols and I got hooked on training. There is a great training venue near me, Meadhall Range. I got to train with the mil guys like Chuck Pressburg, I have taken several classes with Steve Fisher, some with competition shooters, some with edged weapons and combatives added with Cecil Burch, and most recently some with guys like Chuck Haggard and Daryl Bolke. I left copping and am doing private security now, because it pays about 25% better, I don’t have to worry about being victimized by a legal system that would rather punish the guy helping than the criminal, and I have no bureaucracy.
    Also, I’ve gotten into older ways. I carry two revolvers most of the time now. I wear office attire, and keep a detective special on an ankle rig and a 3” model 10 concealed on my hip. I’ve enjoyed double action guns, but have also gotten back into single actions.
    My twin sons are 10, and I have a pair of Ruger wranglers they love shooting. I have a pair of vaqueros now. Since I’ve been watching your vids, I’ve wanted to build a gun I could fan. I’d like to do it on a vaquero, since I have a whole stable of Ruger revolvers, but I’m not finding anyone who does Ruger race guns. I’m also not finding anyone who will build them on anything other than Colts. I’m not really wanting to spend $2300 to turn around and spend another $1500 in custom work.
    I’ve rambled on…and on. I really enjoy your content and what you are doing. Thanks, Matt W.

    • @TUCOtheratt
      @TUCOtheratt  7 месяцев назад +1

      That's a very interesting personal story there of your firearms journey. Starting and wondering back to single actions revolvers. The SAA race gun thing has been a personal passion of mine for many years though it was on pause for a long, long time for the reasons you mentioned. It's a bit of a dark art and very few gunsmiths understand and approve of it. And fewer still can do it. I know that Cisko's guns are built on Rugers you might look him up for advice. For me, I knew what a race SAA looked like and so when bumped into a used one in a gun store (the 2nd one in 30 years of gun store searches and gun show searching), I reverse engineered it, spent about 6K on shop equipment, and ruined some cylinders on the learning curve but I've converted 5 now, all out of Italian SAA clones. Three of them run really good. One has a firing pin issue so I use it for warm up fans and the other is built out of a Uberti with multiple factory issues so I retired it but it's fannable. Every one seems to turn out better than the last and I am as fascinated with the mechanics of it as I am the shooting.

    • @banditone00
      @banditone00 7 месяцев назад

      @@TUCOtheratt thanks for the advise. I have so many regrets from my youth. My father owns a machine shop, and I could have gone to the local vo-tech half a day my jr and sr years of high school to learn machine tool. I am in the shop all of the time, but have no idea whatsoever what I’m doing with the mills or lathes.

  • @DustinWoloschuk
    @DustinWoloschuk 7 месяцев назад

    This is why I love your channel becsuse you never know what you're going to get!!!

  • @john.dcollins5792
    @john.dcollins5792 7 месяцев назад

    Thank you your Great sir really appreciate your knowledge 🙏👍

  • @mikeshuler577
    @mikeshuler577 7 месяцев назад +1

    I personally own a few single action pistol, my favorite by far is the 357- 38 Evil Roy single action...thanks 😊 🙏 have a blessed day and be safe 🙏 ❤ 😊

    • @TUCOtheratt
      @TUCOtheratt  7 месяцев назад +1

      That's a nice single action.

  • @kareldebures7006
    @kareldebures7006 7 месяцев назад

    Damn, you are my mirror twin, only way much better! Well explained from the both of us, keep it going and don't ever change!👍

  • @JWheeler331
    @JWheeler331 7 месяцев назад

    Pretty cool video idea. There are lots of paths that each of our gun journeys take each of us. Lots of fun, hunting, competitive matches of all types, military etc.

    • @TUCOtheratt
      @TUCOtheratt  7 месяцев назад +1

      Thanks J. I figured this would be a popular subject.

  • @mikeclay2381
    @mikeclay2381 7 месяцев назад +1

    Great video TUCO ! You put everything into perspective for a lot of people I believe. I hate doing anything without a purpose and I REALLY enjoy hunting & not sitting in a shooting house over a planted field. Love the idea of the long shot but it’s just hard to find in south Mississippi, so I have to live with a 200 yd shot . My passion is accuracy. I hope to make it back to Montana for the long shot before my days are done. Who knows might get to meet up with ya . Think I seen one of your chickens looking at ya kinda sideways.

