When shooting a revolver from a rest, you should never let any part of the barrel touch the rest. You can set the front of the frame on the rest, a sandbag is better than wood, but the barrel should be free to vibrate at its natural frequency.
Let me tell you a story. I was a telephone man in Jonesville, Louisiana from 1976 to 1981. During that time I owned a Ruger Blackhawk 41 Magnum pistol with a brown wooden stock and a 4 5/8" barrel, blued, three screw as they call them now. It was the old kind. Not the new thing with that bar crap and other "safety" whatever. I had to keep one round empty under the hammer. Well, the telephone crew, I worked for South Central Bell (it was celled them), and I went down to Little River at the levee where there were telephone poles crossing the river. One pole was about 150 yards from the levee where we were shooting from. They all had rifles and were shooting their .243, .270 and 30-06 rifles scoped and non-scoped at a plate on that first pole 150 yards away. They were doing okay some hit, some misses from the back of a pickup bed being the bench rest. My 41 mag was sighted in for 25 yards to hit an 8 inch bull by putting my sights at 6 O'clock on the target using reduced loads. I knew I could shoot out to 100 yards with pretty good accuracy but not further to date. When I pulled out my 41 magnum 4 5/8" barreled gun I put full factory loads into it. I reloaded ammunition and generally shot that 41 magnum with reduced loads. This time it was full loads. I put that pistol on a cloth on the back of that pickup truck so as not to scratch it, took aim just below the top of that 8" paper pie place and fired. I fired 5 shots within a minute. We all walked town toward the place, the telephone crew, about 5 guys, were laughing and saying they knew I missed all shots, but when we got to the plate on that pole, they all became wide eyed. I had hit that plate all five time within that 8" plate. They were dumbfounded, stunned in disbelief, all of them turned around went back to their pickup trucks and left and never shot with me again. I apparently had gained some respect from those Harrison Hills redneck telephone guys that day. That is my story of the old Ruger 41 Magnum with the 4 5/8" barrel. I kept that pistol for years until I had to give it up due to some legal issues that came up in my life a few years later in 1982. The old Ruger pistols, as far as I am concerned, beat anything out there possible even including the Smith & Wesson target pistols I used to shoot in the Marine Corps.
Guys would always snicker out deer hunting when my father would show up with his Blackhawk in .41mag and time and time again he'd be the one coming back to camp dragging a deer behind him.
This was my first experience with one and I liked it. I have shot a 357 a few time and shot a 44 mag quite a bit. It's a happy medium. I would definitely consider one, if I am ever in the market for a revolver.
The 41 Remington is the only Magnum designed to be a Magnum.,great round I've been hand loading for it in my S&W model 57 6 inch since the 1980's. The Ruger revolvers are tanks, they are the strongest revolver on the market and have been for many, many years.
@@243Outdoors Good video! I have a Dan Wesson 8" 41, great Shooting round. My favorite caliber. Compared to the 44 mag only .019 of an inch differential.
Good presentation on the 6.5 inch Ruger Blackhawk 41 Magnum. Do these 6.5 inch Ruger Blackhawk shoot Point of Aim? The Accurate#7 powder looks promising what kind of bullet was used with the Accurate #7 Powder?
The reason the 41 magnum was not as popular back then compared to the 357 and 44 magnums was because it cannot be had in a 41 special like the 357 and the 44 magnum does.
I've had a 6.5" blued 41 Mag Blackhawk since 1981. Absolutely a top performer on whitetails with Sierra 210 gr JHP hand loads.
When shooting a revolver from a rest, you should never let any part of the barrel touch the rest. You can set the front of the frame on the rest, a sandbag is better than wood, but the barrel should be free to vibrate at its natural frequency.
Let me tell you a story. I was a telephone man in Jonesville, Louisiana from 1976 to 1981. During that time I owned a Ruger Blackhawk 41 Magnum pistol with a brown wooden stock and a 4 5/8" barrel, blued, three screw as they call them now. It was the old kind. Not the new thing with that bar crap and other "safety" whatever. I had to keep one round empty under the hammer.
Well, the telephone crew, I worked for South Central Bell (it was celled them), and I went down to Little River at the levee where there were telephone poles crossing the river. One pole was about 150 yards from the levee where we were shooting from. They all had rifles and were shooting their .243, .270 and 30-06 rifles scoped and non-scoped at a plate on that first pole 150 yards away. They were doing okay some hit, some misses from the back of a pickup bed being the bench rest.
My 41 mag was sighted in for 25 yards to hit an 8 inch bull by putting my sights at 6 O'clock on the target using reduced loads. I knew I could shoot out to 100 yards with pretty good accuracy but not further to date. When I pulled out my 41 magnum 4 5/8" barreled gun I put full factory loads into it. I reloaded ammunition and generally shot that 41 magnum with reduced loads. This time it was full loads.
