aren’t necessary given the .327’s minimal recoil, but the Hogue’s are a perfect ergonomic fit for my hand. Because a basic double-action re-
Dicks latest basic small game field kit begins with Ruger’s Blackhawk in
.327 Magnum and his much used Thad Rybka single action holster. Add his 30 year old set of Zeiss pocket binoculars and Surefire’s smallest knife (the Crank,) and you are well prepared for a few days of trail time.
volver is so simple to use, there’s no manual of arms required to defend yourself — simply aim and pull the trigger. If a round doesn’t go bang, no need for a “tap/rack” dance rou- tine — just pull the trigger again. Speaking of just pulling the trigger, I was very impressed with the GP100’s smooth, double-action trigger. If the gun doesn’t fit your hand as well as it does mine, you might have to look at different grips. I’ll grant you a re- volver is slower to reload than a semi- auto, but when the GP100 is stuffed with a full seven rounds, you have seven opportunities to solve your problem, which is more than the five or six rounds our revolvers carried in the old days, and the same amount of ammo our favorite semi-auto carried for the first six or seven decades of its existence. Obviously the .327 isn’t the first defensive choice for all of us, but there’s certainly a self-defense role for the GP100 .327 Magnum in many American homes.
Single-action Junkie Since purchasing my first Ru-
ger Single Six at the age of 16, I’ve had an on-going love affair with all of Ruger’s single action revolv- ers. Caliber and color don’t matter. Rimfire or centerfire, blue or stain- less,
I have a serious compulsion
to get my hands on any new Ruger single action. And the Blackhawk .327 Magnum didn’t disappoint. It’s being offered (at least for now) in stainless steel with a 5-1/2" bar- rel. The rest of
the gun is pretty
Ruger’s Blackhawk revolvers have long been considered a benchmark for rugged field handguns. This stainless model chambered for the new Fed- eral .327 Magnum joins the list of elite field guns although it is intended for smaller sized game.
much classic Blackhawk with one exception — the cylinder holds eight rounds instead of Ruger’s usual 6. Given all the other higher capacity revolvers on the market, it’s almost a surprise Ruger didn’t do this on an earlier model, specifically the Black- hawk that was chambered for the .30 Carbine. I like both the idea and re- ality of that 33 percent increase in on-board
firepower, particularly
since single-actions are so slow to reload. Not that I ever felt defense- less when carrying a single action. But now with the 8-shot .327 Mag- num, I have a bit more negotiating leverage when faced with a scenario involving crowd control! I mentioned the enhanced per- the .327 Magnum in
formance of
This is home-defense for many Americans — a revolver and flashlight on the nightstand. For anyone with recoil issues, Ruger’s new 7-shot GP100 chambered in Federal’s .327 Magnum may be the answer.
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the first Ruger, the Model 101 with 3" barrel, but the performance was even more impressive in the slightly longer barrels of the GP100 and the Blackhawk. Federal’s 85-gr. jacketed
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