    • @TUCOtheratt
      @TUCOtheratt  7 месяцев назад +1

      Ha Ha! Thank for sharing that. I always hated stand hunting too. Spot and stalk was my thing, judging deer racks at a mile plus is a hoot.

  • @chipchaffee2416
    @chipchaffee2416 6 месяцев назад

    Great video and solid advice.

  • @usernames374
    @usernames374 7 месяцев назад +1

    Рубаха с жилеткой просто блеск. 👍
    Потрясающая коллекция оружия!👍

    • @gunsnwater2668
      @gunsnwater2668 7 месяцев назад

      Snazzy. I thought the same thing, where'd he get that shirt and vest. Lol

    • @TUCOtheratt
      @TUCOtheratt  7 месяцев назад

      Спасибо за этот хороший комментарий!

  • @frednaumann992
    @frednaumann992 4 месяца назад

    Outstanding video!

  • @robertpiorek7581
    @robertpiorek7581 7 месяцев назад

    TUCO you are 100% right Love your videos 👍👍👍🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

  • @steveborgresistance8310
    @steveborgresistance8310 7 месяцев назад

    Excellent instruction 👍 Keep up the great work 💯

  • @TheDamnSpot
    @TheDamnSpot 7 месяцев назад +1

    I am truly grateful for this video. It's made me realize I probably need to think differently about shooting. I am staring at a patch of grass in the Amazon jungle and think it's impressive 😂

  • @Johnny-jr2lq
    @Johnny-jr2lq 7 месяцев назад

    I’m really happy you decided to say your happy that you learned to reload. A lot of the gun tubers will discount reloading. I like reloading a lot maybe it a phase but I don’t think so. I been at it for 10 years now. But I wasn’t even aware that factory ammo was that bad now. That’s crazy because like you remember factory ammo was the best. Wow what mine blower no pun intended

  • @mikeshuler577
    @mikeshuler577 7 месяцев назад

    Well said 👏 good info 👏....thanks 😊

  • @L2FlyMN
    @L2FlyMN 7 месяцев назад +1

    I’ve considered reloading my 300 BLK amo, simply because they are so ridiculously expensive at $70 per box.

  • @repetitivemotion
    @repetitivemotion 7 месяцев назад

    I like them all. I just bought my first SAA revolver!

  • @maxmccain8950
    @maxmccain8950 7 месяцев назад

    Boy, I’m a little older than you now but I’ve been through every phase that you did. Now, I’m in the de-collection phase. I got to thinking, what are my kids going to do with all my guns. I’ve been whittling down the collection now. I want to make it easier on my kids when that day comes. Oh, love the geese.

  • @011CJ
    @011CJ 7 месяцев назад

    I have fired pounds of bb's as a kid i kept pushing the limits learned a lot about shooting long distance. With a bb gun you can learn to watch the path of the projectile .kust keep pushing the limits of the distance you can hit a can then get behing the 22lr. Im more in to the hunting self-defense relm thesedays but i still have my bb/ pelet guns .squib loads are definitely a thing to be aware of thes days with factory ammo

  • @robertthehutt
    @robertthehutt 7 месяцев назад

    The first two minutes of your journey was mine as well, Kmart and all!

  • @wadkan
    @wadkan 7 месяцев назад

    Remington New model army 👍 The most beautiful revolver

  • @paulkopacz5051
    @paulkopacz5051 7 месяцев назад +1

    Looks like your journey mirrored my own. I was big into WW2 surplus, mostly U.S. and Mausers and I also competed in service rifle matches locally and at Camp Perry for about a decade. I love traditional black powder guns and I would love a Fusil De Chasse but prices are pretty high. I'm also an avid reloader and reload for every single caliber I own. Now I'm beginning to really like the Cowboy guns! I do own one you don't like, the Ruger Vaquero and after watching disassembly video's I agree with you (I'm not doing that unless I absolutely have to). So I am looking for a Pietta Great Western 2 and I have ruled Uberti out of the question because of what they are doing with the hammers/firing pin mechanism, I just don't want to deal with that. I plan to pair one or two Pietta's with an 1873 Winchester clone in .45 Colt my very favorite caliber. I have an Uberti 1866 in .45 Colt but it just isn't as beautiful as the 1873 to me. I have never fanned a single action but it looks like a lot of fun and I will take the time to learn how to modify the gun to safely do that. I really enjoy your video's and since I have retired and moved to a place where I can shoot on my land I plan to have some fun with it.