I put that pistol on a cloth on the back of that pickup truck so as not to scratch it, took aim just below the top of that 8" paper pie place and fired. I fired 5 shots within a minute.
We all walked town toward the place, the telephone crew, about 5 guys, were laughing and saying they knew I missed all shots, but when we got to the plate on that pole, they all became wide eyed. I had hit that plate all five time within that 8" plate.
They were dumbfounded, stunned in disbelief, all of them turned around went back to their pickup trucks and left and never shot with me again. I apparently had gained some respect from those Harrison Hills redneck telephone guys that day.
That is my story of the old Ruger 41 Magnum with the 4 5/8" barrel. I kept that pistol for years until I had to give it up due to some legal issues that came up in my life a few years later in 1982.
The old Ruger pistols, as far as I am concerned, beat anything out there possible even including the Smith & Wesson target pistols I used to shoot in the Marine Corps.
Guys would always snicker out deer hunting when my father would show up with his Blackhawk in .41mag and time and time again he'd be the one coming back to camp dragging a deer behind him.
This was my first experience with one and I liked it. I have shot a 357 a few time and shot a 44 mag quite a bit. It's a happy medium. I would definitely consider one, if I am ever in the market for a revolver.
The 41 Remington is the only Magnum designed to be a Magnum.,great round I've been hand loading for it in my S&W model 57 6 inch since the 1980's. The Ruger revolvers are tanks, they are the strongest revolver on the market and have been for many, many years.
This was my first experience with one, and I liked it.
This round has a rich history, it also has some traits that the 44 Remington Magnum doesn’t. Thank you very much for doing the video.
@@243Outdoors Good video! I have a Dan Wesson 8" 41, great Shooting round.
My favorite caliber. Compared to the 44 mag only .019 of an inch differential.
What load do you use
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What kind of traits does the 41 Magnum have as compared to the 44 Magnum, Positive or Negative?
My reloading buddy has a 41mag. It is his all time favorite round! Good shootin brother :-)
Thank you Sir!!!
Keep the good stuff coming!!!!.
It's making you flinch. You seem to be pulling right, then all over the place. Relax. Remember BRASS. Breath, RELAX, Aim, Sight, Squeeze.
Nice revolver, acc#9, 2400 and H110 work good for me in 44 mag.
Yep lots of options to try. I think I need a little more practice, before I could make any decisions on loads.
I have the same Black Hawk. I'm using AA#9 with pretty fair results about 2" at 25. It is a fun caliber to play with.
It's a fun gun. I use to shoot a lot of 44 mag and special back in high school, but that's been 16-17 years ago.
What bullet weight was used with 24.9 gr. W296? That about 3 grains over any book load with a 210 gr. bullet.
Cool stuff
Good presentation on the 6.5 inch Ruger Blackhawk 41 Magnum.
Do these 6.5 inch Ruger Blackhawk shoot Point of Aim?
The Accurate#7 powder looks promising what kind of bullet was used with the Accurate #7 Powder?
Try adjusting the sights. It’s consistent low right!
Why do people shoot groups without zeroing the gun?
four clicks left; 2clicks up...
LeRoy Morris I hope that would help I think it would. I just wondering was he aiming at Orange target?
The reason the 41 magnum was not as popular back then compared to the 357 and 44 magnums was because it cannot be had in a 41 special like the 357 and the 44 magnum does.
There is .41 special ammo out there. Hard to find. PlowboysGhost channel featured some awhile back.
Like you not shooting on some waterjug. I epresiat it. Have seen a lot of it. My belly is filled up. This video I really like!!!. Thanks mister!!!!.
Can you shoot 410 shells out of a 41 magnum
You cannot, I believe the 410 bore shotgun diameter is .455 and the overall length of the 410 bore shell would exceed the cylinder length.
My fav .miss my black hawk
Get the barrel off the rest ,plus it looks like your shooting your rest.
You might want to rest on the frame , not on the barrel .
Or better just rest your hands
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Definitely Remington ammo inconsistent crap
I got to go its the bestt of bestt
Don’t rest your barrel..
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Would this gun stop a intruder?
O Yeah, no problems in that department.
Will stop a Big Bear. With a good shot placement.
Omg h fav 185 wad 9grain hog
Dirty Harry first.was out of 44 at the time.44 is a .429. 41.is a .410.hmmm
Dirty Harry used a 41 in the movie though the script said 44
Dittry harry firstt . No 44 ask ses
Imn smitth
You're shooting someone else's reloads?
You're not very smart are you?
We were wondering the same thing about you. Thanks for clearing it up!