    • @TUCOtheratt
      @TUCOtheratt  7 месяцев назад +1

      That's interesting how closely our purchase choices have been. I have a Ubert 66 and a 73. And I like the 73 much better for looks but the butt stock on 66 is more user friendly for rapid fire. Pietta GW2 are my favorite as you know and when you hold one side by side with a Ruger Vaquero you will never go back IMO.

  • @jeffreysnethen9586
    @jeffreysnethen9586 7 месяцев назад

    I'm still stuck collecting Richards type II transition models, in 45 & one 38, 8" barrel, 5&1/2 " barrels, 2 & 7/8 th barrel with thunderer grip frame,nickle plated, color case hardened, bone grips, some with loading levers, some with ejectors, hard to stop lol

  • @thomaswilson8634
    @thomaswilson8634 7 месяцев назад

    Yes you have resparked my interst in weapons. I just bought a 742 woodmaster 30/06 . I also purchased a marlin 45/70 . I am looking for a marlin 35 cal. Not many have pistols like yours. . I have saved your video on your favorite 4. Hopefully I can find one next year an purchase one.

    • @TUCOtheratt
      @TUCOtheratt  7 месяцев назад

      That's really cool man! Glad I motivated you.

  • @mellowfam25
    @mellowfam25 7 месяцев назад

    I think the reason why you're hearing from a lot of people that pause in between shots to look for squibs is because the majority of ranges have rules about rate of fire, I'm 25 and when I shoot my auto loaders at the range I go to that doesn't have those rules I don't worry about those things and I shoot how I please. But if I did experience a squib I would be very disappointed and never buy that ammo again

  • @zennbubba
    @zennbubba 7 месяцев назад

    I'm with you on this Tuco.... same early path ... for me my dad was avid hunter which was good for me so my first was a single shot 410 shotgun. My first pistol was a 22 Luger clone do not remember brand . Now 9mm ( my CC gun) Ak47, M44 Russian rifle, 40cal pistol, 38 S&W Mod10, Mossberg Shockwave with green laser (home defense) not much change in last few years tho you do have me thinking Pietta SAA and a rig for it.

    • @TUCOtheratt
      @TUCOtheratt  7 месяцев назад

      Everyone has a unique story and experience. Thanks for sharing that!

  • @mikebrase5161
    @mikebrase5161 7 месяцев назад

    My first gun was a .50 Cal Hawken for my 12th Birthday. The first gun I bought with my own money was an Uberti Walker Colt from Dixie Gun works. The late 80's early 90's you'd send them a check in the mail and they would mail you a gun in return.

    • @TUCOtheratt
      @TUCOtheratt  7 месяцев назад +1

      That first gun or two is always memorable isn't it?

    • @mikebrase5161
      @mikebrase5161 7 месяцев назад

      @@TUCOtheratt for sure, they are the only ones I won't sell

  • @Rixon888
    @Rixon888 7 месяцев назад +1

    My cow boy preferite👍

  • @carycary5824
    @carycary5824 7 месяцев назад

    I’m 65 and in the collection stage but am looking to do single action shooting like you do. I have several now but no race guns darn it!!!

  • @ghostgadgetguy
    @ghostgadgetguy 7 месяцев назад

    The whole video, I’m looking out the window of my apartment going would that damn truck stop backing up?!

  • @shaneanders5946
    @shaneanders5946 7 месяцев назад

    Well since I've been watching your show I've been trying to save my money for a another pistol watching you shoot makes me want to try the same kind of shooting. I just don't think I can get it done with my dad's old Ruger

  • @happymark1805
    @happymark1805 7 месяцев назад

    Over here in Europe (the Netherlands) we are very restricted, you can only shoot at a range, 5 firearms max and even replicas like my 1851 uberti is a firearm according to our law, so over at your place you are very lucky, we have to be carefull what gun you buy because you can only have 5, unless its an original 1851 blackpowder but those prices are so high you do not dare to shoot with those, as for reloading, of you shoot old stuff like my 1944 .30M1 carabine you have to reload because factory ammo prices are very expensive and reloading cuts the prices in half, even 38special is expensive these days, so I even went back to making lead bullits in 38sp just to make it less expensive.

  • @ianwood7482
    @ianwood7482 7 месяцев назад

    👏👏👏👏

  • @sustorres765
    @sustorres765 5 месяцев назад

    What a great episode, really enjoy your channel, the knowledge and skill you have are brilliant thank you for sharing, I love all the SAA' do you have a Schofield ? would be great to see one of those, oh and get yourself a nice rocking chair for the front of house 👍

    • @TUCOtheratt
      @TUCOtheratt  5 месяцев назад +1

      Thank you very much! I want a Schofield but they are so expensive.

    • @sustorres765
      @sustorres765 5 месяцев назад

      @@TUCOtheratt im trying to find one in the UK, I can get a Co2 replica they look really good, thanks for the reply

  • @snappers_antique_firearms
    @snappers_antique_firearms 7 месяцев назад

    I bet my wife can't wait for me to get out of the Collecting phase. 😅 but if i had to keep only a few guns it would definitely be my SAAs.

  • @nickeekelund6134
    @nickeekelund6134 7 месяцев назад

    Ive never heard Hicock 45 complain about factory ammunition. He shot Federal and other factory ammunition. In sweden we mostly shot Norma or Laupa and l have never heard anyone complaints about them

    • @TUCOtheratt
      @TUCOtheratt  7 месяцев назад

      I never had any factory ammo complaints either for the first 18 years of shooting. Hickok 45 has been making videos since before QC in ammunition production went to hell. He also gets a lot of free ammunition that probably was well looked after since they knew it was going on YT. The stuff on the shelf now a days, especially since 2020 is entirely different.

  • @csabaarthurdr.molnar8203
    @csabaarthurdr.molnar8203 3 месяца назад

    Nice video!
    When I saw French Connection with Gene Hackman, and lots of italian and german western I was hooked on with revolvers, around 1990, ať the age of 5. I even dream with them... Now I collect and shoot regularly cap and ball single action revolvers. I love the most the remington new model army, engraved of course...in a pair, dual wielding, beetween butt forward and crossdraw position. Tuco! Whats your favourite dual wielding style?

  • @appalachianmagic6370
    @appalachianmagic6370 7 месяцев назад

    Hear you on the journey part and getting serious about the craft ... the Center Axis Relock or CAR shooting groups, now called 360 QCD crowd is a pretty illusive gun community to train with from what I've heard. The style is restricted to law enforcement and military now ... they don't teach to civilians as much as they used to. They are nearly religious about training, etc..

  • @user-tl5tt5yw3c
    @user-tl5tt5yw3c 7 месяцев назад

    👍

  • @dennispeltier6142
    @dennispeltier6142 7 месяцев назад

    😊😊😊😊😊

  • @raulnavarrete5209
    @raulnavarrete5209 7 месяцев назад

    Wow thank you so much for teaching me about these things i had no clue are apart of shooting like ammo n blanks , theres alot that's more than the gun its self that makes it exciting to own a firearm well im gonna buy me a 911 and ill get back to you to let you know how it went thanks agian take care.

    • @TUCOtheratt
      @TUCOtheratt  7 месяцев назад

      Thanks for the nice comment. Yes the more you get into it the more there is to learn and explore.

  • @ranchhand2945
    @ranchhand2945 7 месяцев назад

    Love my .22s!
    You adding onto the Triple Shot?

    • @TUCOtheratt
      @TUCOtheratt  7 месяцев назад

      I did a pretty good quad off the belt recently. 😃

  • @jeffreysnethen9586
    @jeffreysnethen9586 7 месяцев назад

    I started cowboy guns to stop building Harley's to save money, don't ask me how well that went! lol

  • @metaversodahora
    @metaversodahora 7 месяцев назад

    As armas não destroem o que destrói são a utilidade que damos a tal as experiência e maturidade inteligência para utilizar que fazem a diferença para utilizar com sabedoria obrigado senhor Tuco por dividir sua perícia e inteligência emocional mental pericional com armas obrigado e bom trabalho

    • @TUCOtheratt
      @TUCOtheratt  7 месяцев назад

      Vielen Dank für diesen netten und gut durchdachten Kommentar!

  • @jimv.661
    @jimv.661 7 месяцев назад

    Not sure you mentioned casting as a way to make cheaper ammo. And, swaging as you probably know. I started stockpiling back when I shot Bullseye for the Natl Guard in the early 70s. I haven't had to buy ammo or reloading components for many years. and am still shooting at the '70s prices. I was lucky to have an Olympic shooter on our team. You learn quickly when there are other good shooters around you. The 1911 is my first love...and also the single action...rifles, shotguns...hell, I like them all. Well, except maybe the HiPoints and such. Or a Glock. The only reason to own one of them is so others feel sorry for you...

    • @TUCOtheratt
      @TUCOtheratt  7 месяцев назад +1

      Ya forgot to mention that, but casting is a great way to save lots of money.

  • @danielhefets93
    @danielhefets93 7 месяцев назад

    i frome israel and we cant use in gun its bad man. and your video they very byutifulyou good

  • @justinkralik-jx9qh
    @justinkralik-jx9qh 7 месяцев назад

    Oh, the journey... It has been a good one and I am only halfway there. I can't help but blame spaghetti westerns, Trinity is my name, and Zachariah. For my love affair with single actions. And every 70's cop shiw for the double actions revolvers, from snub nose to dirty Harry's 44 mag. I had to have them all. Started with a cva 44 cap and ball cause I was 18yrs old. Put the first dent in the linoleum floor of my parents new bathroom floor. Found out the hard way on gun twirling. Then at 21 yrs old bought my first cartridge firing gun, a Hawes 357mag. Got Married a year later and my father inlaw introduced me to Elmer Keith's writings. Started reloading and testing my long range capabilities with that single action revolver. Thats when i started hand gun hunting for deer. Up to that point I was rifle hunting for years and thought i had to have a big rifle to take a deer. But read a couple stories by Elmer Keith and i had to try handgun hunting, took my first deer with a hand gun that following year. Now I am coming out of my AR phase, but I always go back to the wheel guns of yesteryear!! Thank you for sharing and jogging those fond memories for me!

    • @TUCOtheratt
      @TUCOtheratt  7 месяцев назад

      I was hoping for that "jogging fond memories" effect. Thanks for sharing your unique story.

  • @JustOutDetailingwithDylan
    @JustOutDetailingwithDylan 7 месяцев назад

    Is your carbon fiber hybrid holster custom? That thing looks killer bro! 🖖🦅🦅

    • @TUCOtheratt
      @TUCOtheratt  7 месяцев назад

      I picked that up at a gunshow 15 years back. It was in a box of police gear.

  • @mkshffr4936
    @mkshffr4936 4 месяца назад

    Daisy Red Rider then H&R 999.

  • @johanchastain
    @johanchastain Месяц назад

    I understand your not into d.a. revolvers. But you said you've never owned one. That's crazy as many guns you've owned and as much shooting you've done. I have 2 Henry rifles the 1860 and a mares leg. I love both of them. But I'm not using them like you do in your environment. But from what I see on you tube they act like the new big boy is not bad. I just thought you could really give another good perspective from a real shootest. Cause I'm more of a collector, my passion is old west guns. But I own a little of everything. I wish you could find a gun store that would lone you one for a shake down test.

    • @TUCOtheratt
      @TUCOtheratt  Месяц назад

      I'm open to the idea. Maybe sometime it might happen.

  • @lordtule665
    @lordtule665 7 месяцев назад +1

    Yeah, I'd love to have a SAA in 45LC, maybe someday ... can you share your black powder blanks recipe ... or provide a good reference.
    Dude, I'm envious of your western wear, do you dress like that off the ranch?
    I have a small collection of guns, but each was purchased for a specific purpose ... 7 handguns and 5 long-guns ... I'm one long-gun short of completing that collection, that's a heavy long range in 338 or even 50BMG. The SAA would be a fun gun in the group, similar to my public defender.

    • @TUCOtheratt
      @TUCOtheratt  7 месяцев назад +1

      RUclips is touchy about ammunition construction advice. But if you search it you can find it. I don't usually dress in my RUclips outfits off the ranch. I have to take real good care of that hat because it's one of a kind. Can't afford to sweat it up or have it get banged up. I do wear other cowboy hats and boots often though. That sounds like you are well on your way to building a really diverse and interesting collection.

  • @Thaicully777
    @Thaicully777 4 месяца назад

    I live in a country where you can only own 2 rifles and a handgun, you can collect on special license that are hard to get or sporting license also hassle to get. It's taking me sins last year June 2023 up til now to get my handgun licensed, keep requesting things not required by law.
    But ja, I'm on the hunting and reading journey, compound bow shooting, not competing. I'm going to complete with my 9mm when I get my license.

    • @TUCOtheratt
      @TUCOtheratt  4 месяца назад

      That's cool, man. At least you get to shoot.